The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-08-23
The Editors Holiday Nor
Largest Sugar Plantation In
the World !!

What change, Seven years ago when We were at
Kahului, there was one storehouse close to the
beach, nov little town has sprung up on the spot.
long stretch of vhitish sand, half dozen
warehouses, three or four stores, large and SMALL
between thirty and forty private dwellings ranging
in size from the comfortable and roomy residence
Of Captain Hebron to the one roomed cottage, a
maze Of railroad track, piles of lumber and coal,
people fastening hither and thithcr on horseback,
on foot, in carriages: Cinnamon carrying veseta-
bes TO market, Cinnamon with washing strung at
each end Of their bamboo pole, a couple Of large
vessels and coastins steamer lying at anchor,
boats and scovs passing and repassing from the
ships to the shore; a general sir of being thor
oughly awake OF being fairly aroused from the
lethargy which broods over 50 many of our island
landings, this is Kahului of the year 1882 live
go-a-head place certainly, and one which will in
crease in size consi Iorahly during the neIt few
years.
First look az the oft talked of Spreckers store:
a long building Of corrugated iron, not handsome
certainly, but eminently practical and useful and
containing an excellent assortment of goods. Tins
of provisions Of all kinds silks, saddles, hams,
cutlery, harness, tobacco cottons and hosiery,
plated and silver ware nails, DC. II is the old
story of anything from brass thinble to a coffin.
Well served too, the clerks obliginz and ready,
evidently large business is carried on. The
ubiquitous Chinanan, however, manages to pick
up a living even along side the Caucausian Cap
talist he runs few stores and eating houses, and
looks sleek and fat and prosperous as he always
does.
Now let Us sec II Captain Hebron Is at home:
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store house, comfortable airy room, where on
Sundays the Young Mems Christian Association
hold their meetings The Captain is booking over
his accounts, but very obligingly turns round,
drops his work, chats pleasantly of the current
news and then volunteers 10 shev rs over his
premises.
The Kahului railroad, at present, is meant purely
for freight passengers are only carried through
courtesy, ct q purely nominal charge; there are no
passenger cars in the proper accoptation of the
word two or three trucks have have been htted up
with wooden seats. that is ALL The track runs III
almost a straight line from kahului TO Spreckels-
vile and is laid on the sand: there have been no
engineering difficulties 10 overcome, the road be-
ing almost dead level the whole way. There are
branch lines to Waikiki aud Paia. The railroad
taps however very fertile district and its carry.
ing capacity Is taxed to the utmost when the sugar
crop is being harvested. The acumen of the pro-
iector and propretoris shewn in his having chosen
a site for his line, which will pdy,
10 supply storage room for the immense guam
tiy OF sugar which the railroad carries, Captain
Hebron has constructed three large warehouses;
the largest is of corrugated iron ls0I5 feet in
which be can pile up as may be imagined, al average
amount Of goOds-sOme 500 tons the balance Of the
Spreckelsville crop seemed but bagatelle in this
spacious building The second store house is of |
wood l6OrS0 feet and the Sd is also Of wood, the
identical building which was the sole occupant Of
the beach ssven years ago. Before the next crop |
comes on the Captain will have to build still |
larger store house: he talks Of 900 feet long
& wharf has recently been built, which iuts out |
some go feet into the water, and IN short time il
is hoped that donkey engine will be placed in |
position, ~ 10 do all tho unloading by steam |
There are employed by Captain Hebron, about his |
warehouses and along tho line between 10 and 100
men. Of these are white men, 20 Chinese and the |
rest natives. With such means at his command |
Captain Hebron Is prepared TO load sugar at |
rapid ratio lie has already been able TO put SIS tons
on board m a single day ho hopes 10 load 800 /
tons q day next season.
Tho railway line is 10 miles IN length and tho /
trains are run not at regular hours but as sugar |
suits; in the height Of tho season. many as six
trips day have been made. Owing TO tho direct /
ness Of the track capital time can be made, and |
the two engines, the Claus Sprscteis and tho hni1
kurT fairly run away with this long train Of 20
cars.
What Spreckelsgil, would have done without |
tho Kahuu railroad Heaven only knows when |
the machinery WIS landed It would have covered
ten acre lot ten feet deep; if the plantation had
had 30 depend on the old system Of bullock carts,
tho machinery would NOT have been in place yet.
Captain Hebron complains with justice, of hay
ing had no subsidy granted 10 his line, and it Is
this fact which keeps him from putting ON psssen-
ger ears for the convenience OF the public He
has assurcdly done good work. aud as such he ought
to have received recognition from the Govern
mont That the limo ID profitable, or appears to
be so, is nothing 20 the point: little money spent
by the Government would come in the shape Of a
reward for the energy displayed and would incite
others 10 a like endeayUr The excuse fornot Civ
ing Captain Hebron any subsidy seemed based
upon mere technically, and it is unworthy Of a
Government 10 take advantage Of such a thing.
Money spent in this direction would be well spent
and would result in additional convenience 10 the
public. When we arc going TO spend from $4,000
TO $1,000 in the sCnseless unummorios of an abor-
tive coronation, the expenditure Of 5000 or
wisdom indeed