Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-08-08

iasny mills ! visited w nestn,ss IN anish and
'n convenience, It divided my preference with
The witt ti Ililea, Kau. ! am vety wsil aware
That neslneS. picimrsquencss and general At
taeuvenras me often secured only by unwaf
uuiable expense: aud know il Is dividend
results and not the pleasure of wandering
,cnbhlcrs that stock holders chiefly consider
Pscihr Mil seemed TO me to be managed with
erunumy and good judgment, and it was cet
tainly attractive It's sugar room was A. neat
As any have seen, and was operated by less
men than saw in sugar rooms elsewhere. The
mill, ss whole, is marvel Of eomptctness.
Il was constructed, building, furnaces, engine
and sugar machinery, by the Mitelcss, raiie 4
Watson Co., Of Glasgow, Scotland. Its double
effect however, put In after the mill was in
operation, was built by the Honolulu Iron
Works The mills nominal grinding capacity
is Q tons but It has turned ont 10 tons in one
day Of rsA hours steady grinding.
Engineer Faron has constructed IN ingeni
amour, Of cane is put through the rollers
This indicator is in use in several mills. At
Kaiwilahilahi, which employs Mr. Farons in
stument, the engineer was at work on clock
work indicator At Pacific Mil the supply
| hune dumps directly into the cane carrier The
chute at the end Of the flume is movable. II
cane IS supplied so rapidly as to overload the
carrier, this chute may swing TO left OF right
and the cane landed on the ground near the
carricf
While | was at the mill saw pretty
wooden model OF a mud press. 1t was made
| by the Portuguese carpenter of the mill and was
to be sent to the New Orleans Exposition.
The handsome mill, with its cloak Of straw.
color and its hood Of red, was cleaning in the
declining sun as | turned away from the ofise.
where had been chatting with CLERK Cooper,
and rode to the residence of Manager Kay,
half hidden in lovely kuku grove, iringins
the dry bed offs sometime torrent, Doctor
Troussesu, in his salad days, was planter
and here was his nesting place. Prettier loca.
tion, pre,tier disposition Of buildings, prettieI
household decoration would be hard to find
| | watched the evening sun sink behind the
Waipio wall, and carly in the morrow WATCHED
"'rhe hrst faint sunlight, climbing slowly higher
Made the far line Of lambeh, ire"
| I had come back from Waipio on the morn
ing OF the afternoon | spen, at Pacific Mill
and the beautiful sunset and dawn-half clouC
have sunshine, the dull grey bringing out thc
vivid colors of the frcscoed sky above the east
and west horizons--was an appropriate tribut,
to the beauty that was past and the beau,,
still in store.
The Mill Company own some 1000 acres o
cane land, and own or lease 1000 acres o
wood land. With rare forethought (which wisi
every plantation on the islands would pattern
the management has fenced in this 1900 acres
excluding cattle and thereby protecting som,
of its sources Of water supply. Along its fence
line young trees have been planted opposite
each port, so that the wires may be stapled tC
living posts when the dead ones have decayed
saw nothing during my iTip that gave ms
kecner pleasure than the attempt at fores
preservation undertaken by manager Kay. II,
has in Mr.. Purvis most congenial lieutenan
in this good work. This wear the plantation i
cutting some $50 acres; estimated yield, 400
Same acreage next year.
The latter gentleman has imported man,
valuable foreign plants among them yarietie
of cinchona from Ceylon and South America
I saw iourishing plantation Of them, grow
ing on the edge Of the forest, at an altitude o
about I,7oo feet, think. The grounds sur
rounding Mr.. Purvis's residence are, in effect
nursery OF valuable trees and plants. l be
leve his experiments will be Of practical bene
fit to the country. but this letter is too
long already. r. S. S.