The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-11-05

Tor cutting III March, and on the |
other side, II large area growing for
August. This plantation, consisting |
of about 270 acres, is worked under
lease. Beyond the Maili is the
Waianae Plantation proper of about
200 acres. The company have now
nearly six miles of fumes, more than |
two miles of which have been built |
during the past year. An area OF |
eighty acres of cane land has been
prepared, and is all trenched and
ready for seeding, and only awaits a
good rainfall to fill the trenches.
There has been no regular plantation
rain for fourteen or fifteen months
and the bed of the stream has been
dry for year. The cane is irrigated
from a reservoir in the mountains by
means of the fumes referred to
above. The cane is brought down
to the mill, from the fields on well
laid railroad track, which is said to
have been the first railroad line in the
Kingdom. The cars are drawn by
one or other of two locomotives, the
"Waianae" and the "Lualualei."
THE MILL.
The sugar mill is undergoing
process of renovation. comprising
extensive additions. and improve
ments. New furnances and boilers
are being put in, and an elevated
tramway erected from the trash
house to facilitate the conveyance of
the trash to the furnaces, which will be
a great saving of labor. Part of this
tramway is suspended by iron rods to
the roof of the building, and is pro-
badly the only railroad terminus in
the world hung to the roof of the
depot.
THE LABoRERs.
The plantation labor consists of
Chinese, japanese, Portuguese, Ha-
waiians, South Sea Islanders and
Germans-six nationalities. Dealing
with these varied specimens of
humanity requires no little tact and
generalship, for which manager
Ahrens seems to be the right man in
the right place. The housing of the
laborers is well arranged, the differ
ent nationalities being kept in separ-
ate groups of buildings.
THE HOSPITAL AND DOCTOR.
The hospital is a neat airy build
ing, by the roadside. 1t was with
out inmates at least on Wednesday.
When patients require treatment
under the immediate supervision of
the doctor, they are placed in the
hospital, but ordinary ailments are
treated at their own quarters. The
practitioner in charge is Doctor
Weddick, recent arrival by the
Stirlingshire, and gentleman of
pleasing address and genial manner.
THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL.
The schoolhouse is a commodious
building of two departments, separ-
ated or united, at pleasure, by
sliding doors. Another building on
the premises has recently been fixed
up and seated for class room.
The teaching staff consis of Mr.. f.
E. Atwater, Mrs. Atwater and Miss
| w. Baldwin, the latter of whom
takes charge of the class room. Mr..
and Mrs. Atwater and their assist
ant are doing excellent work among
the juveniles of Waianae, not only
directly in opening to them the
avenues of knowledge, but also in
directly in the healthy moral infu-
ence they exert in society. That
the educational interests of the COM
munity are efficiently managed is
proven by the splendid exhibit of
regularity of attendance made by
the school registers. The enroll
ment for the past quarter was 100,
and the average daily attendance
%. This, while it shows that the
education of the youth is carefully
looked after by Mr.. Atwater, also
proves the value of a compulsory
school law, and is piece of the Ha-
waiian legislation of past years from
which both America and England
may learn something to their advan-
tage. There is, moreover, some-
thing to be said in commentator of
the Board of Education. 1t has
always been referred to as serious
difficulty in the way of providing
efficient teachers for many districts
that accommodation for housekeep-
ing, or boarding and lodging were
wanting; that men of culture and
ability could not be induced to stay
in them. That difficulty, as regards
Waianae, has been handsomely met
by the Board providing Mr.. Atwater
with the means to build neat cot
tage for himself. This provision
alone will probably secure for Wal
anae an efficient and cultured teacher
in the Government school for all
time to come. The pupils of the
school are, for the most part, native
Hawaiians. A few European faces,
young Portuguese, are also notice
able. The specimens of reading,
spelling, arithmetic and writing pre-
sented in two hours visit were very
creditable. In the matter of pen
manship, especially, the native
seems to excel all others, while some
of the Portuguese boys showed a
very appreciative degree of enthusi-