The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-05-29


and Mrs. Nugent. The pupils of the
advanced department were during our
visit exercised in dictation, and their
spelling and writing approved most
careful training. There are Hawaiians,
Portuguese, Scandinaviaus, Chinese,
japanese and other nationalities in
the school, and representative of
every race do excellent work. Prob
ably the best in all points, of those not
born to English, were the Hawaiians.
Mr. White is an enthusiastic teacher,
his school taking place in his mind to
no other concern. An inspection of
other work and departments is post
pOned to an opportunity that, unfor-
tunately, never arrives to the visitors.
The restful air makes them ayerse to
activity and thus robs them of much
information that would be valuable to
carry back to their editorial lairs.
From the schoolhouse to the Kealia
mill is only about half a mile, the road
passing over a substantial bridge span
ming a wide creek. Aloft runs on a
huge trestle the plantation 1ume, eX-
tending for miles into the cane fields.
The visitors are greeted at the mill by
man on horseback in the person
of Hon. @. II. Dole, who is plantation
superintendent on the Kappa division
of the estate, as Mr.. w. Blaisdell is on
the Kealia division. Then with CHEEKY
face steps up Mr. Theo. P. SEVERN, the
travelling photographer of Mr.. J. J..
Williams studio, who escorts the
wanderers into the building where the
diffusion process is located. Here we
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who goes all over and explains every
point in the process. Col. Spalding
himself next appears, plotting party
of ladies through the wondrous laby-
rinth of massive machinery and ap-
paratus The colonel spies the invited
scribes and coming forward gives them
a hearty welcome, followed by a
thorough object lesson in the whole
process. The lady visitors afterward
complained to the editors that the lat
ter had divided the gallant colonel's
attention to them when the diffusion
process was only half unfolded to their
interested comprehension. This was
" real mean" on the part of the scribes
although altogether unintentional.)
After infusing all the ideas possible
regarding diffusion, the visitors were
directed to the hotel just erected by
Col. Spalding q few PAGES from. the
mill. This has been provided primaT-
lily for the benefit of the higher class of
workmen in the mill and fields, who
have not homes of their. own on the
estate, and incidentally for the enter
tainment of visitors and tourists. 1t
is kept in excellent style, skilled cooks
and attentive walters being employed,
with liberal supplies to draw from and
the six bedrooms in the second story
being fit for princes. The tables are
spread with immaculate linen covers
and napkins, and the mill hands COM
port themselves as gentlemen, thus
fifty evincing appreciation of the
thoughtful consideration that dictated
such elegant comfort in their behalf
Ii similar establishments were provid-
ed at every plantation on the group, 4
great obstacle to internal touring
would be removed, while moderate
charges to strangers would pay for
their entertainment, inter-island trade
would be facilitated and, in short, the
whole Kingdom be benefited.
1t was at the lunch table in tie
hotel on the first day-Wednesday,
May 16th-that the deputatiOn was in
formed of the breakage of an attach
ment to the diffusion plant. AS the
heads of the twain had just come from
beneath the ponderous weights, one of
which fell in the accident, they con-
graduated themselves on having
whole craniums left in which to carry
their brains home. Next day another
weight fell, and the decree was issued,
to clear up for grinding at O'clock in
the evening. This gave an uneX-
pected opportunity Of seeing the ma
ceratiOn process in operation. During
the afternoon the fumes were altered
from delivering to the diffusion plant,
and diverted into the crushing mill.
AT the hour appointed the endless
procession of cane came rushing down
to the mill travellers, the three ponder
Gus lotion rollers of the first mill began
crunching their food, and, after receiv-
ing a liberal affusiOn of hot water from
perforated pipe, the crushed cane
with its residue of uneXpressed juice
moved forward on an endless traveller
to the maceration rollers, whence a
gOOdly stream of the SacchaTiferOus
liquid ran to join the primary stream
from the first mill on its way to the
CHARTERS, while the doubly masticated
fibre of the cane moved on by still
another system of carriers to be dump
ed into the furnaces and furnish large
quota of power and heat to the whole
vast scheme of sugar manufacture. So
day and night the immense operation
would continue like clock work while
repairs to the diffusion plant could be
effected. All the handling the cane
receives at Kealia between the field
and the crusher or cutter, as the case
may be, is to regulate the feeding at
the outlet of the flume.
The Makee Sugar Company's prop
erty combines the former plantations
and mills of Kappa and Kealia, the
mill on the latter site now doing the
whole grinding. There is a total area
of about $4,000 acres, 300 to 5000
being constantly under cultivation.
About 1000 acres are freshly planted
every year, the crop taking eighteen
to mature, and another crop is
raised from ratoons, or second growth
from one planting. The sugar crop
this year will be about 5000 tons
Excellent pasture lands stretch away
from the bounds of the cane fields,
upon which 5000 head of cattle Craze,