The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-01
THE BoUsE OF spREcKELs.
Their Hawaiian Property sad the souss
Lawsuit AgnInst SITS Father.

I Ban Francisco. Nov. 22.-The suit brought
? by young Gus Spreckels against his fnther ant
two elder brothers has created more Interest,"
in commercial circles than any other slmilal
oNent that has ever occurred on the Pacific
coast Thore are friends Of both sides who
hope Il will never come to trial and on the
other band there are many who look forward
TO very Interesting developments.
tlaus SprerKcls has four sons-John D.. the
eldest. who attends almost exclusively TO the
shipping business: Adolph IT,. the second. who
now attends to the sugnr business: Claus Au-
gust. known as Gus" who brings the pres.
ent action Ia the third son. a nd Rudolph is the
fourth and Youngest son. Besides tho bust
ness Of tho California Sugar Refining Com.
pany. in which the father and all the sons were
Interested. there was the shipping house OF
John u. Spreckels y Bros. who own number
Of sailing vessels trading 10 Hawaii and along
the coast, also the bulk OF tho stock Of the
| Oceanic Steamship Company whose steamers
run to Honolulu, Auckland. and sydney. The
youngest con, Rudolph. who IL Just emerging
from boyhood. was ncyera m m ber OF this firm.
| The Third son. Gus who brings the suit was
| his fathers special pride In business and his
right-hand man. having exclusive charge OF
| all matters In the sugar department In his
! Iathers absence. 1t WAS he who was sent to
| Philadelphia to take'charRe Of tho sprockels
| refinery there. but uron his return to San
Francisco couple Of years ago he Withdrew
| from the firm OF John y. Spreckels 4 Bros,
| which was rcircorporntcd under the name Of
John u. Srrcckols x bro. The reason for this
was mover made public. but may be exclaimed
in the pending uit. though It has nothln. to
do with that companY's affairs
Inc Hawaiian sugar and Commercial Com
pnn{, whose affairs arc now tho matter of in
ycsilEatlon. owns the lnrapst sugar pa NATION
IN mo world. IL Is known as Spreck plsyille
p ma ls lGtnted on the Island Of Maui which
yisitoi in their search for anti.annexation "yi. |
denfG}, 1t is only ono Of tho many Gf Spreck- !
10000 acres Of land. Tho land was formerly |
nothing tat All. arid desert. hut by extensive !
carried on 10 1t from tho mountn ins forty milcs
Mistant. ltnvolycd clever engineering talent
Fnhes S Of wRsh H Mere % SF9S isst GrS
md 500 feet deer. There are also twsnty.eight
s onnelS' 0g iect.Cnt through solid rock.
l., There are I've reservoirs to store tho water
and enough can be securo cd to rrigate tho en- en-
t tre b,snIa,21 for several months There
ieet to the mile. delivering from twenty TO
sixty cubic feet o. wa'or per second. The Wal.
grace as the other. and can deliver AZ TO
seventy cubic feet per second. The entire de-.
cmnhir 'eot per day. Out Of the total area Of
GO;I ., o aeres on the Wnuku and waikapu
constant cultivation. The cane ncIds arc ~
With an Syer OnG %nJ sSyes9 1 niles vide and
would gi ,S total years crop Of 10000 tons.
r@toons or second years Weld rom t Tn same tnS
cAno not turning out so wrll.
Inc entire plantation is ploughed nd broken
np by three sets OF very powerful steam
lion[hs two eng mes and ten plough- consti-
70 iorty.ilve acres daily. Then the land Is cuI.
IA ,t'',' G,Tper IMAM the p,ouGhIng and nulver-
TatHr are rloughrd out three and I've feet 'lf
i zee, by srCeiH. nlopghs They are 800 or 100
% thon so US to SHUT tho water Oh Frrtiliaing i
3 sractiseG on tET plantation and gives salts
'ery completes. though expensive. hut il ia Z
ound th"t the irrigated IauI gives one and :
ybi .TI Us nj S"S"r NOR Yer acre than land
y in''l turns out 100 tons Of sugar daily !
ne D9iiGT louise contains twentyscven steam n
org ana Is an immense RESERVOIR for all tho u
nEi,ss, runps' and rams to draw from. Tiers +
ytSei win every possible labor-sA device. +
WITHIN tho past year a suit Tor $40 IC.OUO h
:. Was brought against the company ~
! George W. MactarIanc OF Honolulu. who was q
arr .WEor with W. ii. Cornwrl in some OF tho a
lnd that mas been occupied AMI nlnnted Iv ;,
he company. tOrnwcll was one o; the members s.
Liliuokqlani's Cabinet and Macfariane. VINO |,
aua's agent n noatihG the Hawaii loan mn "A e
" oi against e" wishes Of Snreckss. N
,ll their '.nd To- SEreckc!s Tor Jhe c0Inpanv Z
ut no pFtge had Icon agreed upor, though iii X
ie party developed a greater desire To- r,Iav 50
2 no n tnha 10 s9ma,S and values Macfar. ~,
llue Of tn" sugar that had been taken on the W
nj, but was non-suited. " '''0 -,
IN Hawaiian Suegr and Commercial Com. 81
small way by Claus Snrecke!s Immediately m
10 vile ne iaSt rGenroty treaty was entered "a
nrst vlnl"n'ly opposed any such treat. il :.
~ zen ~ am am alnhliion to build up the ~,
'cceodod lux at nm enormous cost, IA can La tn!
aGly Ina: net from tho foregoing des"ripo -,
's, shtpn"d from California and had TO be- ~
'uieh many miles, on land. The Drap|rtg. W,
IN Us huhhTeHs OF employees constitutes n I
Iall town. which has been named spreckei.A ~
We; Les Than ton years ago there was some sh
4 the stock, lar value SIuO. frli 10 and soi ref
- cent. The 81" t'IH",Sro Ch,pn.c je nj. wa
Ike ne mansGSpent bitterly. ana therein IN
nc lInns; proprietor Of he CHRONICLE. cot
.nG Hp ,@n VIZ proP%riy has boon payinG T%
rms, several years iii the price of raw IN
faf in If IRE "winG to the abolition Of the Pc,
ay with all benefits that used 10 HsrSps 20 the
Hawatian planters under. their rec:procity 49,,
nj there was an asses ment OF * per share sw'
y , ~" holders OF stock unon which the as
ing II all sold To the highest bidder AZ y tru
1T = s,lIe lhe buyer was Claus Snrack not
entire property and doabye sss I ,N 81 goo
res now IN dispute nro soma unon whiup she
.,I.s "a
he controlling Interest II the comnnnv H.. ma
AVS been held In tho Spreckrls faIDiIy -" wal
Their Of them generally reinc presiiapt oonuS 4 v
err directors Tha other nartias m.nti,ntni owl
he suit, VI. H.. Weed and W. u. K Gibson too
70 both hcou clerks I'm tne emEiny'"l;; Dire
hrhels for ~ number OF years in conhiegn,ini thai
ltlpnS, Glhson Is married To a sister ~ her
e Jnhn d. NpT"ckES and - head man n',hn son
re OF tho shipping llrn. willie Na.i il co one II OF
'Etlhi cl"rE IN the sugar business Jnhn 4 ~
Ii Was Formerly Hawaiian sugar plnntar \
~nld MS pTOEoriy out 10 IN, Sprrck . 9 nj wan
~ ~lncs heen Incorporated. NJ Ehrman is Cow
hileshle gr"'"r and \ very rich man vii" hett
always been moro or less intsrestsi n, VI" VI" buU
hS undertakings II Claus SpTeck.ls NJ She
enthHl ~ manager Of the Anglo-C alifornIa u IL
TX, where spree ke.s tTansacts his Lnstr,ih.a the
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n. M, won
"'"'her' Will
storm witch was the Csntral s,.,.. =. gov
nsSiAy moved very rapidly nOrtb,,,,v.rs n that