The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-08-28
Land in Waianae Range Of
Mountains Quite Suitable.
AHRENs' PLANTATION AT wAIANAE
b. F. Dillingham; Grows Enthusiastic.
samples of the Berries-sixty Acres
of Trees--Opportunities for Labor
ers-Developmenu OF Oahu must come

B. F. Dillingham; came into the Ad-
vertiser office Tuesday noon bearing
triumphantly two magnificent coffee
branches laden with TWO or three hun
bred good healthy looking coffee ber-
ries and wanted to know what was the
matter with the coffee plantations Of
the Island of Oahu.
Mr.. Dillingham; is nothing if not an
active advocate OF the development OF
this island, and the tribute which he
brought the Advertiser was indeed
good evidence that Oahu is not to be
entirely shut out of the coffee industry.
Mr.. Dillingham; was fresh from trip
to the coffee plantation conducted by
manager Ahrens Of the Waianae sugar
plantation. The section Mr.. Ahrens
has under cultivation is in one OF the
many gulches that run mauka from
the sugar fields. The land is rocky
and to all appearance not adapted to
any kind Of cultivation-eXce coffee
The land rises to a height of about
/ 100 feet and the coffee fields are pro
tected from the strong trade winds by
an almost perpendicular ridge some
/ $500 feet high that runs along the heaC
of the gulch. 1t is in this unpromis,
| ing valley that Mr.. Ahrens has put II
sixty acres of coffee and has $500 trees
| in various stages of development. The
trees from which Mr. Dillingham;
/ plucked his exhibition branches are
/ three years old and according to Ro
! bert Rycroft, the Puma coffee grower
are among the best looking trees in the
/ whole country. 1t is anticipated tina
fully six tons of coffee can be takeI
off the trees this year. On one OF thu
primaries which Mr.. Dillingham; gave
his special attention he counted II
berries and he estimates that sil
pounds of coffee will be gathered from
the three old trees.
Now that just shows you" remark
ed the railway manager, what Oahl
can do. There is any quantity of jus
such land as Mr.. Ahrens is cultiVatin:
on this island and what want is TO
these local coffee lands to be develop
ed. Just look about you for little
There is loves coffee ranch furthe
along the Waianae range; there is cot
fee growing in Waialua and around il
Kahuku. Coffee will grow in Mano'
valley and plenty of other places OF
the island.
Il tell you there's no reason IN tn
wide world why this island should no
produce 100 900 tons of coffee annually
Then here's another point. Look a
the women and children in Honolulu
that the coffee grower has to dra7
upon for labor. They could take tn
train out of Honolulu in the morning
work during the day and return a
night. Why it would be fun for nor
than one thousand Portuguese fami
lies to say nothing of the money the
would add TO the family till.
I've got nothing against the devel
opment of the other islands. | wan
to see the whole country go ahead. bu
l don't see why these coffee grower
here at home are letting opportunitie
slip through their fingers that are righ
here under their very noses. Land
cheap and we want here just wha
they have on the other islands, fe'
; progressive men to go ahead and max
: the business go. Look at the none
locked up in this town. Just ponde
: awhile over the personal incomes thu
, will reach and go beyond the hundre
thousand dollar mark this year, an
then look around you and contemplat
how much land there is on this islam
that is practically going TO waste.
tell you what it is the people heI
want 10 look about them a little an
take run up a few OF these coffee land
i, on the island of Oahu"