Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-03

taDiiSneu nave COST, respectively, S7ooi-
600 81 900, 90 and "a COO 900. Thefe IS
no room n sugar for h small capitalist,
and a of the plantations are now man
aged by stock comp4n es. 1t takes SIX
teen months 10 grow the crop, and only
three crops can be made in Tour y ars.
Fertilizers 10 the amount OF 500, ooo
were used on the cane there last year,
aud more than half of this fertilizng
matter WAS imported.
THE GuANo FIgLp's OF HAWAII.
Much Of the remainder OF the fertilizer
came from the guano field OF the
S ,ndwich Islands. II the country is an
II xed Uncle Sam will add to his popula-
ton an enormous COLONY OF bros On
LAWSON Island, which is far TO he we {
ward, there are thousands and thousand,
o. sea guls. They cover the Island,
walking, a 1t were, over the beds oil
guano made by themselves AID their an
ces ors. These bird; are SO tick that
YOU have to kick them aside as you
walk about the island They are ex-
ceedingly tame, and by law no shooting
is allowed there There are several
overseeis who i've there, ard they ha e
TO blild little paIing fences ar und thsir
Gotta .es 10 keep he birds from crawling
upon The porches aud going into the
houses Tie young gu IL aye said 10 be
good for ealing. a. d | am told that
when tn. o>erseers or laborers want
birds on toast fer breakfast they go out
with club ard knock over couple
and bring tn m in to The cook.
FORTUNES IN COFFEE RAISING.
The Hawaiians here at Washington
say ttat best chance for the large or
sma investor IN Hawai- just now is IN
coffee lands. There is large amount
OF such land' IN the islands. They lie
Just above the sugar belt, at an altitude
OF from !, 500 to 3, 900 e. above the sea,
givi1g the planter the finest climate in
the world Good lands can BE- bought
on the market for S75 an acre, but The
government, which il very anxious to
nave small investors, is selling its gov
ernment ands 10 homeseaders for from
| $40 10 SIS all acre. Fifty acres make a
good-slzed Plantation for one man 10 at
tend t.. Ihe work is more like orchard
| ing han farming. The trees have to be
| carefully trimmed and taken care OF.
| They bsgin to bear aoout the third
year aud the fourth year pro iuce good
| crop. Then thu pl NATION orms an n
|
mans life and & BOD inhe itsnce for his
| cnidren. 1t takes some labor, however,
| to make such plantation, and m IN
should have at least !3 600 ahead at the
start. have before me an estimate
the cost Of maintaining a plantation oil
| sew. nty-ive acres for seven years, iu-
| clud ng the purchase Of The land and the
construction OF all the buildings. This
SHOWS an exp nditure OF SII, 900 at the
| clos OF the third year. The fourth year
| such plantation SHOULD produce $1,000
| pounds Of coffee and bring in an income
| oil SIC. 500. The fifth year it should pay
SIS 900 aud the sixth year, according 10
| these figures, SIS o. o. and at that time
leave the planter $40, 900 ahead. BY tue
close OF the next year ne will be $40 oco
] anead, and will have practically made a
| fortune In this estimate The Clearing CT
the land, fencing, the purchasing oil the
plants and tools, the sa AIRY OF man.
| sger, wno gets 81, 2oo year, the paying
OF nine japanese as labsrers and the
pre- paralion OF the coffee for the market
are included. How close the figures are
do not know, but they were prepared
| by the apartment oil foreign affiis Of
the Hawaiian government. A nifty acre
plantation would cost comparatively less,
as the owuer IN this case might manage
it himself.
| HONOLULU PROPERTY.
| / asked some questions as to the con,
dition OF real estate in Honolulu. an
| told that il has steadily incr eased during
the past four years, and that suburban
property has doubled in value during
that tine the annexation will give il
another howard shoot, and this, it is be-
| lieveo, will be the case with all KINDS o
property in the islands One OF the be
| chances for money making is, AN told
| in the building OF an Il, ctric railroad in
the city of Honolulu. An Engl sh COM
panY now has franchise, but 1t is not an
exclusive one, an neither the com any
nor their road is popular. The road is
capitalized at s37 500 mile, and it has
| iitet II miles oil rack. 1t has boh-tailed
cars, run by mules, and although there
| has been a general demand mat cleo
tricity be adopted, the company will moi
accede 10 it A, far as / can learn, toe
English acted the hog as to the matter
from the start They capitalized the
road at $500. 900, and issued $3.50. ooc
worth OF bonds. They took some Of the
stock themselves, sold the bones in Lon
don and pointed a lot Of Loldon di-
rectors, each Of whom gets good sal.
airy BY the time the interest on the
bonds and the salaries are paid there is
little Lett for the stockholders. am
told that the road could be easily paral.
leied and franchise could be secured.
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