Evening star., 1899-02-09

detained on the quarantine fslet, and re-
fused intercourse with their friends.
The chief justice decided In favor of the
Cinnamon, that the Newland annexation
law could not be Interpreted as retroactive,
tnvalfdating permits of prior ISSUE This
decision was reversed by the supreme court
in full bench. Appeal has been made to the
Secretary of the Treasury. We can haruIy
doubt that he will order these Chinese adj
mitted to their homes in accordance with
every dictate of Justice and humanity.
The Oahu railway on the first Of this
month opened its last extension of fifteen
miles, and now runs two trains daily to
Hahuku MILL at the north point of the ISL
and. seventy-one miles from Honolulu. 1t
Is about forty miles the bird flies, but
the railway follows the coast. keeping
level grade. There are in all a out five
miles of more or less heavy rock cutting
along cliffs near the sea. Along some twen-
ty-five miles of the line the surf effects are
of the finest There la a constantly varying
panorama Of mountain, scarfed ridges and
deep ravtnes
The passenger accommodations are ex-
cellent, although on a narrOw-gauge road.
Good station houses are built at five chief
points. The average speed Is twenty-three
miles an hour, a heavy rail being used.
The passenger traffic Is rather light; the
freight traffic very heavy. There are six
large plantations along the line, winch, to-
gether. when in full operation, will produce
over 100000 tons of sugar annually. Most
OF these have been created directly In con-
sequence of the railway. These plantations
are capitalized at thirteen million dollars.
The shares of one Of them sell at 300 per
cent. Three have as yet made no dividends
and two have made no sugar. All are
mainly or entirely dependent upon irriga-
ton from artesian wells, water being in
some instances forced up to an altitude of
500 feet. More or less fertilizing is en-
ployed. One plantation has averaged
eleven tons of sugar per acre of plant
cane 1t requires two years for such a
crop. between planting and cutting.
A Great Sugar Mill.
The operations Of great sugar mill form
an impressive sight. Perhaps two hundred
cars are being loaded in the fields, upon
temporary ran tracks About 100 such car
loads of cane stand in long lines near the
mill, where their contents, after weighing,
are successfully dumped upon a travelling
apron, which continuously delivers its load
of long juicy stalks to the vast rollers,
nine in successive triplets, which relent-
lessy crush them to chips, while great
stream of sweet juice runs off, to be
pumped up into the numerous clarifiers and
vacuum pans, which cleanse and concen-
trate it into the bright yellow crystals that
go to the American refineries. The remains
of the stalks leave the cruel rollers in the
form of nearly dry trash" like sawdust,
which is at once fed automatically under
the great Loilers. Not more than two
thirds of this fuel is used. The rest goes
to help drive the great steam pumps for
irrigation.
Eva mill turns out regularly 40 tons
of sugar daily 2S0,OOo pounds Oahu
mill. next to it, is expected to make a daily
output OF 300 tons. / do not know whether
any larger sugar mills exist. Probably
there are none better. and probably there
is no more skilful culture of sugar cane
III any other country Hawaii is now equip
ped with everything of the best in the
sugar line, including laboratories and ex-
perlmental station maintained by the
Planters Company. Two large factories of
fertilizers are supported, which import
large invoices of raw material, guano, sui
Dhur, nitrates, etc. Lime abounds in our
coral Lodges.
Two hundred and fifty thousand tons is
the present sugar output of Hawaii 1t
VIII soon be 100000. For this great in
dustry over 2o,0cJ laborers are employed
OF whom about 5000 are Chinese and 13UJ0
japanese. Several thousand Japanese have
been admitted for this purpose during 1888
Under United States laws this undesira BILE
immigration will now mostly come to an
end. The planters will be compelled to pay
higher wages than the present $17 to $50
month tSold). There are large numbers of
Aslatics in the country whom better pay
Will attract. And there will then be good
pay Tor white laborers, either by the month
or planting on shares. kAMFIIAMEHA