The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-05
Clearing Land and Arranging for
Steam Flows.
OPINION OF AN INSPECTOR
DR.. Mexwelrs Repor;-Buildings Co.
ing Up-Manager McStocker
and HIS Force Active
Hawaii Herald.D

1T is the finest soil l nave ever SCI"
J in the Islands" said John Winter. the
celebrated steam pillow expert In speak
ing of Olaa sugar plantation. Mr.. WIN
! ter is the representative OF Fowler. the
, steam plow manufacturer. and his visit
10 Olaa at this time was for the pur-
nose OF Investigating conditions ana
. reportins TO the company the feasibil-
fty OF the steam pillow on this land.
II have gone pretty much over the
whole tract since / came here ten days
ago" continued Mr.. Winter, and
find the conditions entirely satisfactory
, for the use of the steam plows ana on
NV return to Honolulu | will so report
] to the company. 1t Will then TIC "e
} cided how many sets will be used-two
ar three. and the sizes. To ship them
.. bv water from England would mean ut
, least six months before they would ar
! rive here, but as Oahu and kohala
! have recently ordered sets To come
overland from New York presume the
Olaa company will follow suit.
' "As 10 the soil in Olaa | can say
. that I have lived on these Islands for
, tho mast tv-enty-two years and ! have
3 been over nearly all the plantations
I have never seen such soil anywhere.
!. have. read DR.. Maxwell's excellent re-
! port and differ from him only III tha'
I mart referring to the lower lands-he
2 was not strong enough in his recon-
mendaticn. In my opinion you nave
|. only 10 liant the cane there and watch
IL grow. There's been good deal "i
: talk. toe, atout the temperature on the
! INNER lands. A close examination
, shows il TO average 63 degrees. when
! is nIenty warm enough and the soil
J seems warm. In my opinion the lands
.. are all right ard big crops VIII be
. taken or.
l Peter --a,Rae, the head overseer. Is
particularly we'll pleased with the out
look lie says:
I'VE are pushing forward as rapidly
as rcssible and will soon show results.
Nj. McStocker closed contracts with
three persons last week for clearing
i40o0 acres OF the lower lands and put
ting them in shape for the pillow. The
contract price is SIS per acre. We are
about closing with a man for clearing
4, large tract of the higher lands at
low fzt.re-yes! considerably less than
$500 ug. acre, and the man agrees To
ci-t the wood into cordwood lengths
!. and &c ..le al stones out of the way oil
The ulcr- auc # anything should after
ward ar,ecr in the way of the plow to
remove = On demand. The company
would have good return from the
ssI.. Of IT,, .aidwood so that the actual
cost o. ling would be small.
"[V5 have moved from Peter Lees at
1l-IaU. & fountain View so that we
VIII l. IL the center OF the tract and
Ia u better position to direct. The
area OF no .'artation is so great that
it Reeus us ON the go most OF the time
and we have to keep hustling. When
the lumber arrives the rest of the
quartz v-il lie built, as we'll rs the
residences for the manager, bookkeep-
Y cv and principal employees. We have
the force gI hard and the work will be
pushed 20 finish.''
Manage %cStocker says he is well
pleased with the outlook and though
he has not had years of experience as
a mauaser OF sugar plantations. he has
had SUFFICIENT business experience tc
figure cr.t rcsults and keep down the
expense. Nr. McStocker is fortunate
2 in t.. .,'s,tion of his assistants. Mr.
- Clay Knows ali the ms and out connect
- "a with tre starting of 4 plantation
and Peter NcBea is said 10 be the bes
cane man or the Islands. Mr.. Soper
: late head luna at Pepeekeo, is said e
he tie best man for the position tina
u PeYe-E.e les had in years. Both h
AID ET,Ees are familiar with condi
.tions listing on this end of the islam
SO and viii lie valuable assistants to tn
IT manager.