The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-14
Launching Plantation to be One
Of the Largest Here.
IN FEE SIMPLE
Developing Water Successfully
Raiiways-Landins and Wharf.
Town Growing Up.

With no fuss or noise. what Will be /
the second largest plantation on Maui. |
is proceeding rapidly with its develop
ment.
b. f. Dillingham; has an option TO |
place part of the stock. but meanwhile |
the present owners. II. p Baldwin and |
l.. \. Thurston are not waiting for this |
feature To materializs. but are pro-
oeeding to develop the plantation with
out delay.
w. F. Pogue. late manager of the
Haleakala Ranch. is the manager: c.
y. Long, bookkeeper OF the ranch. has
also been transferred to the planta-
tion; Jack" Dow. head luna ut the
Wailuku plantation. takes the same
position at Kihei. with Edgar Morton.
late luna on the waikapu Plantation.
as chief assistant. Allan Clark. lately
in charge of the Government rock
crusher and steam drills at Honolulu
is the engineer. With this force at
the head. under the personal supervi-
sion of II. p. Baldwin. and nearly goo
laborers, things are humming ut kl-
hei. Fifteen carpenters are putting up
buildings so fast that the settlement
has grown in three months from
store house and a shanty to village
OF over twenty substantial buildings
Herman Schussler. of the Spring Val
| ley Water Works. San Francisco. has
been engaged as hydraulic engineer.
and the water development Is proceed
ing under his supervision. The water
| is being secured from surface dug
wells, lateral tunnels being run hori-
zontally from the bottom OF n thirty
foot shaft. This is done with the as
sistance of a steam drill. although a
battery of drills run by compressed air
is on the way from the coast, having
been selected by Mr.. Schussler.
The development of the water Is pro-
ceeding rapidly. the increase during the
last few days having been AZ the rate
o. about $4,000 gallons day. Two
Temporary centrifugal pumps. capable
of pumping 100000 gallons a day. for
keeping the wells clear of water while
work IS in progress. are in use. and
| four more have been ordered.
| The permanent pumps are TO be
Worthingtons-two of a capacity Of
100000 gallons a day each are under
contract To be delivered in working
order in June next.
The planting OF 100 acres OF cane for
lseed to plant the main crop next sum-
mer is occupying the time OF a number
or men.
\ set of steam plows has already ar
rived, and several miles OF rails fur
permanent and portable track. and q
Baldwin locomotive have been ordered
The plantation owns between eight
and nine thousand acres OF good cane
land, all in fee simple. and will put in
4 crop CT from 4 thousand 20 fifteen
hundred acres next summer. while ths
following plant crop will he Increased
to 1000 acres. The intention Is q
make the plantation produce from az
teen TO twenty thousand tons OF sugar
per annum.
The mill and pumps will be- situate,
directly At the landing. which Is on,
OF the hest in the country The Sc.
bottom Is smooth sand. gradually De
sCending from the waters edge 20
depth of % feet. 500 feet from tn
shore. There are no reefs or rocks II
(. the water for distance OF half = mile
: while. being on the lee sid
OF the island and az the hs1l
OF Maalaea Bay Il Is so sheltered as Q
give smooth water during almost al
weather. \ ship load OF lumber ha
D already been ordered for direct deliv
e cry. 10 be followed by one OF coal.
n The present wharf Is about $50 fee
5 long and will soon be equipped wit
Z steam hOiStinw annaratus Cauahig a
q lifting twelve tons n n load. Event
n ually the wharf will be extended G
L deep water. giving the only deep wats
wharf in the country outside of Homo
lulu. and allowing the shipment q
sugar at q lower cost than from an
other plantation.
Steps are being taken to effect tn
= Iearly incorporation OF the plantation