The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-22
Activity in The Stock Of a Small.
Cane Estate.
CHINESE AND NATIVE OWNERS
Heavy Appreciation in Value-A Plantation |
Once Ataudoned-Weather-
a Shooting.
(Special Cor-espondence.)

MAUI, May 20.-HueIo plantation at
fairs are much talked about recently.
year or more ago native hui at
the head Of which is ]. X. Smythe, of
HueIo, purchased the abandoned plan
tatiOn, water rights and all, for $1,000
In this hui were seventy people.
each agreeing to contribute 500 each
ultimately Not long ago the hui
leased their property 10 Chinese COM
pany for twenty years with privilege
OF an additional twenty. This Chinese
company was recently offered $4,000
for half their stock capitalized a $780,
600 This offer they refused and since
then have attempted to buy shares
held by the native hui offering 5000,
$3.50 and $500 a share. One owner in
the hui" offers to sell his one share
for $1,000. However, no member Of the
hui can sell, according to their COM
pany agreement, except to members of
the hui In June, the Chinese Com
pany-known as the lHuelo Sugar Co.
will reorganiZe with their capital stock
increased to 100000. The secret of all
this business furry is found in the rum
or that Kihei plantation wishes TO buy
Huelo water.
Sheriff L. NJ Baldwin has been in
Hama during the week prosecuting a
case in the local police court.
j. Neil. luna on Hamoa plantation,
shot a Japanese laborer in the leg on
the 10th. Mr.. Neil has been acquitted
by Judge Joseph.
On the afternoon of the 18th. the
postponed meeting of the Makawao
teachers was held in the usual place
twenty pedagogues being in attend
ance The program consisted OF Park
er's Talks" discussed by Miss Crook,
and a lesson in reading by Mr.. G. w.
Baldwin, who had q class of his pupils
present.
Mr.. H. ? Baldwin is having car
riage road built from Brewers, Maka-
wac, to his Olinda residence. .. Burns
has charge of the construction Of this
three or four miles OF thoroughfare
and began work on the 18th inst.
Tonight (the 20th) the Aloha Lodge.
K. of P, of Kahului. will give a grand
ball at Spreckelsville hall, Spreckels-
Vile 4 great, good time is anticipat-
ed.
Today a trustee meeting is being held
a. 'Paia on business concerning the
construction of the new Maunaolu
Seminary.
Manager D. c. Lindsay. of Paia, has
been making a tour of plantations on
Hawaii
j. G. Anderson. Jr., of Salt Lake
City. is visiting his. uncle in MakawaO.
S. G. Alexander, of Oakland, has
been at Haiku during the week.
\ calendar of forty cases is to be
tried at the next jury term in Waikiki,
beginning June 9TH.
The Board of Registration returned
from Molokai on the 10th and report
a small registration Of voters. They
sit again on the 22nd at Paa.
On the 18th the barkentine Charles
f Crocker. DewarS master, departed
from Kahului in ballast for Port Town
send. On the same day the schooner
Defender. OleSen master, departed for
San Francisco with a cargo of sugar.
In the harbor of Kahului are now the
SCHOONER Mildred. schooner Alcalde
schooner Olga. schooner William Bow
den and the ship ]. B. Thomas. The
alert. after taking on board 1000 more
bags of sugar, will depart probably
next Wednesday.
Weather-1.4 40 III. of rain in Wailuku
land , inches in Makawao. General
rains.