The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-03-16
TIE oIaa of Today.


place Of The desert of year ago can be
found "A mdsnHCent domain, 10000
acres IN eAten,, giving constant EN-
ployment TO 1000 labOrers, skilled and
installed, with nearly half a thousand
beasts OF burden, AID all well p. divided
with accommodation and shelter
Where was once waste of useless
ferns, now are villages and hamiets
teeming with lie, activity and co.tent,
and instead Of waste and bar. an l. ac,s
of hill and dale, are precise and p. O.
ductive burrows OF cane, all eady in evi
dence as iorelunners of the harvest
thai Is to be.
At the inception of every enterprise
of moment the necessary preliminary
expenditures are large, and have prob
ably been so In the bringing OF Olaa
through the chrysalis state. Against
the ruCk-rIbbed AID anc .ent obstacle
of nature, were presented the mos
modern and complete labor devices OF
the p esent era Of mechanical wonders
and they have prevailed. The rock
have yielded water at the stroke of the
Moses of science; paths have been
made through the t.aCklass flores IS,
making the handling of the products
of the land a comparatively easy mat
ter, and now all that remains Is to
await the action of nature on he thous
ands of acres under cultivation.
The Pruning Knife.
The present month marks an epoch
in the history of this new estate. So
assiduous.y have ali the works neces-
saIy TO peIlect order, in the pan of
Al lg,t. No cd ha
mana5 .MeLt IouAd Ilself in position
to deteIm4ne upon, and put in opera
ton, a radical reduction of expenses
and the coming month and those. fol-
lowing, viii show a material decrease
on the expense side OF the ledger. 4 his
action is the result OF IA careful survey
of the whole field, and the management
are confident that the lopping-off proc
ess can in no manner re,ard the course
of steady develop meat Unuer THIS ar
raIgement near.y all laborers, not un-
der term contracts, have been di pens
ed with and only those retained who
have shown ability in their several
lines. This action is not an expert
ment, it is a settled policy, dete mined
after the most complete and full CON
sideration Of all existing data.
Manager McStOCker stated a few
days ago, that the clnd o. OF the p an
tation was now fully up to the aim and
expectations of the management, and
that he is equipped to go on with the
work as originally determined The
only work on hand is the preparing and
planting Of the cleared land and this !
~ill proceed increasingly.
Tho Food Supply of Hawaii,
The food supply was a troublous mat
ter for time, after it was an estab- |
lished fact that the plague was a reality !
in Honolulu. What was at first ooked |
upon as a serious menace, has proved |
a benefaction. Hawaii was dependent
upon Honolulu for all foreign imports
and received but few that did not come
through that channel. When cut off,
by the lronclad te ms Of he q "a antine,
from her base of supplies, her people
for the first time awoke to their pos
sibilities, and determined to become
purveyors, through channels under
their own control Such messengers
of the sea as the Rhoderick Dhu, Falls |
of Clyde and Annie Johnson, were
chartered and sent forth, TO return in |
rapid order loaded to the gunwales |
with produce which stayed the threat
sning hand of famine.
No Signs of Plague.
Over month has passed since the
death of Mrs. Serrao, and no sign OF
the plague has been discovered on this
Island, although rumor has located 1t
In Puma. Kau, Waiakea, Halakau, Pc
peekeo and other districts. TO the dis
tress of all. Investigation has failed to
ind any trace of the scourge, and
feeling of re ief Is general The cause
of death of Mrs. Serrao will never be
satisfactorily determined; and there
are leglons who believe that some doc
tors In Hilo would not recognize a
bubonic microbe II 1t had been in their |
company for week.
Along the burrows.
The demand for rice is steady and as |
much as SIS per sack has been asked
and paid.
II present conditions continue, Irish |
potatoes will supersede diamonds for
evening wear.
Mrs. ]. F. Clay has beeu seriously III
with the grippe. but now is believed |
10 have passed the danger point.
Many Of the haoles at Olaa are
stockholders. and their stock is not on
the market. Why not? Ask them.
Wagonloads OF cane seed from Pc |