The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-08-07
WORK At OLAA
PREPARING FOR MILLS
Activity Apparent on Every Hand il
The Enterprise on The
Big Island.
Especial correspondence

Especial Correspondence)
oLAA PLANTATION. August with
the end OF July this plantation passed in
TO the second year OF its existence as a
commercial and agricultural factor In the
future development OF the poss .bilties OF
the infant Territory of the Union. That
the plantation has been the instrument for
nfusing much needed vim and energy mo
liilo cannot be gainsa:d and coupled with
It's other potent ally, the Hilo Railroad
Company the hitherto SLEEPY Hollow
| Is beginning to take its primary lessons
In commercial activity and is breakinT
away from the sloth and Incidence that
has been its marked characteristic The
corps of surveyors and engineers under
| G. II. kluesel today completed the pre-
urinary survey OF the line along the
volcano road as far as the 22-mile sec
tioh, ana superintendent Lambert wlIt
now take ho.d and push the construction
Or the Olaa and Puma division during the
past month track has been laid about two
and one-half miles beyond Olaa station.
and as fast as roadbed Material arrives
II liz disposed OF. The completion OF
the railroad to Olaa has already reduced
transportation bills about two-thirds and
he heavy mill machinery that would 9TH
erwise have remained In Hilo is being
moved daily and comfortably warehoused
In one of the three new structures at
Olaa station.
THE MILL SITE.
Ground was broken FOR the mill ste sew
ernl weeks ago and the work Is being
pushed forward as rapidly as possible.
While the mills Will not be the largest
IN the Islands. the aim OF the manage
ment and the contractors, the Honolulu
Iron Works. win be to make them the
NEST complete and modern Every appli-
ance that science and invention have de-
Ntioped. as labor and materlal-saviug
VA. be taken advantage of and become
n part of the general plan OF equ pment
Ihe Hilo Railroad Company's tracks have
heeh laid to the very doors OF the pro-
posed building and the transportation OF
material from shipboard made easy. The
mn proper VIII cover an area of nearly
an acre and a half Beginning from tho
cere-carrying or receiving shed to the
shipping shed. the dimens ons are as fol-
lows: Cane-receiving shed, 1l9 by GA: mill
mouse. 100 by 70: boiler house, 81 by 20;
Qualification house. 1876 by 81: vacuum pan
hccse. VI by l39: sugar room. 40 by iss,
ana, lastly, the shipping she'd 20 by l39
The capacity of the mills will easily by
1900 tons OF cane per day.
LABOR PROSPECTS.
The recent upheaval caused by the nbo-
llton or the contract system has natural
ly raised new problems as to the procure-
ment OF permanent labor, but the "ar
flantation' has suffered no setback ma
terially Affecting its routine business In
many Instances the Japanese whose new
sehse OF Importance has interfered with
his practical value as laborer has been IS
sent away and the patient, steady Chi
nese are Hooking to fill the vacancies,
many OF them being expert cane-cutters
and more familiar with plantation GUS
toms. necessities and requirements than
the newly come Japanese.
THE PLANTATION TO-DAY.
In every essential particular the planta-
tion can now be seen at Its best In many
public institutions the coming of tho
beard of managers or inves igating COM
m'ttees or gentlemen OF the press Is made
the occasion of n general furnishing ~,
n putting on of the best bbs and fuckers,
a brushing into dark and unknown COR
ners and garrets, of old linen and furll-
ture, and the coming of the invading par,
~ awaited with calm and serene lSnowl-
edge that everything will be in apple-pie
order. Immediately on the departure Uc
the guests the old things are brought
forth and proceed on their routine OF
ton until next visiting day"
A PUBLIC ENTERPRISE.
In every way the plantation is a public
nterprlse as completely as the
school, judicial or road government of
the Island Its stockholders belong TO all
classes. their interest In its advancement
Is as great as that taken In any Oher
public enterpr Sc. and II Is their right to
have full, fair and open knowledge of
its condition and progress. II progress
there be. and how can that knowledge be
better obtained than by personal In
ST ection. All days are visiting days" at
olaa.
The cultivated area OF the big Planta-
tion" at the present time is 2,4o0
acres. All OF the fields border
upon the Volcano and Puma roads.
with plantation roads miles In length di-
verging from these main roads to the
cane centers of each field; and are easy
OF access for foot or vehicle, Nearly all
the cane planted mauka Is of the rose
and yellow bamboo varieties, and tnat
makai OF Lahaina.
The rose bamboo back OF Mountain
View. OF eleven and twelve months
gre with. Is showing III to l." which means
that sufficient seed Is being procured from
one acre TO plant eleven. This Is heing
at Peter Lees HALFWAY House
tract. where the crop ls averaging 10
Ia l." and yet Ice II no Democrat. WIN
reference 10 the crop prospects, Hil1
paper, whose propensites for kicking by
day, Kicking by night and kicking Tor tho
very lust OF kicking are something abnnr-
nal. felt constrained to say IN It's last
lssuei
''rhe first years crop FOR grinding az
the Olna plantation N estimated hy ron-
Heryative Judges AZ not less than 200
IONS, This VIII include the product OF
Puma also"
a careful estimate shows that more
than sufficient seed can lac had ON Olal
10 cover the entire area OF the plantation
without any foreign aid
FLYING NOTES,
Robert Helen, until recently tlmekeepeT
n ulaa, hRf LETT % take the manage
mont OF the Wainlua Soda Works
Mrs, W n Lambert, VIE Of he slppr-