The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-09

near. Then again, the TIilo Railroad
| Company Is rapidly approaching the
| heart of the property ensuring easy
! transportation to shipboard
In the construction of these planta-
ton roads the rock removed during
the clearing is put into the roadbed
instead of being placed in piles all over
The fields. The roads are thus made
heavy enough for the largest teams,
nd heaviest loads and will endure for
years, as every care is used in their
construction with view to perma-
uency.
Work on New Mill.
Work will be commenced during the
present month on the mill near the
junction of the Volcano and Puma
roads. Already overtures are being
made by the Planters Association
composed of about thirty holders of
cane land, to have their cane ground
at the Olaa mills. They estimate their
output at about 1000 tons. Manager
McStocker has had several conferences
with a committee of the planters and
it is believed that the terms will be
determined at an early day
There has been an amicable agree
ment between the Olaa and Hilo Sugar
Companies as to some disputed water
rights and Manager McStocker says
Olaa has got all it was after. This
means from seven to ten million gal
Ions of water daily and is something
worth having secured.
New Residences Building.
On the Puma road residences for j. f.
Clay, E. S. Soper and J. W. Givens
leading officers of the company, have
just been completed and are now occu-
pied by these gentlemen and their fam
lilies. On New Years day, the first of
the week, month and century, the cor
ner stone of a residence for Manager
McStocker was laid with ancient and
modern rites. The modern rites were
the most interesting to the guests. It
will be in close touch with the resi-
dences of the other officers. In the i'm
mediate vicinity a number of cosy,
pretty and substantial modern cottages
have been erected for the married lu-
mas.
At Mountain View everything is in
excellent shape and no fear is enter
tanned as to the first crop. Assistant
Manager Peter McCrea. who has been
long enough at his business to know
whereof he speaks. predicts that the
first Olaa crop will reach $4,000 tons!
He says it and has money 10 place on
his assertion. Mr. McCrea is peculiar
ly gifted with the sense of looking at |
matters carefully, and he says this is |
no mere boast.
The company has just secured the |
Shipman tract on the Puma road. On
this are l05 acres of cane, eight months |
old, in fine condition. and it is pro-
nosed to at once plant an additional |
$50 acres.
During the holiday week the planta
ton was visited by many persons in |
in sugar. among them being |
Mr.. BOle, bookkeeper of Papakio. Ar |
chic Steele of the Hilo Tribune, Charles |
r EIgan, Mr.. Mackie of the Hilo Eec- |
tic Company, Mr.. Shipman, a large |
holder of properties in this district, |
ard A. E. Cooley. passenger agent of !
the Oahu Railway & Land Company.
These gentlemen drove to all parts of
the Olaa holdings and had their criti-
cal eyes with them. They expressed |
themselves as pleased with the outlook |
and surprised at the manifold evil |
lences OF earnest and hard work.
Holiday Cheer.
On Christmas day Manager McStOck-
ar gave a dinner to the employees of the
company at Mountain View. and all at
ended. The tables were spread In the
arge hall, which was handsomely dec
1rated with all the edibles of the ISL
inds, and in evergreens was the greet
ng, Merry Christmas" and the mot
o, "Olaas All Right" The banquet
decorations and the major portion of
he good cheer We're due to the kindly
OF Mrs. McStocker, Mrs.
J. f. Clay and Mrs. J. NJ Riggs, and
he guests toasted and thanked them
i'll they were as happy as anyone else
plain talk was given by Mr.. McStock-
ar, and the representatives of the diff
erent sections replied to him, and on
III sides were given promises OF mu-
ual support in the advancement and
success of Olaa.
On New Years day the Nine-Mile
station gave a luau and n committee,
laving been successful in rounding up
Ir. McStocker, he was presented with
/ fine set of double harness, and then
here We're more speeches and more
well, that was all.
Then the Mountain View BOYS called
lpon Mrs. McStocker and presented
Ter with lady's phaeton, and there
we're more speeches, some blushing
nd everybody was as enthusiastic as
hey could be, and some We're more
nd hT. a.aV,ttt ,,rl.1 |