The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-03-09
COOPER HOME
Brings News Of Affairs
At Kauai.
Attorney General Says Islanders ave
In Full Accord With Homo
lulu's Plague Plans,
lFrom rhnnday.s pallyJ

Attorney General u. T.. Cooper came
back from Kauai yesterday morning
and has much of interest to tell about
his trip. lie found the people of Kauai
agreeing fully with the stringent ac-
lions OF the Honolulu authorities and
thoroughly wiinng to stand their share
of the expense entailed. They are
themselves sparing no effort to pre-
serve sanitary condition and daily
inspections OF all the plantation camps
are being maintained.
THE kauaians are keeping an askant
eye ON the health status said the At
torney General iast night. They talk
freely of the Importance of barring all
risk of infection and are determined TO
take no chances. No lack of money or
men will interfere with the system or
inspection they have put in force and
the Kauaians reason that the other ISL
ands, and in particular honolulu,
should be as deeply interested as are
they, on account of the vast sugar in
dustry seated there which might be
ruined by a general epidemic.
AT Hanamaulu where | first landed,
| was Sheriff Conveys guest and with
HIM visited Koloa. The native police
man who according to DR.. Waughop
has been suffering with varioloid, is
well on the road to recovery. He was
never SO sick as to take 20 his bed, Is
not pitted and | noticed only slight
discoloration of his face. HIS was the
guard over the Japanese laborers who
were sent from the Honolulu quaran-
tine on January 81. | shall search into
the case of these Japanese to see IL
they are not of the same lot as those
sent to Hama, Maui, where a case OF
varioloid appeared. There is now a
case of measles under quarantine on
the island"
Attorney General Cooper said that
he spent some time in inspecting the
McBryde plantation and found it in an
extremely fourishing condition.
Everything is being done on the
most approved lines" said he. There
are four complete sets of steam plows
o. novel pattern. The water develop
ment promises well, especially the sys-
tenn of reservoirs with an aggregate
capacity of nearly 300,000,O0O gallons
made to catch the flow of the Wahiawa
stream. A tunnel /, 400 feet long will
divert the entire stream, so as to fill
the reservoirs, near the McBryde home
stead. There are 5000 acres below the
400 foot level, all but 1000 acres being
fee simple. Three thousand acres more
cane land lies just above that level.
Much of the low land is rocks, but 1t Is
being rapidly cleared under contract
and shows a very fine, rich soil as 1t Is
broken by steam plowing Immediately
after clearing. The old Eleele mill now
belonging to McBryde plantation, is
turning out about twenty tons Of sugar
a day of ten hours run, or about double
what 1t used to do
The Attorney General also found Ma
kaweli plantation in gratifying con-
dtion. He said that he spent one night
at Francis Gays home. The water
in the main bitches of Makaweli is
rather low" said Mr.. Cooper, but the
cane seems to need no more. | looked
over the hospital at Waimea. A sur
gerry ward is a necessity, and several
additional buildings should be erected
| found the hospital at Lihue in ex-
cellent shape, and | also visited the
public buildings at Lihue, Koloa, Ma
kaweli and Waimea. From Lihue to
Waimea the roads are very good
''At Lihue, all the criminal cases were
disposed of easily, the defendants
pleading Bullly OF Wltnurd"lhS tneil
pleas. Some will have to go over until
next term. Judge Hardy is on the
bench and Sheriff Coney is prosecutor.
"Makaweli had great time on Sat
urday when the steamship Charles
Nelson left that port for San Francisco.
A foreign ship there is decided novel
ty and from miles around the people
came to see the Nelson pull out for the
rrhAv noahn n nipnip nf III and
od-timers grew reminiscent of similar
Ii Il.