The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-11

III
schemes of Manager W
WIN the growth of the MA.
unsuitableness of Spraof.',
site for the mills and the cas,
tivities of the plantation has
apparent. 1t is, situated .,
northeastern extremity hf -
ton. To get the cane 70 ~
the fields on the Kihei side ..
was a haul of ten miles or ny
then there is the wind. f.
nine months in the year tho =,
blow across the neck of ,ar
joins Haleakala crater ana
crater constantly from the
1t is at the northeasterly av,'
this neck of land that SIS
stands, and TO haul the co..
those sweeping winds all tba
face of the fierce gales bacar."
that was no joke. 4 Iitt,o
gauge railroad runs all tb
plantation, and there are nao-
dred miles of it altogether IT,
were stout little things, wbea,s
gether like a broncho about -
and only too often when haup,s
OF cars around a curve In tba
the wind the breeze would cat.sY
and overturn it bodily, and ona
like a row of dominoes, the ca,.
go over and half the train NJ.
ditched before the crew co,s
thing but look out for themsslys.
sides that Spreckelsville was ~,
miles from Kahului, the port
came all supplies and whitbe, 81
ished sugar was sent for shinr.]
So all things considered If wa,
ed by the directors some LITTLE I'll
to move the whole heaaouar,s,,
Spreckelsville to the site sels,,
Mr.. Lowrie as the most avan.1
the mills and offices. The nav 1
practically in the center of tba :,
ton. The haul from the slopas \
! leakala is all down hill, from y,
is a level straightaway stretch
five miles in all, from S ckelv
is five miles or more with the Nj
the back, to Kahului it is less A
mile and all down hill.
1t is likely that most OF the n
mill will not be moved from The n
site. Much of the machinery IA,
twenty years of age and out a,
and it will be replaced by new a
to date works. Some of the
parts will be sent over to the 9th,
the immense engines for instano
the new mill will in reality be
mill and its capacity will far
that of the present one. With 4
| will go the central offices and III
| and warehouses and blacksmit
repair shops. All that viii ren
SpreckelSville will be the ma
residence and those of some Of I
| er higher officers, the row OF Ia
cottages in the rear known as
| One" and the stables. When {
| site becomes less a barren vii
than at present it is likely that a
| will be also removed and Sprecl
| will be in very truth a deserted
| Besides the removal of the heI
| tiers and the erection of the Il
| Manager Lowrie has another
| scheme on foot-the widening
gauge of the plantation railW
present the small track is emit
adequate for the needs of the
ton. The gauge of the Kahu
is three feet and up to a short
all the plantation supplies II
beyond Spreckelsville had TO b
shipped from the Kahului road
of the plantation at a large az
cost. But for some time past
of widening the gauge has be-
on and a few more months vii
last mile of narrow track REM
the wider gauge with heavy r
ming throughout the plantat
: ready several miles of track b
laid and it is possible to go to
Their limits of the plantation a
hei boundary on the new ira
work is proceeding rapidly u
direction of superintendent Ad
. will soon be completed.
Still another projected imp
, is the substitution of electrl
for steam power. At Kailua v
Lowrie and Haiku bitches hi
!, heads there is splendid wat
that needs only to be harnesse
, nish all that would be necessa
: the mills and even to draw u
cane cars here and there over
: tation. Up in famous lao Van
westward, the Hawaiian co
and Sugar Company owns va
, | that would enable them to bu
3 houses and develop power LOT
: tation. The two places would
furnish all the power that Id
ton would need for all puIi
would as well give electric lie
that section of Maui, WailuA'
} pu, Kahului and SpreckelsVllle
Grimwood, the engineers, ar
Maui for the purpose OF ilguTi
proposed new electrical plants
quite likely that one or the
them will be built within the
or so.
Letter From Butarltt