The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-31
DIAMOND JUBILEE OF HOUSE OF BREWER & CO.
CELEBRATED BY OFFICERS AND STOCKHOLDERS
Mr.. Peter Cushman Jones, Oldest
Member of the Corporation,
Tells Its History.

C. Brewer & Co.. 1859 to 1888; C. Brewer !
& Co.. Ltd. 1888 to date.
CAPTAIN CHARLES BREWER.
Captain Brewer first came to the ISL !
ands in 1929 leaving Boston in the ship
Paragon In the capacity of ordinary sea-
man. The voyage was made in one hun
dred ana eighty-one days.
His second voyage was in the brig
Chinchilla, Captain Tom Meek, He was
first officer of the vessel arriving here in
the year 1926 Captain Brewer says of
this voyage: I'VE arrived safely at Ho-
noIulu. after a passage of $50 days, while
the Missionary Packet which left New
York fourteen days before we did, was
nine months in reaching the Sandwich
Islands"
In 1899 he again left Boston for Homo
lulu via China, in the brig Ivanhoe, of
which he was first officer, evidently ar
irving here in 1881. He brought the first
night blooming cereus TO the Islands at
that time.
His next voyage was in the brig Beck
ct of which he was master and Henry
A. Pierce supercargo, arriving here the
latter part of 1884, made a voyage to
China and then to Alaska arriving here
again in 1885, when he became partner
of II. A. Pierce, under the firm name of
Pierce * Brewer continuing until 1S43,
WilSu NIL IGINc IcllLSu' MI ASlSNCA
says in his "Reminiscences: 81 contin-
ued the business as c. Brewer & Co.,
with my nephew, c. Brewer End, until
the year 1S45, when l gave my business
over to Marshall & Johnson, who had
been in business in Honolulu for the past
few years
Again he came TO Honolulu in the ship
Samoset, as passenger, leaving Boston
October G3rd. 1917, making the passage in
InT.c IL nod ..-.a hot fiY11a
eight months, selling the cargo of the
Samoset and settling up his affairs. His
, last visit to Honolulu was made in 1879,
accompanied by his daughter.
At the age of eighty years. Captain
Brewer wrote his "reminiscences at the
request OF his children, and sent me a
copy, which I now take great pleasure III
presenting to the house of C. Brewer &
Co., Ltd, knowing that 1t will be well
cared for ana possibly be of some value
to those who come after US.
CHARLES BREWER IND.
Charles Brewer End was a nephew of
Captain Charles Brewer. | do not know
when he arrived out from Boston, but it
is certain that ne was here as early as
1S45, but have no means of knowing what
he was doing between that time and 1856
when the business of this house was car
ried on by him under the name, Charles
Brewer End, until 1859, when Mr.. Sher-
man Peck came cut from Boston and
! jointed Mr. Brewer as partner. The new
! firm was under the name and style of
c. Brewer & Co.
In an old ledger of 1852 1 find that
| in October of that year Mr.. Brewer and
Mr. Peck each put into the concern $4,000.
land | find c. Brewer & Co. advertise
ments in the Pacific Commercial Adver-,
tiser, of September, 1853; also in the
Friend of December, 1859.
also find in the December number of the
Friend the following; Mr. Peck has
now joined the firm of c. Brewer & Co.
/ They have removed from Fort street to
| the old market" The firm and corpora
ton have now been located on the pres
ent site since the year 1859.
Before coming to Honolulu in 1859, Mr..
Peck has been in business at Lahaina,
where he accumulated fortune of about
$4,000. He returned home, intending to
spend the rest of his days IN Massachu
sets, but was led into speculation
| which absorbed all his earnings, and by
| the assistance of Captain Brewer, re-
turned to Honolulu, and associated him.
self with Charles Brewer End, as has
been stated Mr. Peck is not the only
member of the firm of c. Brewer & Co.
| who has been relieved of his earnings by
! Eastern sharpers.
( house of c. Brewer & Co was on the
day of my arrival at Honolulu. Friday,
October End, 1857 Going up from the
wharf TO Mr. John Ladd's house on Bere-
tania street (now occupied by Bruce
Cartwright, / was walking (there were
no carriages for hire in those days, and
If there had been ! only had thirteen
cents and that was not sufficiently, /
passed the coral store on Fort street,
4 of for nd cd lnIy a,
for many years, and now known as the
Boston Block, l noticed the sign over
the front door, Charles Brewer End"
also noticed Il young fellow of twenty
standing in the doorway with two others
AS L passed this young man remarked:
| Another fellow come from Boston: we
! had better make UP purse of $4,000 and
send him right home again" q would
| have compromised for half that sum-
The young fellow who made that re-
mark was Henry Alpheus Pierce Garter,
/ who was clerk for Mr.. Brewer Little
did either of us think at that time that
we would be partners in that same house
together for twenty years, and associated
as stock holders in the corporation until
his death. Mr. Carter and 1 became very
intimate soon after my arrival, which
continued until the time of his death in
New York in 1891. Mr.. Garter proved
]
inent, brilliant and influential citizens of
the Islands For more than twenty
years he was the senior member of the
firm of C. Brewer & Co., during which
time he was minister of halakaua, a
foreign minister for the Hawaiian gov
eminent, negotiating treaties and doing
such diplomatic work for the Hawaiian
government, both at home and abroad.
He rendered valuable service to Judge
Allen at Washington, in securing the
reciprocity treaty, which was of infinite
value to these Islands. Mr.. Carter died
at the Everett House in New York, No
venber 3 1891, and being East at that
time 1 was present with part of his
family at his funeral
There are no records of the business as
conducted by Charles Brewer End, and
as all Of those who were connected with
the business are dead. it will be impossi-
bic to secure any information which
would be valuable. l remember that the
house had a plantation agency about
this time--the Breiner Plantation on
Maui-which produced about 200 tons OF