The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-10-28
PROGRESS
Of HAWAII
Jared Smiths Report
Of Agricultural
Station.

1 lSVls ny VI 'iiANht ''f'N'''
In charge. has been issued. The report
is illustrated by several plates. one
view shows the rice and taro fields or
Pauoa Valley; another gives views OF
the women workers Of the taro fields
views Of the station sites, and num-
Der Of clever pictures of things bearing
on our agricultural industry.
The report is as follows
The period from April s to May Is
was occupied in making preliminary
| surveys Of the land which had been set
| apart for the use OF the station, the
| Kewalo- uka tract in Makiki valley, ad-
jacent to the city OF Honolulu. This
| tract containing 154 acres, lying along
| the southeast slope Of the Punchbowl
and Tantalus ridge, is nearly two miles
| long and has maximum width OF
| about 300 yards at its lowest portion,
nearest the city. and about 100 yards at
| the upper end. The elevation ranges
| from 1876 feet, nearest the city, to 1850
feet on the end nearest Mount Tantalus,
the height of that peak being 2,Ol3 feet
Although the preliminary arrange
ments had been entered into in Septem-
Der, 1900. between the governor ar the
territory and DR.. Stubs, yet the formal
transfer did not take place until June
TO- 1901, when two tracts were reserved
to the territory, one of ten acres as
stone quarry and a second OF tfty-two
acres on the slopes and within the era
ter OF Punchbowl Hill, which was re-
served for a public park. BY the court
esy of the secretary OF the navy this
department was granted the temporary
use Of the naval hospital site for eX-
perimental purposes. The work OF
clearing land and erecting buildings
was begun with as little delay as pos
sble. Twenty-four acres, comprising
all of the naval hospital reservation and
land adjacent to it, was cleared of a
dense growth of guaVa and lantana
bushes. prickly pear, and algaroba oil
= the mesquite bean woods. The contract
under which the work was performed
called for the removal of all tree stump'
and roots and blowing the land to the
depth of 20 inches. This work was
not completed within the period agreed
upon, but was carried out in an ex
tremely careful manner, rejecting grea
credit upon the contractor. The cost o.
this work amounted to $50 per acre
About 80 cords of wood, worth $40
cord was obtained from this land anc
are now on hand subject to sale
Thirteen acres of l5-year-old planted
eucalyptus or Australian gum flores
was also cleared at the upper end of tn
tract at contract price of 500 per acre
The trees were very dense in this for
est, and the cost of removal of root
and stumps much greater than in tn
open algaroba and guaVa woods at tn
lower elevation. This contracNwas car
. ried out by japanese labor and was no
as efficiently performed as the previou
one, given to an American firm. Abou
400 cords of wood were secured by tn
station, valued at SO to $3.50 per cord.
. Contracts were also let for the cree
ton of an office and a residence build
ing The Office contains two rooms, an
Is intended to be only one wing OF
building, the remainder to be complete
at a later date.
The residence contains six rooms
Both Office and residence occupy com
manding position on the heights abov
and back of Honolulu, at an elevation
OF $50 feet above sea level. These build
}. ings cost $4,000, the contract not in
y Guiding the painting.
A two-story stable. lSx32 feet, wit
| three stalls, carriage room, tool an
harness rooms, was planned and bull
by the special agent in charge. l
}, connection with the stable are a 1900
gallon tank, watering trough, and ma
!, nure shed, and there are feed bins an
"a chutes at convenient location.
= A two-room hut or cottage was ais
, built to serve as quarters for the la
. borers employed. poultry house an
| 49,. L.,
) has been built; also small house /
which to store dynamite, considerable
amounts of which have been used
- blasting and grading operations nee
,, essary in grading and making road
= around the station buildings.
:. A seed bed was prepared and covere
:. over with Stats in lieu OF glass {
q canvas covered propagating house.
~ The location OF the station building
D having been made above the level
which city water Is at present supplied
water system had to be installed b
the station. \ line Of one-inch pill
I was laid 900 feet to connect with II
city water system, and a 10000 gallo
tank was placed at an elevation Of (?
), feet, that being the maximum heigl
y above sea level at which city water
now supplied. Another 10000 gallo
tank was erected back Of the residenc
at height above the floor line to Ei,
enough water pressure in both OFF,
and residence.
A ll2 horsepower gasoline engii
and double-acting pump We're install,
at the 2G0-foot level, and the water
.. pumped through 2-inch galvaniz
- iron pipe into the upper tank. A Ain,
swing check valve was placed betwe
the pump and the upper tank to relic
n. the engine from the longitudinal vibr
ton resulting from the alternating ri
y and fall of the Pinch column OF wat
In the discharge pipe. The work.
~ pressure is about AZ pounds, All OF
side water connections, including the
- stallation OF the pumping plant, We
se. made by station employees and not
ng contract; this having proved the on
es, satisfactory way OF getting work dol
Up and at the same time the cheapest,