The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-03

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whaling days. "trslnr.uui p1ta" and
wore nte In number. graduated in sife
aud set in n row over sort 1f FUR
mace. the smallest buinr over the hlt-
test hre ana the largest next 60 the
chimney The boiiinr Juice was ladied
from kettle TO Kettle ana finally into
the cooling pans. Thence 10 went into
centrifugal turned by means of n
small upright engine, and leaving that
u had been through the third depart
mcnt Of the mlli and WAS sugar Tho
sugar was forwarded In kegs to tho
Honolulu agents and II paid" even
when produced In such crude way.
Not more than two or three crops had
been harvested by either Of the La
haina plantations when, by the failure
of a san Francisco firm Brooks a. COB
their Honolulu agents twalker &
Allen) were forced to close their doors,
and bankruptcy, IL seemed for n time,
would be the inevitable end OF the
young plantations. Both hung In the
balance. as 1t were, untiI n Mr.. Pltman
previously mentioned as n heavy
creditor OF the Pioneer Mil Co) gave
that plantation an opportunity to re-
cover Itself by extending the time for
the payment OF money due him and
relinquishing his claims TO any inter-
est In the loan. The Lahaina Sugar
Co., less fortunate. was forced to sell
to its rival, and as most of the cane
being cultivated for that company was
not under lease. nothing was realized
from this source. The Pioneer Mil Co.
was able to dictate prices and buy in
this cane at handsome profit. Eventu-
ally most OF the land on which Il stood
came into the control OF the company.
and for time no one entered the field
to compete with the Pioneer Mill, which
grew strong and prospered.
About 1870 there were still some water
rights controlled by individuals. and
kamehameha '. together with his
prime minister, Scotchman named F.
w. Hutchinson, and Capt Mckee OF
Ulupalakua, undertook the establish
ment OF new plantation, under the
name of the West Maui Sugar Asso-
citation. The plan was to assist the ma
tives to grow the cane, the company
agreeing to buy and grind it; a plan
that could be guaranteed to result in
total failure where the land owners
were no more determined laborers than
the Hawaiians proved themselves to be.
In few years the Pioneer Mill Co.
bought the newly erected mill, took up
what leases the West Maui Sugar Asso-
clation held, and since then there has
not been land enough left vacant for
any other plantations to gain a foot
hold.
Succeeding years have seen several
changes In the ownership of the Pioneer
Mill Co. It's growth has been parallel
with that Of other large sugar planta-
tions of the Islands. What was appar-
entity a drawback a few years ago
scarcity Of water-has been overcome
by the sinking of wells and the erection
of pumping plants. Now the company
Hawaiian plantations--more hands for
the cane fields, and good prices for
sugar.
Lahaina Today: The place can be
described quite accurately in the short
expression, "one vast sugar planta-
ton" To a person approaching from
the sea 1t presents a beautiful, quiet,
inviting scene, the tree covered strip
n hn TO tn1 TO
and wide spreading monkey pods" be-
ing very noticeable. Back and beyond
is the lighter green of the cane fields,
extending several miles either way
along the coast and from two to two
and half miles up the hill Sides
higher yet is the bare red of the un-
watered slopes. shading into gray in
the grassy regions; and finally come
the tree-covered submits. which are
much of the time half obscured from
view by the clouds. Here in these
heights is the source of the surface
water, which makes Its way in never
failing streams to the plantation
bitches and serves for the irrigation of
the upland cane. Here, also. is the
head of the abundant underground
flow which, through the pumping sta
llDfS, is Ifldue 10 water the lDWIdnG
cane. Lahaina is on the leeward side
of West Maui, and, consequently, the
lowlands receive very light rainfall
There was, however, certainly a time
in some past geological period when
West Maui was deluged with rain
which cut away the mountain sides
washed out deep, narrow valleys. and
deposited the fertile detrtus on the
lowlands and in the adjacent sea. Il
such way was made the fiat part OF
Lahaina, which is of considerable ex
tent, very rich, and comparatively FIRE,
from stones, the soil being in mary
places twenty feet deep.
Comparatively few land owners al,
using their own water. and in conse-
quence there are very few persons cul-
tivating more than house shrubbery
Some scattering banana patches. q
dozen or so vegetable gardens cultivat.