The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-19

Especial 10 Nlle NcA t'N~A'|
SAN FRANCISCO. July 3.-The New
York Commercial publishes portrait OF
B. F.. Dillingham; on its editorial page
and gives the following sketch or ms
career.
Renianin F. Dillingham; is the Pier
mont Morgan of Hawaii For a dozen
wears he has been the leading FACTOR III
the inauguration of all great enterprises
in the islands. and he is acknowledged 10
he keener on financial questions than any
other man in the Territory. lie IS rlcH-
worth at least half dozen millions-and
still working hard for the stuff
Some persons call Ililinshaln an
Monte Cristo of Hawaii because, ike
| Edmond Dantes he attained fortune after
wears OF seafaring, and has risen from
| fricndless sailor to be a powerful mll1oh-
aire But Monte Cristo' got ms Weaith
nv chance and through another, Whlle
Dillingham; fought his way from poFeItF
to riches against overwhelming odds he
| is the tueal promoter-the sort that can go
hack to the same bankers time and again
and get their funds because he has Kept
their confidence.
Dillingham. less than thirty years ago,
was cast away the beach of Hawai-
by a shipwreck. Three voyages around
the world before the mast had given him
good knowledge of men and thlnts--
While his comrades bemoaned their tate
and sought assistance IN tHetf pliSHi LII
| lingham looked for work and had 1t De
fore his clothes We're dry. He made up
his mind that he would go no more TO sea.
but would make his home under the
plumy palms of the Pacific paradise a
dollar a day was all he was paid at first,
and he saved a little even then. BY and
by he proved his value. and his pay WAS
raised. All the time he was looking about
for investments for his small capital, and
at last ne embarked in the hardware
business. For many years be continued
in that and even now controls the largest
house in that line in Hawaii. When in
the latter eighties Dillingham; proposed
the construction Of a railway on the ISL
and of Oahu. which would connect ard
be fed by a number of sugar plantations
that he intended to develop, sluggish
capital baked at the idea as foolish and
impractcable.
Oahu is the principal island of the Ha-
waiian group. though not the largest On
Oahu is Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii
for many generations. Dillingham; s
scheme was to run steam road from
Honolulu along the seashore for thirty
or forty miles tapping rich lands that
would be transformed into extensive
plantations In his mind he saw the
road extended to Kahuku, on the other
side of Oahu. II is there now and some
day will encircIe the island entirely.
Diliinghams unbounded pluck and optirn
ism overcame one obstacle after another
and he finally landed himself aud his fol-
| lowers just where he predicted they
would find themselves when the task he
had outlined was accomplished. Artesian
wells were sunk the present site Of
| Eva plantation, and water a-pienty for
| irrigation was struck. The Eva Sugar
Company was organized and the stock
/ floated. Investors We're slow. but Dill
! bingham kept hammering away and final
| ly Eva became one of the most mar
velous producers both of sugar and divi-
| dends in the world.
| BY that time Dillingham; had become
known not only in San Francisco bat in
| New York. Today he has scores IF
! friends in Wall street. and even i'm mat
lane Of wolves and hawks his word is
| as good as his bond-and he has always
an audience.
with Eva prosperous. he launched the
Oahu sugar plantation and made il q sec
ond Eva. Still he pushed ON and started
Waialua plantation where wild fields Aad
been before. These three plantations fed
and made fat his first big enterprise. tie
Oahu Railway and Land Compa ~.
WGialua was charming spot and iaS-
'pite the advice Of friends Dillingham; built
there the haudsomest hotel in Hawaii.
with fittings and aCComm odations rs Cpod
IS might be found on Fifth avenue. lie
advertised his road in the United States
and made it famous rs a tourist attrac-
ton Now no one goes to Honolulu who
does not journey from one end of the
road to the other. and tarry day or
week or month at Waialua. He made the
former chamberlain Of King Kalakaua
the manager Of the hosiery, so that one
IS received with the courtesy formerly
extended royalty. and ones gin fzz is
mixed by the hand that once mixed fzz"s
for = monarch.
| Dillingham; is interested in dozen big
corporations. He has never been in poll
tics. When Uncle Sam took Hawaii.
Diiingham saw that it was good. and
said 50. His sons are sturdy college
men. and his eldest daughter the wife
Grief Justice Frear Of the Supreme
Court of Hawaii But Dillingham; is the
n'ainest and most unpretentious man in
the Territory. He won't talk about him
ee'f but is full Of Hawaii and its figures
We believes in young men. The superin-
t@Tdent Of his railroad. George Denison.
Sc barely past thirty. while his general
passenger agent, Fred Smith. is a youth.
do you want to know what kind of a
I fnanCier Dillingham; is?" asked an old
resident Of the Islands
"T'H Give Won an idea. When the Oahu
Pa'vev and Land Company was being
organized friend Of mine, whose bust
mess occasionally landed him in Honolulu,