The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-12-02
AT M'BRYDE
PLANTATION
Senator D. PR. Isenberg
Entertains
There.

party of pleasure seekers from Lihue
and Koloa, gathered at Kukuiula, Nc
Bryde Plantation, at the bidding of Sen
ator Paul Isenberg. president of Nc
Bryde Plantation Company, TO spend the
day in sight seeing on McBryde Panta
ton. Senator Isenberg. Manager Stod
art of McBryde's, and Head Luna Vein
sheimer of Laval, were there to receive
the guests and conduct them to the
train of cars which had been fitted UP
specially for the excursion. 1t was ex
planned that the train was subdivided
into palace cars and smoker and after
the members Of the party had comfort
ably settled themselves in their choice,
the train slowly moved from Aipo Gulch
toward Koloa up through the Smith
estate lands, which were covered with
large, heavy, long rattoon cane.
The railroad runs here for about a
mile through as fine cane as grows on
the island, entirely unframed from leaf
hopper or borer. This land is old cane
land comprising about $50 acres but it
certainly has lost none of its vigor
From the heights of the Smith lands
most beautiful view of Koloa and the
ocean was presented. The four old
craters OF Mahaulepu doomed up in the
distance and TO the right jets of spray
shot into the air from the Spouting
Horn.
After passing over the Smith lands
the trains returned by the same route
to Aipo Gulch and moved westward
over the East Laval lands for about a
mile and from there on to the East
Laval lands mauka covering stretch
of mile and half, all covered with
a fine growth OF long rattoon. a good
deal of which will be taken off for the
1905 crop. This Laval land is all new
land with rich, deep soil and grows most
excellent cane Passing over the Laval
Gulch on a very high and strongly
built bridge, we skirted Laval Gulch
for time over road bed in
many places blasted out OF solid lava
rock and as we entered upon the West
Laval lands the train passed through
two tunnels cut through the corner OF
the cliff, one 800 feet long and the
other 500 feet long This railroad from
West Laval to the Smith lands is the
most expensive road on the plantation
the stretch OF three miles, including the
bridges, costing about $4,000.
In Laval Gulch is situated one of the
three large pumping stations of the
plantation the other two being in Hama
pepe Valley. These pumps supply the
plantation with twenty million gallons
of water daily, when that amount is re-
CURED for irrigating purposes. Besides
this water, which is used in quantities
required the regular irrigating bitches
from the mountains being eight million
gallons OF water to the plantation daily,
and the plantation gets from the Maka-
well Plantation through the HanaIHpe
Ditch, surplus water from that plan
tation amounting from three to ten
million gallons a day. This water is
not especially needed except in the
months of June. July, August and Sep
TENDER, when all the surplus water Ma
kaweli Plantation can spare is used on
McBryde's.
Besides these sources Of water supply.
McBryde's has reservoir capacity of
eight hundred million gallons which is
collected in the rainy season and used
III the dry season,
The West Laval lands, all new, are
about three miles wide, and contain the
stiip VI government ldliu, ABOUT lUTtt
quarters of mile wide. running fiom
the sea to the mountains, called KSla-
heo. on which the lease will expire in
a couple of years This Kalaheo land
at the present time is covered with
fine growth of cane, plentifully watered,
but the land has no water right. ana
after reversion to the government unless
water can be secured for 1t In some way,
will become worthless.
Crossing the Kawaihaka Gulch from
West Laval we passed on to the Wa
hiawa lands. and took spin of mile.
through fields of heavy long ratoon. TO
the new McBryde mill.
This is one of the largest and most
finely equipped mills on the Hawaiian
Islands II is a nine roller Cuban mill
and was designed by, O. B. Stillman,
the famous sugar mill man, and cost
erected and complete in every detail,
100000
1t takes ninety-six men all told, night
and day shifts. to operate the mill, and
1t has a capacity from 100 to I25 tons
day. Manager Stodart piloted the
company through the mill explaining the
various mechanisms and devices. The
machinery is being put in readiness for
use, as McBryde will begin grinding on
december NTH.
From the mill the expedition proceed
ed westward over the Wahiawa Gulch
on TO the Eleele lands, which extend
for mile and half down to the Eleele
Landing. These Eleele lands are old
lands and comprise the sugar lands
August Dreier formerly cultivated as the
old Eleele Plantation
At Eleele Landing the excursion came
to an end and the entire company was
whirled back over the route before
travelled to the McBryde Beach House
at Laval, where Mr. Walter McBrydc
had prepared sumptuous luau for the
hungry pleasure party. On the way bach
TO Laval from Eleele Mr.. Stodart enter.
tanned the party answering general ques
tions about the plantation. The excursion
party had passed over a stretch of Nc
Bryde Plantation lands about IL mile
wide, which is the width of the plan
tation, while il extends back to al
average depth of two miles to the noun
tains. and contains an aggregate area