The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-17
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utHt DllllnHudHl, Wtht W "dhid"o ySo
terday, carrying a number of the in
vited guests of the railroad to see the
reservoir, the pineapple fields and the
Dole cannery. 1t was a pleasant and
enlightening trip. The hour of depart
ure was lao p. m. and return was
made in time for late dinner. Going
and coming and at Wahiawa, Mr.. Dill
bingham, Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Denison,
the hosts, looked after everybody's com
fort with unremitting care, providing
tally-ho and carriages for use on the
pineapple belt and serving lunch on
the train.
Quite a number of the visitors to
Wahiawa had never been on the tract
before and many had not seen it since
the small farmers came from California
to open the place up. These gentlemen,
when the train reached the wide pla-
teau, quickly sat up and took notice.
There, stretched out for miles, was a
rich, almost stoneess, prairie like vista,
with perhaps couple of million pine.
apples growing and hundreds of acres
being opened for more. And actually,
there was a stalwart white man in sight
guiding pillow just as if he had never
heard that n white man could not work
in this climate. Here and there on the
landscape were thrifty homes; aven-
ues Of well.kept trees were seen; peo-
pie went about with a businesslike air
as if they were 5000 miles from the
tropics; the roads revealed teams draw
ing heavy loads; busy cannery hove
in sight; and down in the long wind
ing canyon were the deepening back
waters of reservoir, the impounding
bulwark Of which was two miles away.
The train stopped at Kaukonohua
gulch and the passengers got out, at an
elevation of 93s feet above the tide,
TO see the progress of work on the
railroad trestle. The gulch at this
point is 20 feet deep and the water
there is expected to attain depth of
fifty feet. A tally-ho and carriages
at the gulch took the party and Mana
ger Goodale of Waialua plantation, who
joined it there, to the Dole cannery.
This place was a surprise. "lt's the
busiest place ] have seen in this coun-
try" said Frank Hoogs, and indeed it
was busy enough to suit the most pro-
gressive. Feeding it with the raw ma
terial were 500 acres of the 1900 acre
tract of the Hawaiian Pineapple COM
pany, of which C. S. Dole is president
and manager. Inside the structure
were 105 people and any amount of
novel, buzzing machinery engaged in
preparing 1000 cases of canned pine
apples per day. In each case are
twenty-four cans of 2h pounds each,
or twelve cans of one gallon capacity
or forty.eight cans of one pound each.
From 10000 to $4,000 cans of pine.
apples are handled every working day.
The Dole cannery uses sugar from
the Honolulu plantation, over one-third
of a pound to one grade of tin and
trifle less than that to another. Be-
sides the sliced product with the core
removed, there is grated pineapple
produced. This, however, is harder to
sell than the whole-piece variety. The
smaller cans are made in Honolulu now
and are labeled to suit various markets
San Francisco, Denver and Boston.
The famous S. w. brand also covers
pineapples from Wahiawa. After this
seasons crop has been taken off the
eannery will be removed to Honolulu
There are two other canneries mt
Wahiawa which there was no time to
visit-that of Byron O. Clark, who is
putting up fruit in glass and that of
Mr.. Eames, which has lately started.
The Honolulu party watched the
progress of the pine from the deliv-
cry cart TO the warehouse with much
interest and caught enough Of the
fruit for eating purposes, rs it slid
along convenient fumes, to cut down
the days dividends at least three per
cent, There seemed to be more than
mere pineapple juice in the quality Of
the parting cheer for Mr.. Dole us the
procession started for the dam.
A COLOSSAL DAM
Aud the daml "llowland ought to
see that, somebody remarked. tel
looked like the bulk Of O huge, impreg
nable fort defending the deep valley
below, l., q. Kellogg, who has charge
Tor the Wahiawa Water Co., mot the
visitors there and told an about h.,
"There are lil 900 fcet Of rock con
Firueiion,' be- said, "nnd 10000 feet
" esTih construction, behind thc dam
arc noW i000u0,000 gallons of water
and more rnmiur iu all aha time The