The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-16

then about y and bred 70 farming like
I himself came 70 him by way Of Pana'
ma BY the blessing OF heaven he
/ escaped the cholera on the isthmus,
/ while his shipmates died by dozens.
md he escaped starvation and perhaps
violent death. by a fair wind sprinz
ag up and waiting them safely in,o
: Acapulco at the critical moment when
the ships company were about 20 turn
cannibals and east lots 10 decide who
should be first eaten. NY brother az
forwards heard that. as he was more
leshy than others of the company. they
were going 10 make the lot fall on
him. ''(This refers TO william J. Hor-
ner, who died a few years ago in these
islands. after a prosperous career as
a planter, having like his brother, also
served his adopted country as a wise
LEGISLATOR
IT received him as partner in my
; business, John NJ. Horner writes. 1--WE
worked and f1ourished together the
next four years. perhaps as no other
farmers ever flourished before in Amer
] lea in so short a time"
? Their gross sales that year approx
mated $1500 They established a
commission house in San Francisco
under the firm name of J. NJ. Horner
& CO. Mention is made of reports OF
I CALIFORNIA; barrenness sent out, one
. result Of which was the formation Of a
company in New York TO run a
steamship line between San Francisco
[ and the Sandwich Islands for the ex-
press purpose Of supplying California
with vegetables"
The Horners bought a steamer in
1851 TO carry their produce 10 market.
L Their gross sales that year approx
l. irnated $4,000 In the fall Professor
g shelton, botanist. held the first agri-
cultural fair ever held in California,
q and some months afterward John NJ
y FIorner received silver goblet, the
largest premium offered, from the pro-
!. / fessor accompanied by a letter in which
he assured him he fully recognized his
l. right TO the title of pioneer in tnal
branch of public industry.
7 In 1862 Mr.. Hosmer sent his brother
& William east on business and ne
n brought out with him their father and
mother and all their other children
and chiIdren's children, together with
1.-TWO Of John Ms wife's sisters and
brother and others, making company
of % altogether. They kept on buy
ing lands letting some out TO tenants
y and in 1858 their potato crop reacneu
the enormous quantity of 2Z,oooVo,
pounds and they had 1900 acres o.
wheat and barley, besides great crops
of cabbage, tomatoes and onions. 1ney
built a hour mill at a cost Of $4,000
or the first in California. That year they
:. were awarded silver cup for the bes
- EXHIBIT among eight of California made
n sour. The Horners started stage line
- to San Jose and opened 10 miles O.
: public road which have never since
been changed except to reduce theh
= width to 66 feet from the 100 rect III
q pioneer builders had fenced them
= So the Horners grew largely wesIlh-
n for those days but, having little con
Ct fdence in. commercial banks, they plac
C. ~ +beir money in lands and bushes
er Investments. IN connection with other
Isl tha,, bought 2100 acres. the tract know
rs ac The Potrero. and soon after pal
en- xana oon for a confirmed grant jus
,ss above II The names they gave u
or streets in the portions plotted are stl
" retained in San Francisco, ana IN
nropertv is assessed as situated
laI ..4oruer's Addition and in separat
as SET Of books from other CITY proPel :
ne Mr.. Horner could not remember ma
no to axer refused. at this time. to CIV
a
r . large number seeking such favors Iroi
him This was up to 1858, OF whlc
Ext neriod Mr.. Horner writes:
5. ..O,,r prospects at this time wei
it b475ebt and our property ample 70 grS
-li- +ifv every wish, and yearly increasin
pc ara as T nor my brother neither eve
he drank smoked, gambled or dissipate
SLY IN any way, no cloud Of DOUBT eve
in, rrossed our mental visions, thar OF
m nronartv should not always continue
in frcraasa as we attended strictly
the business
an Erorn that he tells a tale OF dlsaste
. a coming when the first wave OF mons
manic struck California ana >"
ted over America with such disastrous =
len suits from 1853 to 1859" Space win rs
err. hermit details, but slngIe i.7i- Ii
the tha+ If cost the Horners SZSB.VVo III 60
ger to pay $40, 900 endorsement Mi' lao
-, - vas Jeff by the financial stor
.ol. where he had started from seven -
-, ba4ore Dauutlessly, however, the IA o
As $50, ,.-an4 IN work again taking COZ
,ne, tracts and farming, but from Varlo.
e -nalafic causes their crops failed a.
- their nrogress the last few years
california was slow.
Tn 1874 r NJ Horner ana ms oIo.H
made a contract with Claus opL eChe
- - come to the Hawaiian lslards e. a.
- cultivate sugar for him on shares- ~ ~
!. chartered a schooner to bring Lne
20 families. numbering is souls hous=n =,
nea a4racts horses and farming tools a
ear arrived on the Island of Maui On =
- camber %. 1873 They had 9go a.
tiis allotted TO them. Having pianleo
feo much larger area than they nao -
po~ +racfed for. J. N. Horner & Sons 90
al- owed $40. 600 the first year Wheh :
tha eron was harvested in two years ~.
an returned the borrowed money Win =,
ter +arast and had a net profit from l ,I
ne ranture of $4,000 AS Mr. sprecht
the @o1,ld not let them have more Ian
hey +hev prospected on different ls 4Lo
he while his brother William l. nor ~
leir settled on Maui and prospered' 'oi
an NJ Horner & Sons estaollslleu
hat large ss-r estates with which they ma
lte- naen identified until now.
hat Mr F4orner states in ms aubo'
ted. rerrar,F7v that he served as a nleIilOeL
irSt -. r.,~z IF GunervisOrs IN AlALAS