The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-15
PLANTERS DINE AND
MAKE MERRY


from Oahu. according to the rules of
the association when the lie direct
passes. Both were counted ont for
fouling their own nest
i In conclusion the pseudo chairman
dropped his masking and read the fol-
lowing:
/ Gentlemen: Fifty years ago today
there arrived in these islands a man
who has since become prominent in the
I business and social life of this country
and who by reason of his many ster-
ling qualities has endeared himself to
all.
He early became identified with the
sugar industry of these islands and
| was an officer of the first organization
of the Hawaiian sugar planters. and
he has now been honored by the assoc
citation with its highest office.
Gentlemen, Mr.. Schaefer"
! a portrait Of President Schaefer was
then uncovered, while all Joined in
! singing THE Fatherland"
Mr.. Schaefer responded. visibly af-
fected by the applause which greeted
/ the uncoyering of his portrait and the
! singing. He said that he appreciated
! the honor shown him and the kindness
with which his own anniversary had
been taken part in by the members of
! the association. the memory of which
/ he would cherish during whatever
: years were left him
Mr. Schaefer's address of thanks was
followed by Hes Jolly Good Fellow
! and the congratulations of those pres
ent the Acting Governor being the
first to take his hand and congratulate
him.
EXCURSION TO wAHIAwA.
The morning and some hours of the
afternoon were given over to investi-
eating the resources OF Oahu, so far
as they could be seen from the win
dows of three chair cars travelling at
a good gait over the wahiawa branch
line of the O. r. & l.. Co.'S line. The
members of the association to the
number Of thirty accompanied by Act
ing Governor Goldsmith, Chief Jus
, tice Hartwen and Judge Henry E.
Cooper, gathered for the trip to the
Eva plantation, the Oahu plantation
and the pineapple fields of Wahiawa
at half past eight. The railroad ac-
commodations were excellent and moth
ing but a passing shower at Eva in
of the day.
The occasion was in a way a ceie-
bration of the fact that fifty years ago
yesterday the newly elected president
of the association, F. A. Schaefer, |
landed on Hawaiian soil, then an am
bilious youth of twenty-one. Yester- |
day President Schaefer carried his
seventy-one years well, entering into
the spirit of the excursion as eagerly |
and with as much apparent pleasure
as the youngest member of the party. |
The first stop Of the special train
was made at the Eva mill, which was
thoroughly explored by the party, |
Manager Renton being asked innumer
able pointed question as the huge plant
was gone over. The big Cora crusher.
the first nine-roler mill ever erected in
the Territory, attracted a great deal
of attention, due to a pioneer.
THE PORTUGUESE TOWNSHIP.
An especially interesting feature of
the visit to the Eva plantation was
the trip made to the section of the |
land set aside as homestead lots or |
the Portuguese laborers, called "the |
township" The reason for the name, |
as stated by Manager Renton, was
''for lack of something better" A
p1anta tion train. on the observation /
cars of which the guests sat comfort |
ably on chairs, took the party through |
the plantation to the settlement. Here |
were found fifty-four families, COM
fortably located in their own homes. |
in neat four-room cottages each in its /
acre lot.
In the majority of cases the home |
= f,.v.f
of the allotment of land to them by /
careful cultivation of their holdings. |
Many of these lots were in vegetables,
others showed a good stand of cane, |
the crop found on the land being in
austrfously cared for by the occupant |
under an agreement with the planta-
ton to purchase it when harvested.
Water for irrigation purposes is sup
piled the homesteaders free and each "
house is also supplied. Many of the
houses are already taking on an air
of individuality. the owners having
planted vines and creepers and laid
out tiny flower plots in their yards. |
A prominent feature of nearly every
one of these little homes were the
gunnysack hammocks. stretched on
the Ianais, while equally noticeable
were the beehive brick and plaster
ovens in the rear of every other cot
tage.
Altogether the expense to the plan
tation of each of these homestead lots,
including the laying of the water
pipes, has been SAG. an expense which
Manager Renton, judging from the con-
tented way in which he gave the totals,
seems to think not out of the way in
of the apparent satisfac-
ton taken in their homes by he Ia
borers domiciled there.
OAHU MILL INSPECTED.
From the Eva mill the party were
taken to the mill of the Oahu plsnta-
ton. and this plant was also carefully
examined, the various managers TAX
ing careful mental note Of all that was
10 be seen. The dumping track for the
unloading Of the cane cars attracted
particular attention.
THROUGH MILES OF PINES.
From here the special train began
to climb to the uplands Of Wahiawa,
the cooling air proving refreshing after
the srrTfriueSs If the lower caneffpldS.