The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-12
kOOLAU IS
WAKING Up
Farming Possibilities to
Be Exploited in
District.

Koolau is to have an industrial
awakening and the changing Of the
tools of progress will be heard in the
land that has been practically dead for
these MANY years but which, thanks
to +. B. Castle, will be brought to life.
The lands of the Kaneohe Ranch Com
pany, which he now controls, are TO be
the home of agriculture and diversified
industries are to have an inning. What
has been the roaming pasture land OF
cattle is to blossom like the green bay
tree.
During the week papers will be filed
with the Treasurer for the incorpora-
tfon of the Hawaiian Copra Co, having
lands under lease from Mr.. Castle.
The new company will have capital
ization of $4,000.
The Kaneohe Ranch Co. one time
controlled a great many acres of land
over the Pail, all of it suitable for ag-
riculture. but which for years has been
used as pasture land, and has grown
rich in consequence. That under lease
to the Copra Company is between the
ponds near Kailua Bay and the sea-
and comprises two hundred and fifty
acres adapted to the cultivation OF
cocoanut trees of which it has twenty
thousand, half of which are nearly
three feet high and the balance re-
Gently planted. They are from the
Lindermann grove on Kauai and are Of
the Samoan variety, which in this
grove began to bear in five and one
half years.
Samples of copra grown here have
been forwarded to San Francisco and
the reports from the manufacturers
have been most satisfactory. The quail
itv of the product is excellent, COM
pairing favorably with that of the best
grade received in that market. and the
price per pound is satisfactory. so
well pleased are the people on the
Coast that they have signified will
ingness to take all that can be shipped
to them.
The copra is compressed and the
extracted oil used in the manufacture
of soaps. and as oils in the manufac-
ture of high-grade paints. Another use
to which it is put is the manufacture
| of shredded cocoanut, which is utilized
| by confectioners and bakers. The fiber
| is made into hawsers for towing pur-
poses. Owing to certain pecullarltles,
| rome made. from this is buoyant ana
will not sink as a manila hawser VIII.
Of the land under lease to the Copra
| Company fifty acres will be planted IN
| ironwood or pine trees. lnyesugatloh
develops the information that this
| species of trees is most prontapIe.
| Planted six feet apart there VIII De
| 1910 to the acre. At the end OF SIX
| years the number is reduced by cut
| ting ont every other row, the felled
! trees producing COS fence posts Whlch'
al present valuation, would be worth
| s121. At the end of twelve years one
| half of the balance of the trees are
emf out. producing 800 railway ties.
having a value of $3.50, as many fence
| nosts worth $50 and 20 cords of fire.
wood valued at S120. Thirty years af-
ter nlanting the trees will produce 800
| smiles worth S305O, 900 ties worth 1856,
and $40 POSTS valued at 1922, or total
gross income of $4019 or s13397 an acre
| per annum.
| These estimates represent the income
| from, healthy grove of pine trees. AT
| the end of a few years, if this hrst
grove thrives a larger area VIII De
| planted.
| All of the Kaneohe Ranch Com
nanv's land is controlled by James b
| Castle of the Hawaiian Development
| 90 under a right of purchase lease
His urinary object is to develop the
| 1ands and bring them through 1essees
ar settlements to a point Whefe tney
| will he profitable. The company mas
| b,,ilt a railroad from Kahuku through
| its lands in the direction of Hee1a Win
/ the exnactation of continuing to the
| wairnanalo boundary with the posi-
| bi1itv that the terminus may be Homo
| luIu. The distance from the lands o.
! the COpra Company to Heela Is hot
| great and by the time the cocoahue
| trees are in bearing the matleI VI
| transnortation will be of secondary
| Importance
In addition to the land leased TO the
Copra Company there is company
| contemplating leasing three iioA:A
acres for the purpose of growing sls1li
other parties have scheme TOT
ing a tract of the land ana piaiillns
| to pfneapples. In this event thete iaas
be sufficient put under sucn cuilisa
tion as will warrant the DeFeiog.iie.
Company erecting cannery'
ing the decision relative 10 tAe
sion of the road to Honolulu the coln-
pany will operate line or scnoons.s .s
from Heeia to this place ana oy 1nls
| means the products of the coilipsaniss -
occunv,ne the land may be shipped to
market.
| The incentive to the activity along
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