The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-02-22

| p'us hdNe peen very rev and Far be
tween. Even during the strike of las
year, caused by agitation among Japa
nese laborers by outside troublemakers
Eva experienced the minimum of trou
Bile of any plantation affected. This
was due in no small part to the fac,
that the cottages of the Japanese la.
borers are such that none felt like
leaving when the ultimatum was issued
-"Go to work or leave the planta.
ton"
Both Manager Renton and Head Over.
seer McKeever have made thorough
study of the labor situation and every
effort is made TO keep the laborers con.
tented. As n matter of fact the plan.
tatton laborcrs, on an average, receive
fully as good remuneration for their
work as do ranch or farm hands on the
mainland and the houses which they
have allotted to them are far better
than the average farm hand ever hopes
to get.
In many instances married couples
are making upward of eighty dollars n
month in addition to which they re.
ceive free house rent.
sim, there has been no insurgent activ.
Fine Hospital.
The hospital is one of the show places
of the plantation and is something in
which the management has a right to
take pride. No private hospital any.
where is more carefully kept and the
accommodations are such as should meet
with the approval of the most fastid-
ious. The wards are light, airy and
fitted with the most modern of sani.
tary hospital beds.
The operating room is supplied with
the very finest and most expensive fur
niture and the surgical instruments arc
the best that money can buy. There is
ample window light for daytime oper.
ations while over the operating table
is cluster of electric lights which en-
ables the surgeon to work as satisfac-
torily by night as by day.
The hospital proper is surrounded by
broad lanais which overlook the cane
fields and furnish ideal lounging places
for convalescents.
The dispensary is fitted up for the
most expeditions treatment of patients
while the static machine, X-ray instru-
ments and other electrical apparatus
are the finest that money can buy.
show that sickness is chiefly notable by
its absence on Eva plantation. In six
teen months there has not been a case
of typhoid and most of the cases treat
ed are but simple colds, caused by the
oarelessness of the workmen themselves.
On an average thirty persons day
report at the hospital. Where the com.
plants are of minor Importance the pa
tients are given medicine and sent on
their way. But any sickness likely to
prove serious is treated in the hospital
Where patients apply at the hospital
suffering from bad cold they are at
once put in bed in one of the wards.
The surgeon finds that in this way he
is able to send the men back to work
much more rapidly than would be posi-
BILE were they given medicine and sent
to their homes to look out for them.
selves.
Not only are there separate wards for
women and children, but the different
nationalities are also separated. There
is absolutely no choice between the diff
ferent accommodations and the meanest
employe receives as careful attention
as an officer of the plantation, the only
provided for officers.
Sanitary Supervision.
The surgeon in charge is DIR. G. r.
Mclean. Doctor Mclean IS duty is not
only to treat those who are sick, but
also to look after the sanitary arrange.
ments on the plantation that there may
be as little sickness as possible. The
hospital records show how successful he
has been along the latter line.
In the different villages ample bath.
ing accommodations are provided for
the workmcn, the racial peculiarities of
each people being taken into consider
alton in planning the baths. Thus the
Japanese have large tubs, while the
Filipinos have shower baths which they
prefer.
Railway System.
The railroad system of Eva planta
ton is very complete and in 1909 1T
was valued at $201, O26.61. Since then
extensions have been made. Many Of
the locomotive are of Baldwin manufac.
ture and the permanent roadbed is bal
lasted as thoroughly as is customary on
lines doing general traffic business.
EVA plantation holds long term leases
largely from private estates and the
leasehold improvements alone are valu.
ed at $10l,074.s6.
The milling plant consists of two
nine-roller mills with crushers arranged
to run together also as a fifteenrollcr
mill with crusher. The mill has a
capacity of approximately 300 tons of
sugar per day and was erected in 1902,
The value of the mill and building is
1898, s52.4s.
Eva plantation is incorporated for
$4,000, 900, divided into shares of a par
value of 500 each. The market value
Of the shares has been steadily increas.
ing One year ago shares were selling
around 2S while today "a Is the lowest
figure at which a block of any size
could be secured. The net profits of
the plantation during the year ending
December 81, 1908, were 81 ,02D, $3.50.
The present dividend rate of Eva is
one per cent n month. In addition TO
this il has been the practise to declare
an extra dividend toward the end of
the year, when tho financial conditions
of the eotnDauV have .ynrrantqn