The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-13
ENDAU HOLDINGS
!. IN lahore HAVE
RARE PROSPECTS
Timber Concession Held BY Ho-
noIulans Is Being Developed
With Great Rapidly
MARKET IS At HAND D..
FOR FINISHED LUMBER
Harbor Alone Is Worth Fortune,
Labor Is Cheap and De-
fnand Strong

Col. Sam johnson, the now admtant
general of the National Guard of lila.
wall, returned to Honolulu yesterday
in the Mongolia from an inspection OF
the property Of the Endau development
4 Company, tho Watcrhousc Company
agents, in the domains of the Sultan
of lahore. ..l.3sf
Some of the sultan's sub jccts uevor
heard of Hawaii. Dor the benefit Of
some Of the citizens Of Hawaii it may
be we'll to state that the sultan 8 realm
lies on the East coast Of the Malay
peninsula. and that by treaty with
Great Britain, he is under rompulsion
to take the "advieen of the British
agent resident in matters of foreign
policy and development
/ The company owns the only harbOr
ON the East coast Of the peninsula,
fronting sea that is lashed four
/ months Of the year by the dreaded ty.
phoons. II has $1,000 acres Of splen.
/ did standing timber rich agricultural
possibilities, q market ready to hand,
and a government congestion which as.
sures it an initial advantage over any
present competitors, 20 that Colonel
i johnson came back with evcrv- reason
to be enthusiastic. And he was.
Harbor Fortune In Itself
"The harbor in ITSELF said Colonel
johnson last night. "is fortune,
and don Y see how il is poss bic to faiI
in making money from the development
Of the timber and agricultural property
almost at the start. ~
Il .tGTknrn =, ko A,
at Pahoa developed by the Hawaii
Hardwood Company to compare with
that of the Endau development com
pany. .h
"To make my estimate as conserta
tive as my enthusiasm would permit,
placed the average amount of timber
standing on the $4,000 acres at 40,
900 feet an acre. saw ares on which
there was 100 900 feet standing and
wanted to make nv estimate So OOC
feet. As l say, 10000 is conservative
A extremely conservative p"
1.-THE timber is all clean, straight
big enough to cut wen and not to'
big to handle. Thef6Nis some teal
and hardwood, but tho most of it j.
camphor and other soft wood, which
is more valuable yet because the mar
ket for IL is ready to hand.
Labor Plentiful and Cheap
Surrounding rubber plantations ar,
importing l2,0QO,OOO feet of soft WOO
annually, WHICH they make up int,
rubber chests, but for some reason un
known, nobody has thought to bull,
a sawmill, though quantities of heavy
logs are exported to thirty diferen
countries through Singapore, which il
the port of entry for the whole PENN
Isula.
Labor is plentiful, strong an
cheap--mOstly Chinese. Dig six fec
anywhere and you strike water. Tn,
rainfall - is l20 inches year, an,
abundant rivers diversity the country
Il Hitherto, the rubber, pineapple an
cOcOanut plantations have first clearer
the land at heavy expense, and thcl
waited for their crops to mature be
fore they could expect a cent of re
turns on the Investment. They act
ually burned the timber to got ri,
of it.
81 estimate that it will be possibl
to make n good profit ON cutting it
but even should there be slight lose
think of the saving over merely burn
ing it.
Plans Of Development Broad.
1.-THE company takes title direc
from the government, which, in orde
to encourage Development, exacts u,
purchase price, but requires that som,
400 acres a year be developed, To b,
exact, the amount is 1850 acres b,
1918. Work began last year.
| In OF1aF I'm IpTiNa raVanna frn,,
the foreign capital invested, the gov
eminent imposes an export tax OF ter
per cent, but the British agent wa
DO much impressed with our plan o.
building up lumber industry that h,
recommended that no duties whatever
be imposed on the first l2000,00O fee
cut. 1t will take ten years to Gu
that much. u. ..
Gland already set out to coeoanut.
shows that the palms thrive Here ar,
photographs to show how we'll tn,
young trees are doing Anything will
grow there, though cOcoanuts, rubber
and pines are the standard crops.
"The Endau Development Company
which is backed entirely by Honolulu
money, is capitalized for $500, 900, OF
which 100000 has been paid up
estimate that the saving alone on ex
port duties to be RENTED will amount
to a sum equal to the entire eapitai
izatiOn.' IvAf
Price of Rubber High
+. T. =. Warehouse, who also re
turned yesterday in the Mongolia from
an inspection of the Taniong, Olol
AMI Pahanp rubber plantatiohs. 70
which the Waterhouse Company like
wise is agent, reported that the pric,
of rubber is strong, but that. due /,
bad weather, the plantations will yiel,
between sixteen and seventeen pc
cent less than normal this year.
| Labor conditions h" said. were COOL
and he was optimistic as to the gen
eral outlook, though he expects {
slight temporary drnrcssion after til,
war is over. to b" followed by risin,
market when industry returns q, /,
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