The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-04-09
JAMES B. CASTLE g.uS"
CALLED BY DEATH
Splendid General of Industry Ac-
compished Great Things But
Hoped To Realize Still
.@%" Greater Projects

| the Kona plantation only n few days
ago to the company which now con-
| trolls 1t IT was pronounced a success.
Enterprise on Windward Oahu
| His enterprise has developed much
OF the Northeastern side of this island
1t was he who built and has main.
! tanned the KoOlau railway. running at
present from Kahuku to Kahana, and
I he brought under cultivation long
! stretches of land Heretofore mot pro.
ducing anything, excepting feed for
few goats and some cattle, with mpar
hrhne, which has also proved n success.
The railway Is yet in it's infancy, but
his plarS, looking into the future, were
to continue the road down through
Kaneohe and Kailua. thence entering
Honolulu by way Of a tunnel through
the mountains at some point proba bly,
in Nuuanu Valley, and had he lived il
is probable that this plan would have
been carried out and the whole wind.
ward side of the island would thereby
. have suddenly been opened for use by
! the population Of Honolulu, thereby
adding to the growth and importa nee
of This side. But there were other
things in store for him. This was in
connection with his central mills
project looking to the betterment of
the character Of citizenship. After
, the settlement of the Kona matter he
said, "Now / am going out home to
! rest, and from that rest he has never
/ returned.
Exciting Episode
Though a general of industry, J. B.
! Castle was content to serve as a pri-
! vate where such services were needed.
In the revolution he served in that
capacity and 1t was then that he under.
went one Of the thrilling scenes of his
life, He was with "Charley" Carter,
J brother of former Governor George r.
Carter, when the latter was shot on
January z, 1895. This occurred at the
Henry Bertelmann residence at Wal.
! kiki. He and Charles l.. Carter led
posse that had gone there and was
fired upon. Cartel fell, shot through
the stomach. This was the first real
clash Of the revolution.
OF Fine Intellectual Nature
Very few of the people thrown in
contact with J. b. Castle in business
had any idea of the fine intellectual
nature behind all the push and energy
Of business. He gradually became
! possessed Of very fine library, which
for many years has been the delight
of his too few spare hours. He was
great reader and a reader of litera-
ture of high order. He had a wide
and intimate acquaintance with the
best authors. His interest in great
world questions, however, was keen up
to the very end. He watched all moves
Of the war and recognized at once all
of the important things contained in
the newspapers, and he appreciated
what each event might mean in weaving
the great web of the future.
With a few others he had an enthus.
iastc belief that the great war is to
be a great purifier, and that a chast,
ened and punished world will emerge
from it the better for all of its hor-
rors and terrible experiences. Only
a few days ago, in conversing with the
! family, he said that he could see the
breaking of the day and he looked with
eager and unquestioning faith for the
great light which the rising sun was
to throw upon the world.
Mr.. Castle leaves q widow and one
son, Harold X. l.. Castle.