The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-12-06
Maui Plantations Models
In Caring For Labcrers
Continued From Page Six

ing attendance. The same sort of
work is carried on by the other Maui
plantations, all of which have excel
lent day nurseries.
Waikiki is soon to have a play
ground, a ball field, and new villages
in Happy Valley" the new name
which has been given to n of the
old camps of the plantation. 1t will
furnish a civic and amusement center
mainly for the Filipino workers on
the plantation.
Others Plantation improvements
Other things Waikiki has already;
such as a poi factory, a rice mill, and
a butcher shop belonging to the plan
tation, d~ispensaries, day nurseries,
restaurants, and other conveniences
for the labor.
Puuohala village one of the planta-
ton camps, is situated on a breeze
swept plain with a wide view. All
the houses are new, stained bunga-
lows, built after the standard plans
of the Industrial Service Bureau OF
the H. s.. p. A., altered to suit local
conditions by the plantation manage
ment. Each has three bedrooms, a
living room, kitchen, plenty of closet
space and a detached laundry, bath,
and toilet.
A store and restaurant building at
Waikapu has just been completed anu
will provide a boarding house Tor
single men in that district of the
plantation. Sanitation of camps and
improvement of kitchens is receiving
the most attention at Waikiki, as the
houses are in good condition. Any
extensive alterations are made with
the future in view, and buildings are
located to conform with new village
plans.
Streets Strengthened and Drained
Olowalu, though a small plantation
in comparison with other Maui es-
tates, has made great progress In
welfare work. Where formerly they
had the barrack type of building they
now have neat little one-family cot
tages with sanitary conveniences and
fenced yards, with hedges planted
which will one day take the place OF
the fences Much attention has been
paid to sanitation INT drains, broad
straight streets have been run
through the village, and each house
placed in it's own lot with face to the
street.
A small park-like space has been
cleared, where the laborers may gath
er under the huge shade trees n
enjoy open air concerts and gather
ings. Near this civic center is the
new store, a well-equipped dispens-
airy and other community convent
ences. A night school for converse
tional English has given educational
opportunities to the laborers. Many
improvements at Olowalu are await
ing the relief of the labor shortage
and a higher price for sugar.
Quaint old Lahaina seems still in
the sleep of a past century as n
rides along it's drowsy shore, past
groves of palms and thickets of al
garba, but on the plantation itself a
different atmosphere is felt. Pioneer
Mill reflects the progressiveness and
energy of it's manager, A. w. Collins,
in all its manifold activities.
Puukolii City, where some of the
most extensive improvements are 60
ing on, has a civic center OF rlangu
lar shape, with the store, restaurant,
theater, bathhouse and other village
structures fronting upon it. The
streets are wide, and all the houses
in the village have plenty OF yard
space.
Ono feature VI llIt HCN llSCb Va
houses at Pioneer is their neatness.
This is much increased by the uni
form chicken coops. A plantation
family, wherever there IS space al
WAYS keeps chickens, but the kero-
sene can and old board shelters they
build for their flocks have been eye
sores to more han one manager. AT
Pioneer the plantation furnishes each
l,-o rrith n CiOht1V nhlrKpn GOOD,
only asking the owner to pay for the
wire used in it's construction.
Model Day Nursery
Crater Village is on a hillside with
a marvellous view over Lahaina to
the sea. 1t has the newest and mos
modern baby house." or nursery, on
the plantation. There is a sleeping
room, a dining room for the little
ones old enough to eat at table, a
fully equipped bath room, kitchen
and laundry, a large lanai for play
ing in wet weather, and a playground
in front. 1t is n of min nurseries
on Pioneer.
Villages at Pioneer are lit by cleo
tricity, as in most of the other planta
ton camps on Maui. Some of the
new houses nave pergolas of artistic
design taking the places of lanals
giving them a very well-finished ap
pearance.
Lahaina is also the home of the
West Maui night school, a plantation
undertaking which has met witt
great success. Last June diplomas
for the first years work were present
ed to a large class by Mr.. Collins
Addresses were made by the Rev
Pedro Loyola and Prof. Tasuka Hara
da of the University of Hawaii. The
pupils who spoke on patriotic sub
jects and the help given the laboreI
by he night schools included boti
Japanese and F%ilipinos. Olowalu lab
orers as we'll as Pioneer workers at
tend this school, whose motto il
Learn English, speak English, thinl
nnlich