ku a ▁district ▁and ▁opened ▁the ▁sugar c ane ▁plant ation ▁in ▁Pa au h au . ▁His ▁business ▁partners ▁were ▁Samuel ▁Parker , ▁William ▁G . ▁Ir win , ▁and ▁Cla us ▁S pre ck els . ▁It ▁was ▁head qu arter ed ▁at ▁coordinates ▁, ▁on ▁a ▁cl iff ▁about ▁ 3 0 0   fe et ▁( 1 0 0 m ) ▁above ▁the ▁ocean . ▁Field s ▁reached ▁up ▁the ▁s lop es ▁of ▁Ma una ▁Ke a , ▁with ▁an ▁innov ative ▁transport ation ▁system . ▁It ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁fully ▁ir rig ated ▁plant ations ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 . ▁A ▁small ▁town ▁for ▁worker ▁housing ▁grew ▁up ▁above ▁the ▁mill . ▁He ▁opened ▁the ▁first ▁post ▁office ▁in ▁H ā m ā ku a ▁and ▁served ▁as ▁its ▁post master . ▁ ▁The ▁company ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁Hon ok aa ▁Sug ar ▁Company ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁and ▁it ▁shut ▁down ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁called ▁to ▁test ify ▁on ▁conditions ▁in ▁Hawai i ▁when ▁a ▁committee ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Senate ▁visited ▁Hawai i ▁island ▁after ▁the ▁an nex ation . ▁He ▁was ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁building ▁a ▁break water ▁on ▁H ilo ▁Bay . ▁he ▁made ▁clear ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁over throw ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Hawai i , ▁but ▁fav ored ▁an nex ation ▁over ▁the ▁Republic ▁of ▁Hawai i . ▁He ▁fav ored ▁encourag ing ▁sett