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26-727: The retail center for Maui County residents, Kahului has several malls and major stores, including department stores in the Queen Kaahumanu Center. Attractions in Kahului include the Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum , Kanaha Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary , Kanaha Beach County Park , and the Maui Arts and Cultural Center . Kahului is on the north central side of the island of Maui on the shore of Kahului Bay. It

52-645: A fleet of motorcoaches, mini-buses, and vans. Most motorcoaches are made by Prevost Car along with Motor Coach Industries , including Renaissance Coaches (55-60 seats), "DL" Series coaches (55-63 seats), some "D" series coaches (55 seats), Ford-Econoline Minibuses (21-25 seats, and Ford Econoline Passenger vans (11–15 seats). The fleet make-up is similar on every island, since it is impractical to move vehicles between islands. Roberts Hawaii currently holds transportation contracts for many of Oʻahu's attractions, including Atlantis Submarines & Cruises, Germaine's Luau, USS Missouri , and Hilo Hatties. Tours, especially on

78-431: A 17-mile-long (27 km) irrigation aqueduct that diverted water from that part of Haleakalā to their plantation. Alexander knew about irrigation systems used since ancient Hawaii while he was at Lahainaluna , but this was on a much larger scale. He negotiated a lease of water rights from King Kalākaua and raised financing from other partners. It was initially a 20-year lease for $ 100 per year. His brother James did

104-494: A controlling interest in one of its rival companies, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company (HC&S) from Claus Spreckels . By 1899, the company bought two of Maui's railroad lines. On June 30, 1900, Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd. was incorporated . Alexander eventually left off running the company and became an adventurer. In 1893 he bicycled through Europe. He traveled through the Pacific Ocean in 1896, including

130-505: A holding company for many other ventures, including shipping line Matson Navigation Company . In 1899, Baldwin supervised another irrigation project at Kihei . In 1903 he built another house called Maluhia at a higher elevation near Olinda, Hawaii surrounded by fruit trees. Keahua Ranch Company in 1909 became the Maui Pineapple Company . In 1905, he became an owner of The Maui News . His descendants continued to own

156-464: A survey. Work started on the aqueduct in 1876 and was completed two years later in 1878 (at over three times the estimated cost), just before a deadline in the lease. In 1883 the Alexander family moved to Oakland, California , to get medical attention for his father, who died there August 13, 1884. After completion of the aqueduct, the company grew by selling water to adjacent plantations, and

182-440: Is 65 °F (18 °C) on February 28, 1990, and the record warm daily minimum is 79 °F (26 °C) on October 8 and 17, 1979. Normal annual rainfall is 17.83 inches (453 mm) spread over an average 95 days, but observed annual rainfall has ranged from 6.76 inches (172 mm) in 1908 and 1998 to 40.63 inches (1,032 mm) in 1989. The wettest month on record is January 1980 with 14.46 inches (367 mm), while

208-664: Is a tour bus operator in the state of Hawaii founded in 1941 by Robert Iwamoto Sr. as a one-man taxi company in Hanapepe , Kauai . It has operations on 4 of Hawaii's major Islands: Kauaʻi , Oʻahu , Maui , and the Island of Hawaiʻi . It has an employee-owned company with 900 vehicles and 1,400 employees. Roberts Hawaii is also the parent company for the Magic of Polynesia Show, Hawaiian Monarch Hotel, Roberts Hawaii School Bus, and various Hawaii shuttle services. Roberts Hawaii has

234-555: Is bordered to the west by Wailuku , to the southwest by Waikapu , and to the east by Kahului Airport and Spreckelsville . According to the United States Census Bureau , the Kahului CDP has a total area of 16.0 square miles (41 km), of which 14.3 square miles (37 km) are land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km), or 10.26%, are water. Kahului is located on the leeward side of Maui relative to

260-509: Is located in the small sugarcane growing and milling community of Puʻunene, Hawaii , Kahului , Maui . The museum exhibits the history of Hawaiian sugarcane plantations and Alexander & Baldwin and its role in the sugarcane industry in Hawaii. The company itself continues in business and though it has diversified, it continues to produce sugarcane. The museum itself in the former mill manager's house. Samuel Thomas Alexander (1836–1904)

286-531: Is part of that acreage, now used for tourism. Henry Baldwin hired Louis von Tempsky to manage Haleakala ranch in 1899, and Louis' daughter Armine von Tempski (1892–1943) wrote several novels and an autobiography about life on the Baldwin ranch. In 1889 the McKinley Tariff act raised tariffs on sugar exported to the U.S. market, and its price dropped to two cents a pound. Baldwin took advantage of

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312-520: The Haʻikū sugar mill which had been constructed in 1861 by Castle & Cooke. The Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 removed tariffs on sugar exported to the United States . But to raise their production a steady supply of water was needed for the semi-arid dry forests of Pāʻia. Rain was plentiful miles away in the rainforests on the windward slopes of Haleakalā mountain, so Alexander proposed

338-635: The Marquesas Islands where his parents traveled before he was born, China, and Japan. He also had a winter home on Maui called Olinda , and a summer home in Shasta County, California . The irrigation projects became so profitable that the Alexander and Baldwin partnership was able to buy out other planters and enlarge their holdings. By 1877 Baldwin had the Hamakuapoko Mill built on the southwestern side of Maliko Gulch near

364-728: The trade winds , giving it a hot semi-arid climate with a dry summer season ( Köppen classification zone BSh ). The normal monthly mean temperature ranges from 71.8 °F (22.1 °C) in February to 79.7 °F (26.5 °C). On average, there are 21 nights annually with a low below 60 °F (16 °C) and 25 days with a high at or above 90 °F (32 °C); readings of 95 °F (35 °C) or higher are far rarer, occurring on average once every five years. Temperature records range from 48 °F (9 °C) on January 20, 1969, up to 97 °F (36 °C) on August 31, 1994, and August 22, 2015. The record cool daily maximum

390-545: The CDP. The population density was 1,328.7 inhabitants per square mile (513.0/km). There were 6,079 housing units at an average density of 400.9 per square mile (154.8/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 10.06% White, 0.24% Black or African American, 0.27% Native American, 53.62% Asian, 9.91% Pacific Islander, 1.47% from other races, and 24.42% from two or more races. 8.75% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 5,880 households, 34.9% had children under

416-470: The age of 18 living with them, 51.9% were married couples living together, 16.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 20.3% of households were one person and 11.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.29 and the average family size was 3.76. The age distribution was 25.8% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% 65 or older. The median age

442-482: The irrigated fields, 20°54′56″N 156°20′53″W  /  20.91556°N 156.34806°W  / 20.91556; -156.34806  ( Hamakuapoko Mill ) . The Haiku mill shut down in 1879. The Paʻia Mill opened in 1880, 20°54′25″N 156°22′32″W  /  20.90694°N 156.37556°W  / 20.90694; -156.37556  ( Paia Mill ) In 1881 the Kahului Railroad allowed

468-724: The lower land prices and built an irrigation project on Kauaʻi island called the Hanapepe ditch for the Hawaiian Sugar Company. He moved his family to Kauaʻi for a few months before moving back to Maui in 1893. In 1894 a partnership with Alexander was launched to sell the sugar in California. In 1900, the partnership became officially incorporated as Alexander & Baldwin (A&B). With offices in both Honolulu and San Francisco, it acted as an agent for other plantations as well. Eventually A&B would evolve into

494-440: The most rain to occur in a single calendar day is 5.82 inches (148 mm) on December 21, 1955. The most recent month without measurable (≥0.01 inches or 0.25 millimetres) rain is October 2013 with trace amounts, and the last without any rain is June 1957. The town is also one of the windiest places in the U.S. averaging 13.7 mph per year. As of the 2000 Census, there were 20,146 people, 5,880 households, and 4,421 families in

520-622: The neighbor islands, are narrated by the drivers themselves. In 2013, Roberts Hawaii acquired a $ 21,000,000 contract with the Hawaii State Department of Education to provide school bus service for 181 of O'ahu's 305 bus routes for the 2014 and 2015 school years. In 2009, Roberts Hawaii settled with the Environmental Protection Agency over allegations that the bus company failed to provide annual chemical inventory information to emergency responders,

546-838: The paper until 2000. Alexander & Baldwin became one of the " Big Five " corporations that dominated the economy of the Territory of Hawaii . A&B is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and was added as part of the Dow Jones Transportation Average after purchasing Matson Navigation Company . It continues to produce sugar and operates a museum on Maui. He also had heirs. and died November 22, 1939. Notes 20°52′09″N 156°27′18″W  /  20.8693°N 156.4551°W  / 20.8693; -156.4551 Roberts Hawaii Roberts Hawaii Tours and Transportation

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572-543: The sugar to travel by train to the growing port of Kahului . In 1882 Alexander moved to Oakland, California , and enrolled his children in the schools there before returning in 1883 to become manager of the Haiku plantation. In 1888, Henry Baldwin and a few businessmen from Honolulu formed the Haleakala Ranch, consisting of 33,817 acres (13,685 ha) on the slopes of the dormant volcano Haleakalā . Piʻiholo Ranch

598-662: The total population, 14.8% of those under the age of 18 and 11.6% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. Major employers in Kahului include Walmart , Maui Electric Company , Macy's , Hale Makua Health Services, Aloha Air Cargo , Zippy's , Roberts Hawaii , and University of Hawaiʻi Maui College . Public schools in Kahului include Maui High School , Maui Waena Intermediate School, Kahului Elementary School, Lihikai Elementary School, and Pomaika'i Elementary School . Alexander %26 Baldwin Sugar Museum Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum

624-405: Was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males. The median household income was $ 46,656 and the median family income was $ 52,610. Males had a median income of $ 30,659 versus $ 26,282 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $ 18,049. 11.8% of the population and 9.7% of families were below the poverty line . Out of

650-575: Was a reverend and co-founder of an agricultural company. He met Dwight Baldwin in Hawaii. Alexander became manager of the Waiheʻe sugar plantation near Wailuku in 1863 and hired Henry Perrine Baldwin (1842–1911) as assistant. In 1870 he formed the Pāʻia plantation under the name Samuel T Alexander & Co. With Baldwin, he purchased 561 acres (227 ha) (2.3 km ) between Pāʻia and Makawao , where they cultivated sugarcane. As of 1871 he also managed

676-603: Was eventually renamed Alexander & Baldwin Plantation. In 1884 Alexander arranged for the partners to buy the small American Sugar Refinery in California and later organized a group of Hawaiian planters called the Sugar Factors which became the California and Hawaiian Sugar Company (C&H). Between 1872 and 1900, the company took over more land and sugar mill operations. In 1898, Alexander and Baldwin purchased

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