Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Lucas, John November 10, 1857 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

JOHN LUCAS, Contractor and Builder. Following in the business established by 
his father, the late George Lucas, John Lucas, former supervisor and former 
territorial senator, has been a contractor and mill man for fifty years and is 
now president and manager of the Honolulu Planing Mill., Ltd. The largest 
industrial plant of the kind in Hawaii. The mill was established by his father 
in 1864, and in 1911 the business was incorporated by John Lucas. The Honolulu 
Planing Mill plant, covering two acres, is the only planning mill in Hawaii 
that generates its own electric power by steam. All machines in this plant are 
equipped with individual motors and every possible safety device for the 
protection and comfort of the workmen.
  In 1874, when a boy of 17, Mr. Lucas joined his father in a carpentering and 
contracting business, and together with his brothers, Thomas and Charles, 
worked under their father until his death in 1892. For some years after, the 
work of the planning mill was carried on by these three brothers until the 
death of Mr. Thomas Lucas, when Mr. Charles Lucas withdrew and the firm was 
incorporated under the name of the Honolulu Planing Mill, Ltd., with Mr. John 
Lucas as president and manager.
  Public life has claimed a large share of Mr. Lucas’ activities. For several 
years he has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He was twice elected a 
member of the Board of Supervisors on the Republican ticket but after his 
election to the first board, the so-called County Act was declared null and 
void by the Territorial Supreme Court. Subsequently another County Act was 
passed and Mr. Lucas, after a second political campaign, was again elected to 
the Board of Supervisors for the City and County of Honolulu. Later he served 
as a member of the first Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Oahu. In 
1920 Mr. Lucas was elected senator from the third senatorial district for a 
period of four years, and while in the territorial senate was a member of 
various committees, acting as chairman of the Accounts Committee, also serving 
on the Ways and Means and other committees.
  Mr. Lucas, who has always taken a keen interest in fraternal organizations, 
is an Elk, Odd Fellow, Mason, Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner. He 
is also a member of the Commercial Club, Native Sons of Hawaii, and Chiefs of 
Hawaii. He was born in Honolulu, Nov. 10, 1857, the son of George and Sarah 
(Williams) Lucas. His education was obtained at the Fort Street School and 
Oahu College. He married Lydy Elizabeth Foster and they have two children, 
Harry F. Lucas, a Honolulu agent of the New York Life Insurance Co., and Sara, 
who is the wife of Dr. Nils Paul Larsen.


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