Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....McCandless, Lincoln Loy September 18, 1859 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925.
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

LINCOLN LOY MCCANDLESS, Rancher and Capitalist. Lincoln L. McCandless, upon 
his arrival in Hawaii in 1882, at once realized the importance of these 
islands, both geographically and agriculturally. Although associated with his 
two brothers in the well boring concern of McCandless Brothers, and in their 
mutual realty and mining holdings, both here and on the mainland, the 
development of land has been his chief personal interest.
  The careers of the three brothers, Lincoln L., John A. and James S. 
McCandless, have been closely interwoven since that day 43 years ago when they 
organized McCandless Bros., and began bringing water to the surface for 
irrigation and domestic purposes in the Hawaiian Islands. From that time the 
success of Ewa and numerous other sugar plantations was assured, and the 
fortunes of the McCandless brothers established.
  As their business expanded the brothers went into realty operations. They 
formed the McCandless Building CO., of which Lincoln McCandless, now vice-
president, was the originator, and erected the big McCandless building at a 
time when structures more than two stories in height were unheard of in the 
islands. L. L. McCandless fathered the Torrens Land Court Law in the 
territorial senate in 1903, thus establishing the right of individuals to 
prove title to their land holdings. His faith in the future advancement of 
Hawaii is shown in the permanence of the buildings which he has erected and 
which are characteristic of the stability of the man, such structures as the 
McCandless Bros.’ Building, Armstrong Building and L. L. McCandless Building, 
as well as Puuaa, his beautiful home on Rock Hill.
  It was L. L. McCandless who conceived the feasibility of diverting water 
from Waiahole, Waikane and Kahana on windward Oahu and conveying it by tunnel 
through the mountain divide to the rich sugar lands, a most successful 
project. In the late 90’s Mr. McCandless financed James Low, promoter of the 
Honolulu Plantation Co., which resulted in the latter successfully 
consummating this undertaking.
  Becoming interested in ranching, Mr. McCandless now has extensive cattle 
ranch interests on the islands of Oahu and Hawaii. Gold mining in California 
has interested the McCandless brothers. L. L. McCandless is a director of the 
American Bar Quartz Mining Co. and the California-Hawaiian Development Co., 
both operating gold mines in the mother lode country of California.
  Mr. McCandless has always taken an active part in public affairs, being a 
strong advocate of honest and economical administration of government. He has 
successfully represented his party in the Democratic national conventions for 
20 years, serving in the territorial legislature from 1898 to 1906, and has 
several times been a candidate for delegate to Congress. He enjoys great 
personal popularity among the Hawaiians. He is a member of the Commercial and 
Oahu Country Clubs.
  Mr. McCandless was born in Pennsylvania, Sept. 18, 1859. His parents were 
Thomas McCartney and Elizabeth (Newman) McCandless. He was educated in the 
public schools of West Virginia and started work in the oil fields of that 
state, under the direction of his father. When 20, he went to Leadville, 
Colo., and prospected, coming to Hawaii in 1882 to join his two brothers. In 
1904 he married Elizabeth Janet Cartwright of New York and they have one 
child, Elizabeth Loy McCandless. 


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