The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-10-26
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COMMERCIAL and agricultural matters. generally. arr
without change TO report, and. as We have had the pleas
ure OF noting for some weeks. the prospects Of our
plsnsers are bright and cheering.
I'VE hear % = sale. last week. q twelve share, % stock
In the Waikiki Sugar Company. a; $50. without refer
tence 10 this particular transaction. which. We believe.
was genuine. We would say that. IN some cases. cxagre-
rated reports % real estate and stock sales gain currency
on the street.. which inquiry somotimts fails q confirm.
It - the more proper to speak Of this, a. all such rose
colored rumors viii be apt to produce an injurious effect
in the long run. By their probable tendency to cause
distrust even in the soundest and safest Of our Island
investments Our real friends. 1t home OF abroad. would
regret 70 see thia. for obvious reasons
Advtces by the schr Nettie Merrill give suzar quotations
Of Hawaiian grocery grades at ske. Tie reduced stock
Of raw grocery grades make prices arm.
Rice. best Hawaiian, held At nc.
COGee. no quotations Of Hawaiian given.
The 8. r. Commercial ReTaid OF Oct 10th gives c7frrsrcv
10 the formation OF the Hawaiian Commercial Company.
with q capital OF sIO.OO0.OOO. The Directors are G.
spreckles. r z. Low. F. ". Babcock. II. schussIer. aad
II. BsndslL. The He'aId says II IS more than probable
that the sugar production Of the Islands can be increased
sf ip4H n Fl
W. have been furnished by a Ieading commercial house o
this city with the circular Of the Jarvis Furnace Company"
Of Boston, taciosed in a letter to The manager Of one Of the
sugar mills on Hawaii. On those plantations where fuel f.
scarce, and bagAsse tuashj Is depended upon hr steam pur-
Posss, hollng, and consequently the most important work Il
the imPossibiity q drying the trash This is especially the
case IN the winter season, when more or less rain falls ali over
OF. Nov n any method can be devised whereby the bagasse
could be burned In IL, wet state. AZ n come, frT, the r@Iie,s
IL would allay all anxiety On the part Of planters as 10 favor
able weather IN the grinding season. This the agent Of the
gives, In the circular spoken Of, various letters from agents
and owners Of manufacturing establishments in the Eastern
are claimed 90 Be these. Cheap ami green or we: faeI can BE-
used Nithout aaxiliahy blast. and the saving ia the best class
oft1d = hhesa per oent- he Scientific American. in speak
ing u II, describes the fire as a surface one. and the hot
room 70 expaBd, makes an Immense name- IL makes It's own
u ,h sses vita me campers 4niy one-1uarter open IN
lion" This Is high praise, comtng from such authority
The very great Importance or this Improvement jusdGes Us
in givisg. for the information Of our planters, the following ex-
tracts from the agents letter;
" In regard to the burning Of your bagasse, partly dry. we
have not the least doubt Of the ability of the furnace 20 DO IL.
order % IL he ian benefits Of the farnaoe, AMI when we burn
coal as fael, We put in ali the water the coal will take. We
ing a. all, simply mixing a small amount Of brumiuous coal
and shaVings, The refuse Of breEeriesi wet tan from tanneriesi
wet saw dust and, in fact, anything Of a combusuble nature,
blast Of any HAD, simply the natural draught Of the chimney.
which. however, must be good; the nue ofthe chimney, also
che tnb-s Ct TIE fues Of the boilers.
sugar districts. and who have seen the working OF our fur
mace. sag, without any hesitation, that we shall have no trou-
be in Burning this bsgasse just as il comes from the press.
The Jarvis furnace requires special castings Of iron and fire.
sTSf Ss SSa d are s.a H S9.asi.!1' s0 here re, n ..d Bp, 59s1,1 WE S es9 ship
10 know what protection We can have to our patentsi also
pIates here"
1t az DC q easy matter Tor me company TO establish an |
n ney here with whom our planters can readily commune
cate, and n single experiment with the furnace will prove If
its claims are well founded. The question of fuel is becoming
q very important factor with our plantation owners in figuring
up their profits, and any device that will lessen its cost will
not be neglected by them.
The credit sale at Bsrtows rooms is realizing what
mag be called fair prices, considering the state of the
market. Up % noon. to-day. about $4,000 worth OF goods
was disposed Of.
The ZealaEdia may be looked for next Monday evening, |
with dates from the Colonies and Europe to the 18th or
I4th inst
The City Of New York will be due from san Francisco
next Tuesday week. with dates from that port Of October !
A. and from the Eastern States to the 27th.
The O1ly foreign arrivals for the week were the Am bk
Henry Buck. Oct 20, d days from Burrard's Inlet; and the
Hawaiian schr Nettie Merrill, oct p, Is days from san
Francisco.
The departures were: oct 19-GTace Roberts, in bal
for Port Townsend; Eustace, for San Francisco. with
domestic produce valued at s31,s7s IS. 22-yiyid. for
Island; value domestic produce, .$IJG G2. and
do foreign. 1917 O.. 2f-Eureks. in ballast, for Port
The II W Almy has been detained waiting for freight,
the Gains about the Islands delaying the coasters. She
viii probably get away tomorrow morning. The } \
Falkinberg has also been detained by the same cause.