The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-16
THE NEW PLANTATION.
MIR. MARsDEN EXPRESSES HIS oriN-
ION OF IT.
Natural Arrangement of the Land
Water Estimates - Costs
and Realizations.

Mr.. Dillingham;, Mr. Waity, Colonel |
Soper, Joseph Marsden, NJ. z. Robinson,
Charles Carter and Mr.. Kleugel went
down to look over the site of the new
plantation near Pearl City Thursday
morning. The party got off at Pearl
City and took omnibuses up the Govern
ment road to the highest elevation of
the property, a little over 600 feet.
Mr.. Marsden said, speaking of what was
seen at tins point.
cat this highest elevation the land
runs down toward Pearl Loch on a
gentle, easy slope, which admirably
adopts it to irrigation, taking away the
necessity of running bitches in multi.
tudinous directions, which is the case
when land lies on the level and is in
clined to roll. On these lands, in most
cases the cane burrows can be laid out
in regular rows radiating like the ribs
of fan in all directions, with the
main ditches running down the center.
"The character of the land is a red,
slightly clayey, loan, which on being
plowed and narrowed will be rendered
to state OF almost impalpable fineness,
and judging OF the results obtained by
the Eva plantation from the same soil,
and also by analysis OF this soil made by
DR., LYONS of Oahu College, the conclu-
sion is reached, that it is of extreme fer
tility. II cultivated and irrigated it will
give wonderful results in the yield of
sugar.
1.-The soil is of great depth. probably
of six or eight feet down and of exactly
, the same character, the old soil being
, evidently Of volcanic origin, thoroughly
decomposed by the action, of the ele-
ments probably for thousands of wears.
Flowing, and all such incidental work
of plantation. can be here carried on
in most economical manner, all the
. land being admirably adapted to obtain
!, the best results from steam blowing.
"An important problem in all large
plantations is the TRANSFORMATION of cane
from the field to the mill Here il can
S he carried on expedi,iously and econ.
: omically, as main tracks can be laid on
: easy grades to the mill from all parts Of
this land, and side tracks laid all ovei
a as the land slope is easy from north to
n south and nearly level from east tc
q west.
owe inspected the water supply anc
found within radius of half a mil,
II abundant water from numerous springs
! running into the sea which aggregate owe
u seventy cubic feet per. second, II thi
should be insufficient, though it viii
a certainly be enough for the first year OIL
p two. the supply can be easily augmente,
l. bv the addition of artesian wells, as thu
land is within the artesian belt and con
u, ticuous to several fine flowing wells"
a "Will not the cost of pumping t,
p such high elevation as will be re
quired not be very expensive?' wa
asked of Mr.. Marsden.
v 1.-THE greatest height to which waite
as will have to be pumped to reach tn
IN highest elevation of this land will b
$50 feet" said the Commissioner of Ae
, riculture, making the mean elevation t
-, which all water will have to be raise
No $50 feet.
1T has been carefully calculated b
expert enquirers that the cost OF pump
to ing water all over this land Will be abor
ne $50 for each acre OF cane grown. III
he estimation is based upon calculation
using coal Tor fuel. But 1t is my oplnio
that II the plantation company, VINE
ie organized, Will erect hrst-class grlndlr
" and maceration machinery, and IL
"' most improved forms OF evaporatln
NJ apparatus, large surplus OF fuel VIII |
NO left available Tor pumping purpose
ks The machinery VIII therepy reuu'
hu the estimated cost of fuel.
=, "The claim has been put forward |
promoters of this plantation scheme tn
money can he made upon it with sug;
on at $50 per ton. In your opinion, is tn
ay practicableP" the reporter asked.
he Eyes. perfectly So" said Mr.. Mar
ri den: ga profit can be made at even
lower price than $50 per ton. The es
mate of six tons per acre is very low {
srch londs when irrioated az actual =