The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-08-31
A REFINERY TO BE ERECTED ON
THE COAST.
Outside of the Great Trust-The New
Factory viii be Ready to Begin Its
Operations by January.

BY the Peru today came the news
that a refinery will be erected on the
Pacific coast for Hawaiian sugars. In
quirfy among the planters develops
the fact that the following informa-
ton. which appears in the Chronicle,
is authentic:
Bee. sugar will not be the only pro-
duct of the Starr mill at Crockett,
when it starts up about January 1st
next. That will be its special province
as stated in the dispatches, but the
machinery will permit of the refining
of cane sugar as well, and the pros
poets are that it will take consider
able of the Hawaiian crop not contro!l'
ed by Claus Spreckles, This years
crop is estimated at about 2oo,Ooo
tons, and while much of it may be
shipped directly east, if prices war
rant-and the calculation is that they
villa large amount will find its
way to the new factory on Carquinez
straits Under the arrangement made
some years ago the Hawaiian plant
ers are required to send their sugar
to the Western Refinery company 70
be clearified and made merchantable,
but this contract will expire in De-
cember and soon thereafter the Cali
fornia Beet Sugar and Refinery COM
pany, as the new enterprise is named,
will be in position to take as much of
the Island crop as is not in control If
the sugar trust, as may be shipped to
this coast.
This season Claus Spreckles, in adj
dition to the cane grown on his own
property, has secured that of the Da-
vies' plantation, but altogether it is
estimated that it will not exceed $4,000
or 10000 tons of the 100000 tons pro-
duced. Thus, even with the amount
that may be sent east for refining,
there will be considerable to be work
ed at the new California factory. The
Crockett refinery is to be outside Of
competition, if not in opposition, to
that great aggregation of capital. And
those interested in the project are
extremely reticent regarding it, az
they say the details have yet to be
worked out but there is reason to be-
lieve that the principal cause for 81
lence is Just this intention to take
hold of the Hawaiian sugar crop not
controlled by the trust. The capital
| behind it is large ana in addition 20
such local moneyed men as George w.
| McNear, several houses interested in
! the Sandwish Island trade, among
others George Welch e. Co., are active
| ly pushing the scheme in manner
| that is to say the least significant.
They admit even that the factory will
be equipped to refine cane sugars and
that they expect to handle portion of
the Hawaiian output.
They are more particularly non-com-
initial as to the quantity, evidently
being undesirous to attract too much
attention from their competitors in
business. They say that Mr.. Hunting
ton, the president of the company, Is
busy making contracts for beets, and
that the manufacture of that class Of
sugar will be the principal object in
view, but no doubt is felt that whom
the refining of Island sugar on this
Coast is once began outside of the big
trust, conflict will be inaugurated,
and that in the future that will be n
great branch of the work of the re-
fnerv at Crockett.