The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-02-11
AT RATE OF TONS
Eva Mill Is Pililg Up Large
Slgar Output.
SOME OF THE RECORD RUNS
Averages For Week and For a
Month-A Lively PlaCe-Big Pay
Roll-kealia on Kauai.

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Railway failed to run a moonlight ex-
cursion to Eva plantation last week.
The evenings were typical which
means delightful to the degree of per-
fection. All along the route between
the city and the plantation the view is
beautiful indeed. To look into the
mirrors of the rice fields and taro
patches and to view the moonlight
ripples on the sea and in Pearl Lochs
conjures up thoughts of fairy lands.
Then there is considerable to see at
the new Oahu plantation. They say
that in the heat of the day you can
hear the cane growing there like corn
in Nebraska or Kansas and that at
night, if the eye is keen enough one
can almost see the cane sticks NOV
ing into the air. There has been plenty
of water from the artesian wells, the
pumps have worked we'll and expert
enced men declare they have never
looked upon a better cane growing
proposition than Oahu plantation
affords.
The sight at Eva at night is the
mill. Outside one merely looks upon
spreading and continuing fields of
cane and hundreds of yards of cars
loaded with the sticks ready for crush
ing. The mill and it's methods are
revelations. In the first place one is
very much impressed with the small
force Of men required for operation of
the enormous plant. Steam and cleo
tricity do the business to an extent
that would surprise the most advanced
superintendent of the best machine
shop plant in the United States Upon
being weighed the cane is dumped
from the cars into the power carriers
which feed the rollers. There are three
sets of rollers, with three tremendous
ly heavy cylinders in each battery. The
juice flows in various channels in the
direction of the clarifiers and the
effects. The cane is dampened before
it leaves the rollers finally, with a
spray of warm water. But so great is
the pressure of these rollers that the
waste after leaving the last battery is
used at once for fuel. The furnaces
are fed automatically. A feature that
draws and holds the attention Of many
visitors is the series of vats holding
molasses. A limited amount of this
is handled commercially, but thou
sands of gallons of it are run upon
fields to enrich the soil. 1t has been
proven by Manager Lowrie to be an
excellent fertilizer. At night the sugar
room is closed. Here during the work
ing hours the centrifugals are at work
and the men and women employed for
the task are sacking and weighing the
sugar that is ready for shipment The
centrifugal" throwing the sugar
against the sides of the revolving con-
tainers and dropping the moisture,
was invented in Hawaii. Any sugar
man will say that without this device
the method Of sugar manufacture from
cane would be crude and unsatisfac-
tory indeed.
They are very busy at Eva just now
and are making some records in sugar
production. Manager Lowrie has just
returned from the States and is more
energetic and watchful than ever. Mr..
E. D. Tenney, at Castle & Cookies was
kind enough yesterday to furnish some
figures on the progress of the cam
paign at Eva. Up to last Saturday
night, the reports show, grinding for
the season of 1878 had been in full
swing for thirty and a quarter days of
twenty-four hours each. During that
time the output has been 3,311 tons of
sugar (centrifugals), being an average
for the season so far of nearly 100 and
1-2 tons per day. Last week the run
ming was smooth to the degree of
scarcely any Interruptions. The result
of the almost steady run was surpris-
ing to most Of the men who are watch
ing the daily work of the plant The
average for the week was 123 tons
day. A number of estimates have been
made on the total output. The acreage
is large and the irrigation has been
done in thorough and scientific man.
ner. There has not been much rain.
AS to a yield forecast it may be said
that with 3,311 tons finished, the plan
tation is in the second quarter of it's
total. AS to the work of the practi-
cally new and lately improved mill.