The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-08-22

reason to believe they will thev will
prove to be in addition more economi-
cal in running that any system now
in use here. These four wells will give
us two million gallons of water at this
point, and when we need more we have
only to bore more wells where they are
needed
There are various rumOrS aflOat as
to the quality of this water, Mr. Bald
win. Can you give out any definite in
| formation as to that?"
why not? Here are DR.. Walter
MaXwell'S certificates of his analyses of
the water from these wells which we
have submitted to him for examination.
! Here are three samples from the water
on the lower level where the big
pumping station is. From the No. /
shaft there are 81 grains of salt to
each gallon of water, United States
measurement. From the No. shaft
the analysis shows 44.2S grains to the
gallon and from the No. shaft there
are just 47.54 grains per gallon. The
reason there is no sample from the
No. 2 hole is because work has been
discontinued at that place owing to OBJ
StacleS encountered.
Now, as to the water on the upper
lands, the artesian water proper Here
are Dr.. MaXwell's analyses from three
samples taken on July Sth last The
first sample was taken while the water
was still and before the pump was
started. 1t gives 500 grains to the
United States gallon. The second sam
tple was taken after the pump had been
connected and while the water was
running from it; the analysis shows
% grains of salt to the gallon. The
third sample, showing 53.3 grains to
the gallon, was taken after the pumps
had been stopped and the water stand
ing in the we'll for some time. The
amount of salt per gallon should de-
crease with continuous pumping if we
have the same experience as other
plantations have had before"
How does the percentage of salt at
the kihei wells compare with those on
other plantations?" was next asked.
We'll, it is larger than that of Eva
but much less than many old-estab-
Ilished and well-paying plantations on
Maui. Take Paia, for example. Every
body knows there has never been any
trouble at Paia with the salt in it's wa
ter, and yet the average there for years
has been 66 grains to the gallon. Yes,
it has managed to pay dividends and
raise as high as twelve tons of sugar to
the acre in spite of &c grains of salt per
gallon Of water. 1 have in mind an
other Old-established plantation which
is paying big dividends on an average
of SO grains of salt per gallon of wa
ter used
What percentage of salt in the wa
ter can be used without detriment to
growing cane?" was next asked of Mr..
Baldwin.
well, DR.. Maxwell is the authority
to consult on such matters. l under
stand, however, that he has given it
as his opinion that anything less than
100 grains of salt per gallon of water
will not hurt sugar cane, but anything
over that is liable to be injurious L
believe he fixes the dividing line at 100
grains per gallon"
About the new milI?''
THAT has already been ordered from
the Honolulu Iron Works, and the con-
tract calls for it to be in running order
on January /, 1901. The mill building
is to be large enough to cover a mill
of the capacity of $50 tons per day, but
for the first year we have only asked
the contractors for 125 tons daily ca
pacity. The additions can be made aft
er the first seasons run
"One more question, Mr.. Baldwin.
What progress has been made in plant
ing?'
1--WE have actually put in about $50
acres this season and we expect to
plant enough to make fully thousand
acres, very likely more than that. We
have abundance Of seed cane for all our
and we intend to get in
as many acres as we can for the crop
of 1901"