Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-05
GOOD WORK AT MCBRYDE
Manager CODaDt Details Progress Of
NV Estate.
Water Question Has Been Settled Splendid
Supply Firm Wills aud Streams Or p
This Year 1900 Tus,

Manager Il. L. Conant of the Nc
| Bryde plantation reports good progress
in the work the past year.
At lhs time of incorporation labor
was scarce and high priced, but in July
the first lot of Japanese contract labor
ers arrived, which placed us on a good
footing. so far as labor was concerned.
We have now about seven hundred
contract men and women, and expect
three hundred more.
About two hundred and fifty acres of
new land will be planted this year.
| This, taken with the five hundred acres
| planted in Eleele, and one hundred and
sixty-seven acres in Koloa, will make
our crop from plant cane in the season
of 1900 and 1901, nine hundred and
seventeen acres. 1t Is our aim to plant
two thousand acres for the crop of
1912.
Crops that are to be harvested this
year will amount, in ALL to about one
thousand six hundred tons. For next
season, besides the nine hundred and
seventeen acres Of plant cane above
referred to, there will be two hundred
and fifty acres of ratoons, estimated to
yield. i'm all. about five thousand tons.
OF the 1917 acres yielding this tonnage
1877 acres of plant and 100 acres of ra-
toons will be ground at the Koloa ST.
gar Co.'S mill, which has a two years
contract under which the McBryde Su-
gar Co. gets three-ffths of the sugar
manufactured.
In the Hanapepe valley we have
been very successful with wells: all we
have bored. five in number, flow about
nine feet above sea level. The quality
is good. averaging only twelve grains
of salt per L. S. gallon.
Wells in Laval have also proved
success. We have now four good wells
at this station. and two others are
nearly completed. AS now laid out
there will be twelve wells delivering
twelve million gallons daily.
A ditch to bring the water from the
Wahiawa stream to the $50 feet level
ditch. ESQ feet long, emptying into
the storage reservoir for night water,
is nearing completion. When 400 feet
of fiume is completed the whole sys-
TEN on the $50 level from the intake TO
the new mill site will be ready for wa
ter. This system waters all the land
below the $50 feet level, 200 acres of
which are now plowed and ready for
/ planting.
! The main supply ditch for Eleele, on
the west side of Wahiawa stream. has
been enlarged and cleaned where re-
quired. the weak spots IN the bank
walled up and strengthened for a dis
/ lance of 1000 feet, and new fiume
| three feet by three feet, 237 feet long,
constructed: all the culverts, road
| bridges and crossings have been en-
I larged and rebuilt making the ditch for
its entire length practically new.
The first of the large reservoirs for
[ storing the freshet water of the Wahi-
ava stream has been completed, its
capacity Is 10000 900 gallons; the out
I let is - inches, running through $50
I feet of tunnel and connecting with a
supply ditch 1910 feet long, which en-
pties into the lowest of the upper sys-
TEN of storage reservoirs. The water
| from the Farley tunnel (the 1900 foot
tunnel,) is led into this reservoir. We
/ have repaired the old native ditch
! winch comes out at II Sullclent eleNa-
ton TO lead into this reservoir, and are
now in shape to store some Of the
! freshet water.
| AS far as water Is concerned, the
company Is out of the woods.
The road bed for railroad is graded
, for 10000 feet and track laid for $500
feet; all the track laid Is at the Eleeie
end and around the mill yard.
There will be two trestles 500 feet
long, averaging ten feet in height, one
Of which is about half completed.
After thorough surveys Eleele har-
Dor has been selected for landing and
shipping merchandise and sugar. The
hosting stage has been raised and
strengthened A track from the land
ing on top OF bluff has been built
which connects with travelling crane
for unloading cars and loading teams
and traction wagons. This crane is
capable of handling pieces weighing
twenty-five tons.
Our railroad system will connect
with it by the middle of February and
thereby save all extra handling.