The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-07
IS TIE H|LO Of MAUI
SUCH THE DESIGNATION GIVEN
NAHIKU.
Annual Reports of the Officers of the
New Windward Plantation-Wor
That Has Been Done-Plans.

There was not quorum of stock
holders at the speciai meeting OF Ma
hiku Sugar Company called for 10
o'clock this morning at the Chamber
of Commerce. In consequence no busi-
ness was done, except to adjourn to
the call Of the directors.
The annual reports of the officers of
the company however were presented.
Manager A Hooking reports up to
April 30, this year. About 500 acres
have been planted and operated by the
company, and about 100 acres by out
side planters under agreement with the
company. The buildings comprise lab
orers' quarters for about 400 people,
storehouses, blacksmith shops stables
with stalls for "a animals, four lunas'
cottages and plantation store. Water
has been piped from one of the gulches
through the camp and to the stables,
| giving the laborers an abundant supply
of good water. The roads built have
| been two through the camp and one
leading to the mill site, about one mile
of government road, which is the firsa
portion of three miles through the low
! er lands of the plantation; this work
| was necessary in order to get wagons
| through, and 1t is expected that the
government will reimburse the COM
pany for the expenditure. When this
road is completed there will be two
and a lower.
The ditch line has been surveyed and
| laid OUT, commencing at an elevation
| of about 1900 feet above sea level
where a good supply of water is assur-
ed from two gulches; the line is five
miles long, and the elevation sufficient
| to cover all of the lands on the plan
tation All of the lands are being fenced
| as they are cleared
| The principal work for 1900 will be
confined to planting and caring for tine
| first crop, constructing the ditch, and
clearing and preparing for the second
| crop.
President ]. b. Castle in his report
says:
''Nahiku appears to have been quite
justly named by your Manager-the
Hilo of Mainland, in my opinion. Of
fers, upon small scale, all the advan-
! taSes expected at Olaa upon the virgin
soils of Keaau as well as the lower al
| titudes of Olaa In fact, coming as ]
bad, directly from an examination of
the latter fields, 1 was forcibly Impress
ed with the similarity of conditions and
| there seems to be no adequate reason
why we should not produce and market
our sugar crop from Nahiku for as low
a cost as any plantation of similar gen.
eral conditions.
Your Manager has, in addition to the
resume of work in 1899. as below, made
as close an estimate as the data avail
able would permit, of the amount re-
| quisite for operating expenses up to
the grinding of your first crop, say
January list. 1902. Eight months pio.
neer work-always the most trying and
! expensive stage-have impaired an ac-
Curate knowledge of conditions that
entitle this estimate to the greatest re.
| spect. In my opinion it is ultra oonser.
Vative. For the sum, in round nun.
bers, of $1S5,0O0 it comprehends tn,
completion of the plant as above pro.
posed, and the preparation of 600 acr,
plant for our second crop, exclusive OF
$50 acres to he expected from outside
planters. A considerable portion Of
| this amount Will be expended in stock
accounts, of which succeeding crops
will reap the benefit with little or nc
additional expenditure. Ono such ao-
count will be for taking out your wa
ter supply from the Hanawai and Ma
/ kapipi gulches.1 This, it appears to mo,
! VIII be ample for the mill as well as
| for Tuning for the entire area to be
! cultivated on the south side of these
! gulches. The area here available is at
| present over $500 acres and will suffice
for our needs for several years to come
| TO maintain five or six thousand ton
product Within three or four miles to
the north of these gulches, our Man
| ager estimates n total of not less than
1000 acres of fine table and gentle
sloping lands. The Improvement of
these lands can find no practicable or
profitable outlet except in cane cult
walton for our mill, either by our Com
pany or outside planters. Access there
| TO presents no serious or grave prob
lem and we have years, II we desire,
to consider the matter of their i'm
provement. before acting.
In order to err, if at all. on the safe
side of an estimate we will now con-
slider only the larger amount and sub.
| NIT the following estimates: AS OF
! January /. 1902. Total operating ex-
penses to date. $685. sugar factory
comn'ete 100000: other stock ac-
counts. $4,000: total. $685., 900.
Tho treasurnr's report IN to Dacem.
Der II. 1890 shows total oparati ting ex.
nensos of S97.742.7S. The resources and
liabilities of the company are each sci
down as $50, 20901.
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