The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-03-02

McBryde Sugar Co.
Reports,
Statements Show Very Extensive
Water and Railroad System.
Treasurer's Figures,


A promising condition Of affairs is
shown by the reports of the manager
and treasurer OF the McBryde Sugar
Company for the year ending Deem
Der 81, 1899, which has just beel Is
sued. The reports give a concise hut
clear statement OF the work of the
twelvemonth and Will be interesting to
all readers. 1t is stated that the COM
pany now has about 700 contrast la
borers and expects 300 more. About $50
acres OF new land will be planted this
year which, with the 500 in Elee.e and
1877 In Koloa, will make the crop from
plant cane 9l7 acres this season. 1t
is the company's aim to plant 1000
acres for the crop OF 1901-02
The estimated crop for this year is
1000 tons. The water supply Is length
ly dealt with. In the Hanapepe val
ley the company has been successful
with wells, five of which flow about
nine feet above sea level, averaging on
ly twelve grains of salt to the gallon.
In Laval, also, wells have proved a
success.
The first work was commenced in
June on the Hanapepe pumping sta
ton. The excavation for pumps was
completed and foundation started
June goth, and in the meantime drill
ing of wells was started, roads were
repaired and bridges rebuilt for haul
ing heavy machinery. The pipe from
this pump connects with ditch five
feet wide by two and one-half feet
deep and 10000 feet long. Running to
the new mill site from this ditch are
two fumes $40 feet long, tunnel $50
feet long, and an inverted syphon $50
feet long and twenty-four inches diam
eter, crossing the Wahiawa stream on
bridge eighty feet long and sixteen
feet above the bed of the stream. This
syphon is securely anchored to the
rock, with piers at elbows and bends,
inlet and outlet spill all laid In con-
crete.
The Riedler pump of 100000 gall
Ions capacity will be in operation by
May 18th next. The excavation for
the Laval pumping station, which is
forty-fve feet by ninety-two feet by
twenty-eix feet, is finished and ready
for forms for foundation bolts.
The main supply ditch for Eleee, on
the west side of Wahiawa stream is
about 1000 feet long A ditch to bring
in the storm water of the Wahiawa
stream Is $500 feet long including $50
| feet of fluming and a tunnel 1870 feet
long. This ditch empties it's water
into Kawaihaka gulch, 672 feet above
the large storage reservoir system. The
main supply ditch gathers all the wa
tiers from the mountain ditch and the
two tunnels and delivers 1T to the
highest of the two storage reservoirs.
1t is eight feet by three. In connection
with the large storage reservoir sys-
TEN a tunnel to tap the storm water
of the Wahiawa stream, six feet by
eight in the clear, is now being cut. 1t
will be 900 feet long, $50 feet of 1t Is
completed and it Il advancing ten feet
day.
The first of the large reservoirs for
storing the freshet water of the Wahi-
ava stream is completed with capac-
lily of so 100000 gallons. The outlet is
twenty inches, running through
$50 feet of tunnel and connecting with
a supply ditch 1,340 feet long. The re-
port says, "As far as water is con-
cerned, the company is out of the
woods"
! A double-track gravity road is in
operation for lowering machinery and
construction material. The road is
carried over the Laval stream by a
bridge supporting twenty tons weight
besides the 29-inch delivery pipe from
the pumping station. The report says:
"A track from the landing 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 con-
meet with 1t by the middle of Febru-
airy, and thereby save all extra hand
ling. A timber slip has been erected
at the landing on which all the lumber,
rails and piping are landed. Ten mics
of portable railway track Is now due.
Two Baldwin locomotives have been
ordered but owing to rush of work In
the factory we shall not get the first
one before April. Seventy-five labor
ers' houses have been erected. sufficient
for the accommodation of 1000 labor
ers."
The treasurer's report Is stated to
be acking in some slight details on ac-
count of the interruption of commune
cation by quarantine. II shows the
receipts TO have been s754.l+7 95.
Among the expenditures were Sl9.944
for real estate; s90,7S4 for buildings,
etc; sl2f, 400 for irrigation dl:ches,
wells, pipe lines, ETC.: sll9,14S for IT.
rgation machinery: $4,000 for trans
portation and transportation machin-
cry; s142,064 for cultivation. and
SS9,375 for cultivation machinery.