Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-30
Union Mil Co., Ltd.


are the holdings of the Union MIL Company
which comprise 1920 acres of land. or this
area 1900 acres are planted In cane. prin.
cipally of the Rose Bamboo variety. or this
years crop there are sos acres Of plant an
377 acres OF rattoon cane, while the crop nj
1902 will be 435 acres of plant and 23o
acres of rattoOns.
The first cane planted on the lands was
twenty-eight years ago, the crop consisting
mainly of the Lahaina cane and some little
OF the Cuban variety. The lowest elevation
that cane is planted is 100 feet and the great
est altitude is 1900 feet.
In the blowing of the soil the Fowler
steam tackle" is employed, which is de-
scribed elsewhere in this report. while IN
some cases small pieces Of land are plowcl
by disc plows. With the steam plows the
soil is turned over to depth OF sixteen
inches, while the disc plow turns the soil
over to depth of twelve inches. which is
considered deep enough on the soil where
the plows are used.
The average yield Of all cane raised on
this plantation Is three tons Of sugar to
the acre, or twenty-six tons OF cane to the
same area. It Is the aim Of the management
u strip the cane twice year, while tho
method of conveying the ripened cane from
the fields to the mill Is by mule and bullock
teams, the wagon having an average capac
dty of four tons.
The amount of high.grade fertilizer usel
a year. The number OF men employed In
and around the plantation Is $50, who are
all paid by the month"; there being no
ether system In vogue. Some eight miles
of plantation roads have been constructed
One hundred and forty.fve head OF horses,
mules and bullocks are necessary In hauling
cane, blowing. etc.
As the cane arrives at the mill the load Is
removed from the wagons by the aid Of an
unloading station or derrick operated by m
overhead travelling crane driven by steam
power, and deposited by one movement d.
rect to the cane carrier from whence II
passes first to a Smith cane cutter and
thence to modern nine-roller mill No.
mill is 26x54 and is driven by an S0hoise-
power Putnam engine, while Nos and
mills are 3Ox60 each and are driven by
155.horsepower Hamilton. COrlisB engine,
while the combined hydraulic pressure IN
the mills Nos. 2 and is $50 tons. The mil
is supplied with the latest sugar making ap.
pliances such as the Deming system OF
Qualification, tripleeffect. one and one 2
ton vacuum pans. Ave mud presses six 3D.
inch Weston centrifugals driven by tw,
Weston engines and speeded up to 1900
revolutions a minute. Connected with the
main engine room are the machine shops,
where all repairing is done. Water to sup.
My the mills Is obtained by laying two and
one.half miles Of 1i-inch pipe to the noun.
tains, the supply necessary being obtained
from springs. the water supply LOT tn'
sugar boiling house is obtained from g.
inch well 432 feet in depth and pumped up
ty the aid of 10.horsepower direct single
acting pump. The mill extraction com
pares favorably with other mills in the Ko-
hala district. and Is from 81 to 81 per cen,,
depending of course largely upon the fbcr
of the product. The molasses product FROM
the cane is fed largely to the stock, wh'ls
the cane residue or trash is conveyed from
the mill by an endless carrier and fed d.
rect to the furnaces by an automatic feeder.
The capacity of the mill is so tons OF sugar
in twenty-four hours. but as the mill Is on v
operated In the daytime the actual output
Is approximately twenty-five tons. The raw
sugar, when sacked and ready for shipment,
Is conveyed by teams a distance OF one
mile and delivered to the Hawaiisn Rail
road Company, who convey 1t to Mahukona
landing. The company, In order to develop
sufficient quantity Of water for irrigatir !
purposes has commenced to sink a shaft
AXIS In the clear at point 600 feet above
sea level. BY tests made by the COMPANY
with drilling machines 1t Is estimated that
water will be encountered at the 15O-foct
level.
The Union Mill Company, Limited. is ona
of the Oldest plantations on the island. ar
Is conducted under the management OF Jas.