The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-07-16

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than hhi been Anticipated
So ah'rrie taies that ihe now min
Do practically ur barring the rltc me-
tinrs that are row hsinr put in m IL
number W respects tht uill ia 1utp
different from ne standard min ~ the
islands This was the mi1 ordered FOR
the American Sugar Company Molok1L
and Vas iu fact delivered NJ Knunaka-
kni. and from there ro-shippcd 90 Elc.
eir " having been purchased outright
by the McUrydc company The most
UNIQUE difference is ln the buildings In.
stead ~ one huge smnkcstack there are
four small ones which connect with q
pnrcurlno boiler which the manager
stated had been IN use In cuba. whore
Il Is said 10 give satisfaction. The NM
Is the largest In the Islands barring
only the hO0-ton mill being erected nt
Spreckelsville Maui The buildings are
low differing In that respect from those
erected on oahu The management
have no doubt that the mill viii fully
meet the guarantee Of 80 tons per day
and that the extraction and boiling ca
pacity will be up to modern standards.
The buildings are mostly one-story
high and are built after the cuban
style of sugar houses. the high wind
prevailing there making n low building
safer than high one. The mill build
ings were designed and furnished by
Milliken Brothers of New York. and
are being erected under the supervision
Of one of their superintendent. The
plant consists of the following seven
buildings: Receiving shed, mill and
bagasse storage house, boiler house,
classification house pan house, mixer
and centrifugal house and sugar store
house. The buildings are of steel frame
throughout with corrugated iron sides
and board roof The Orders and beams
for the support of the floors and ma
chinery are also of steel. The mill Is
designed to have a capacity Of 1,500
tons of cane. The contractors expect
to have 1t ready by October 1 next.
The cane to be ground in October is
from field planted very late and did
not tassel. 1t was carried past tas-
selling time by fertilizing. After an
hour spent at the mill the party pro-
ceeded slowly through the fields of cane
and the plowed land where the laborers
were busy planting for the next season
There now remains from 500 to 1000
acres to be planted which, together
with 600 acres of long ratoons and prob
ably 400 of short ratoons, will make up
the crop that goes in next year to be
ground in 1908.
"The finest field we saw" continued
Mr. Shingle. "is 100 acres below the mill.
The samples brought back to Honolulu
were taken from cane planted in Sep
tember At Laval Gulch, which is the
present terminus of the railroad. the
party left the train and walked down
to the valley where the Reidler pump
is being erected having 600 gal
Ions capacity daily, and which will be
ready some time this month If there is
any occasion for 1t. AS a matter of fact.
the supply of water from the two
pumps already completed and at work
in Hanapepe valley, adjoining Eleele
harbor. together with the mountain wa
ter, Is more than enough to keep going
the cane now under cultivation, and in
all probability, from what the mana
ger stated to me. the Reidler pump,
when completed will not be used, but
will be held until dry weather. The
party were especially interested in In
speeding this pump and its water sup
ply, as 1t was known that very serious
rumors had been af1oat for some time
tndI Ine supply WAS StTlOuSly dlltCltu
with salt. The party found the man
agement very frank on the water ques
ton and we We're informed at the start
that at the Risdon pump In Hanapepe
the water had been found too salt to
be used without being diluted. At the
second pump we found that the water
from the wells was not too salt to be
used directly on the lands, yet 1t stood
;rrb I,n To- CT I've CHI txripe nv
grains.
Manager Stoddart in making his ex-
olanation of the water situation. stated
hat he himself was a firm believer in |
surface water as against artesian wa
err when both were available, and that /
Is a matter of fact he had developed !
arge amount of the surface supply in
Use at Spreckelsville, and on assuming
,harge at McBryde he commenced a
search for surface water. Heretofore
he directors had been relying upon the
act that the plantation for a pumping
concern was exceptionally favored in
he matter of mountain stream water,
md therefore there was an abundance
With which to dilute the saline water.
"The party found that the artesian
water at Laval has proved an excep-
resh and pure, the water showing no
races of salt. We We're informed that
never went over twelve grains. and
arries one-half less salt than the ar
esian water system Of Honolulu. Some
+ the party went down into the tunnels
nd made n personal inspection of the
wells which are now being tapped by
unnels. IT is believed by the manage
nent that the artesian water OF Laval
gill remain good. but Mr.. Stoddart said
T It did not there was no difficulty in
developing surface water to take Its
lace and In very short order. He said
hat In two months time by driving
unnels for surface water IN Hanapepe
alley he had already developed SUM-
lent water 10 render the pumps In that
alley independent. lie lntimated
trongly that he would continue TO
ush the development 81 the surface
lnnels until he had enough water from
hat source alone 10 supply the needs
the plantation. The supply already
eveloped had enabled him 10 dispense
18th large part Of the arteslan water.