The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-07-16

4 ket value of more than 800, 900. 4
This will enable the estate to Z
more than pay It's way until jan
y uary I. 1903 when It will begin to
= take OF crop OF not less than \
\ 1s.e0s tons" Broker Robert =
\ Shtngte. 4
$<<% \ 4 4
The special party which went to Ka-
uai last Thursday in the chartered
steamer Mikahala to inspect the estate
OF the McBryde Sugar Company. re-
turned yesterday morning on the w. G.
Hall after spending about two days In
specting the pumping plant, natural
mountain water resources, reservoirs
and caneflelds. and in enjoying the hos
pitaIity OF Manager Stoddart and the
McBryde brothers The trip over TO
the Garden Isle was rough but 1t was
on the return trip the members of the
party were most affected by seasick-
ness. sEi'
Owing to the disquieting rumors In
stock and financial circles of late to the
effect that McBryde plantation was in
a bad way with her water supply and
that a serious detection in financial re-
suits would accrue, the directors of the
company made up a party of brokers
and others interested in the estate that
they might see for themselves just what
the conditions were. In was rumored
that the new wells yielded brackish and
salt water which could not be used on
the canefields. So persistent had these
rumors become that the stock got
downward tendency. The consensus of
opinion of those who went over the es-
tate is that the water supply question
is settled, and that although one or
two wells do yield a salty water, yet
the mountain water supply and that
from the tunnels, together with that OF
the streams, leave no cause for alarm.
The visitors were pleased with the con-
dition Of the cane now growing and
expressed themselves as surprised at
the quality of the soil, which is of a
rich, dark-red hue. Cane brought to
Honolulu of ten months growth Is
quite thick, from ten to twelve feet tall
and shows a generally healthy condi-
ton.
Those in the party were Col. j. H.
Fisher, Fred NJ. Lewis, a. j. Camp
bell, Harry Armitage, C. ]. Falk, ]. r.
Calf and Robert Single, representing
NI,,l,, Nd
change; r. NJ. Hatch, w. A. Kinney,
w. NJ. Graham, A. w. Van Valkenburg,
George C. Potter, Isaac Dillingham;,
Clifford Kimball, all of Honolulu, and
L. M. vettleson of Lanai, together with
press representatives. The visitors
were piloted over the plantation by
Manager w. J. stoddart and Directors
Alexander and Walter McBryde.
The party landed on Friday at Eleele
harbor used by the plantation, and
which adjoins the Makaweli plantation,
the two estates being divided by the
Hanapepe stream which empties into
Eleele harbor. The company were met
by Manager Stoddart and taken by
train to the Managers house, the resi-
dence occupied for so many years by
Mr.. Drier, former owner OF Eleele plan
tatiOn. This Is within a short distance
of Eleele mill, which is grinding a por-
ton OF the present crop amounting to
about 1900 tons, the balance awaiting
the completion OF the new mill about
October 1 this year
After breakfast at the plantation
house the trip was taken through TO
laval, a distance OF some eight miles
by rail, the road running almost paral-
lei 10 the seashore at about 200-foot
elevation above the sea. The railroad
there Is surrounded by fields prepared
for planting the entire distance Stops
were made at various points OF interest
along the way, the first being made at
field OF $50 acres. the cane from
which II 10 be ground In the first ex-
perimental run Of the new mill. II was
the opinion ~ the party that this field
of cane was IN the same class as the !
fields ~ cane 10 be found I'm the pump |
ing plantations Of oahu. The soil |
throughout the plantation was the red |
soil that II considered the best cane
soil Of the Islands. Several samples ~ .
the younger cane, together with some ~ |
the earth they We're taken out o. were F.
brought IN Honolulu ana win be on |
in the various brokers once |
windows The uniformity ~ the sOil |
lrd ltH Frrat depth were noticeable fea
iurrs in thr inspection ~ This neld
Robert shingla M the frm - water /
house a 20 and one ~ the most MON
mont brokers in Honolulu iH speaking !
~ thr Investigations made nn the No
firfdn estate said iH an Advertiser 49,
potter yesterday
'nur attention 800 allied M he anal.
800 mair ~ ihis fuH - o. MasNrli /
HUHf d'r.inI ~ ihr experiment $40
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