The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-11-19

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money spent by the plantation for labo,
was nearly all expended on the old La,
haina cane. the new varieties yicldini
at half the expense. The Horner cul.
| ti.ator, made in the form of Il semi.
circle instead of the usual triangle, hao
proven great saver in the Hilo dis.
trict. gathering the weeds into q bun.
die and bury!ng them when the cul.
itiSator was raised.
similar killing up arrangements t
those practiced by Mr.. Baldwin have
been practiced by us in a crudcr man
| ner. With regard TO cane leaders, G
G. Kennedy has. think, been to tn,
coast on precisely that matter and car
! tell us something about them"
| The latter stated he has supervision
| OF construction Of four of the loadcr'
and that they would make saving ir
| the number of laborerS. The machin,
weighs two tons and lifts 1900 pounds
With proper usage the machines could
clear 600 tons every day with eight men
employed instead of thirty six. A gaso.
| line engine was used. and five and one
half horse power was generated.
Manager Low. of Honolulu planta
ton. presented the report of the COM
mittee on transportation and handling
which is as follows:
| The Hawaiian Sugar Planters Associa-
ton. Honolulu, oahu. Mr. w. o. smith,
Secretary:
Dear Sir.--As chairman of the Com
mittee on Handling and Transportation
of Cane. | beg to offer the following: l
| have been assisted by Mr.. John 7. Moir
| of Onomea Sugar Company, and Mr..
John NJ. Horner OF kukaiau Plantation
Company, of the Island of Hawaii, and
Mr.. George r. Ewart OF Kilauea Planta-
ton Company, of the Island of Kauai,
members of the Committee / shall UNI
dcrtnke to quote some OF the statements
and figures given to me by Messrs. NOR
and Ewart. Mr. Horner's communica-
ton ] give in full the subject being most
familiar to him, and the information on
overhead wire rope tramway being OF
special interest to many of us at this
time.
The question of transportation of cane
has often been written on and discussed
in numerous articles by many different
members of the Association, and there is
little that can be added. The advances
In the past few years have been few.
The reports go to show that practically
little or no improvements have been
made over old methods, and a. this time
, so far as ! can see the methods in vogue
Is years ago on the larger estates are
still in use The average cost per ton
of sugar manufactured. for the handling
loading and transporting of cane, includ-
Ing all OUTLAWS. Is shown to have rang
ed on the different plantations from s3.5
to $3.50 per ton for the past eight or ten
years, the extreme cost being $500 per
ton of sugar and the minimum cost $500
per ton of sugar, The question of hand
ling and transportation of cane today is
of considerable Importance to many of
the plantations. Many of the mills are
of such capacity that will permit of
the handling for manufacture of greater
quantities of cane than can be furnished,
due to the stringent conditions that are
accounted for in connection with labor
In many ways. Hence the importance
of this branch OF the work has of late
been much impressed upon the planters
because of the expense which cnsues
through not being able to keep the mill
properly supplied,
With the advance In the cost of la Dor
and the independent and more stringent
labor conditions plantations having
methods for the handling and transpor-
tation OF cane where they depend for
the economical outlay Of the work on
the low cost of manual labor, now must
devise new means. The advantages
which plantations have had, having level
and easy sloping lands where the work
has been done by railroad system load
ing In cars on portable tracks, in the
past years. over those plantations that
have had the question to deal with in
years gone by because of a rougher con-
tour and NOR" broken conditions OF their
respective places. are now put on the
Sa me footing ana confronted more forc-
bly, with the problem. The labor prup-
lem not being "A point Of consideration
at that time. they We're able To perform
tho work by manual labor entirely at
figures that would compete with condi-
tons and methods or systems requiring
less manual labor having more mechan-
Teal devices in their use. 1t was appar-
ent to the writer during the past season
that much Of the manual labor could be
replaced with mule labor by adopting for
the billy lands methods in use en- plan
tations having similar conditions There
fore the subject becomes one of our i'm
portant branches of the industry, and
while not only because of the advance
in lntDr but because OF reluctance of la
bcrers to perform the class of work
which comes under the head of handling
cane, more commonly known as "Hapai
ko.' 1t Is not to be wondered al when
we consider the locomotive power that
the laborer eXpends in packing and ele-
waiting Of cane in this work. whether ON
cars or wagons, which is herea fter so
plainly pictured by Mr.. Homer
The modes of the transport alton of
cane are by permanent and portable
railroads, over which the cars are haul
ed by steam and mule power. permanent
and portable fumes, mule carts and
wagons. and the wire rope. tramway
Where water can be obtained for fun
ing cane in supply sufficient quantity 70
warrant the transportation to the mill
main and portable fumes are in use.
Where the lands are of a level nature or
OF easy slopes, the railroad system is
generally in use. and where the contour
OF the estates Is more broken and billy
the methods OF transportation are va
red. sometimes including two or more
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