The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-02-26
PLANTING TREES TO IMPROVE
THE WATER SUPPLY.
Cooperative Labor Plan Being Used
Extensively-Crop Reports and I'm
provements for the Past Year.

Kohala plantation, Hawaii has been
making considerable progress during
the past year in tree-planting, to re-
store the conditions existing before the
forests were destroyed. 1t is recog-
nized that the removal of trees has af-
fected the water supply, and replant-
ing is resorted to renew the old sources
/ of supply. In his report submitted at
the annual meeting yesterday, Man
ager E. e. Olding has the following on
the subject:
"Over 5000 trees have been set out,
principally on waste land.
prior to the destruction of the for
ests above this plantation there were
streams in several of the gulches dur
ing the greater part of the year. these
and also the streams to eastward of
the plantation are gradually disappear
ing as the mountains are denuded of
forest.
/ 1T is of Importance that the forests
contiguous to the plantation be pre-
served, not only to ensure a certain
amount of rainfall, but to maintain a
continuity of the supply of artesian
water.
/ An interest in Awini ranch has been
/ taken and a valuable forest upon it
will be preserved"
Profit sharing is being tried on quite
a large scale. The manager announces
llldI lOuT HuIuItu acres aNe now De
ing cultivated by profit-sharing or CO.
operative companies, and states that
so far their work has been satisfac-
tory"
"A number Of laborers with their
families have been brought here from
New Bedford" continues the report,
land have proved satisfactory. A sup
ply of labor sufficient to carry on the
work of the plantation has been main
tained by letting out work by contract
and on the cooperative plan"
The following are interesting fea-
lures of the report of Kohala, which is
one of Hawaii's old and long prosper
Gus plantations:
Crop of 1900 amounted to 1851 tons
On account of dry weather during the
ripening season the fiber was higher
than usual, this prevented as high an
extraction being obtained as in former
years, consequently the crop fell some
what short of the estimate.
Crop of 1901 will be from 740 acres
of plant cane and 600 acres of ratoons
and is estimated at $500 tons
Crop of 1902 will be from about S5t
acres of plant cane and 500 acres ol
ratoons. OF this 250 acres is on new
land.
The new Riedler Pump was complet,
ed in October and 100000 gallons OF
water have been developed. This sup.
Ply iiiNi NoSlil5 ell lllS rate VI lAUtUUN
gallons daily.
Three reservoirs have been con-
structed during the year and have 6
total capacity of 24,000,000 gallons two
of them can be used to store water
= from the pump or from mountain
| streams.
"Of the crop of 1900, acres which
: were irrigated produced 60 tons OF
cane per acre. containing II per cen
of sucrose, making s. tons of sugar
per acre.
about 600 feet of tunnels have beer
!, driven in the hills above the panta.
tion; several small springs have beer
opened up but no large ones have We
been encountered. These drifts are
being continued as they develop wate
during wet seasons which is Valuabl,
for f1uming purposes.
The financial statement shows tn,
plantation to have had a good year
The former officers were reelected, al
= follows:
President S. C. Allen; vice-president
? M. p. Robinson; secretary, w. A. Bow
en- treasurer. ]. B. Atherton; auditor
; Henry Waterhouse; manager, e. L
Gliding.