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

station No. 1. and drawn upon the follow.
ing day.
The yield of sugar per acre of cane for
1901, which includes the cane Of outside
planters, will average two and one.fourtn
tons from unirrigated cane for 1900 the ay.
erage for the whole season was nearly Ave
tons to the acre. and with seventy-fve inch
es OF rain fairly well distributed through
out the year the yield would not fall below
four tons Of sugar to the acre. In distance
Of mile apart and upon the same planta.
ton the variation Of rainfall in some years
will be fully 80 per cent.
In order to expedite blowing operations
the manager has constructed a 14.disc
pillow which Is operated with the Fowler
tackle described elsewhere and per.
forms the work of blowing the pround
Tor width of fifteen feet by a single trip
between the location of the two cable en-.
gines, and thoroughly pulverizes and
mulches the soil for second, or cross plow-
ing.
The method of unloading the cane at tn.
mill is simple and effective, the wagons
coming up alongside of the endless cane
carrier under derrick and overhead tray.
cling crab system. and the entire load of
cane Is hooked onto by a series OF suspend.
ed hooks and iron chains and slings, and
delivered direct to the cane carrier. The
raising OF the load from wagons to carrier
is controlled by a cable and steam drum
and Is very effective method of handling
the product
The cane is ted by the carrier to a Ma.
uohai snredder, wnich places the cane IN
proper condition Tor securing the best pos
sible mill extraction. which Is given as 81
per cent OF the sucrose contents of the cane
varying OF course according to the fiber AMI
tne general condition OF the plantation prod
uct
me grinding OF the cane Is performed by
aid OF TWO 3-roler mills operated by two
separate engines, while connected with the
engine rooms are machine shops for gen.
erai repair work.
Inc mill is supplied with three CHARTERS.
three precip'tators. two 6fNt vacuum pans
having combined capacity OF six tons or
dried sugar besides standard quadruple ell
tccts, SIX mud presses, six 3O-inch centrifl-
gals operated by separate engine. and driy-
en- up 10 l2oo revolutions minute, one
Hersey granulator or sugar dryer, and 9th
er sugar machinery and appliances.
Inc trash or residue emanating from the
mills Ii conveyed by an endless carrier -
the furnace room and fed direct to the
furnaces by the aid OF the Yankee nre-
Inc mill mas an average capacity equal
to twenty tons OF raw sugar In day OF
ten hours ana turns out TWO grades desis'
mated as NOS. "A ana D. wniie the sugs!
output LOT the season Oh iSoi VIII De SZoV
tons.
FROM the sugar moor In the mill the SACK
ed sugar Is conveyed to honoipu at which
point the company own their own landing.
warehouses;, etc. which 10 distant -FOUR AMI
oneiourtn miles from the mill ana from
where all sugar ID shipped ana lreisnt LOT
the plantation received. Ihe method OF
conveying the sugar product ID by series
OF wagons drawn by traction engine, ana
hauiing thirty tons OF sugar In single trip
and returning with nfteen tons OF general
reignt. Inc time consumed IN making
round trip Is nve hours, ana by making two
trips IN DAY Oh ten hours, which can easily
be done. the cost OF operation. including