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

each fork or knife cutting through the soil
to depth Of thirty.six inches. and in this
manner breaking up the under soil. 1t is
then plowed and turned over to depth Of
from twenty to twenty-five inches. The
depth Of the soil on the lands OF
this plantation is from three to ten feet.
The character OF the soils on the uplands
differs some from that Of the lowlands The
soil OF the lowlands Is of brownish
adobe nature, while that of the uplands and
foothills Is what Is known as red soil. The
latter are. II anything, more productive
and alluvial; they are easier to farm and
cultivated with less labor than the lower
black and adobe soils.
This company, in addition to the steam
blowing. requires some mule blowing. All
the lands are furrowed with mule plows
after having been steam-plowed. This ne.
cessitates a great number Of mules, there
being some 1870 head Of mules and forty
head Of horses required to carry on the gen.
efal work Of planting and harvesting crops
and hauling Of supplies. The mode of cult
walton is like that Of all irrigating planta.
items. The cane is cultivated entirely by a
system OF irrigation. no dependence being
put on rainfalls. The total areas are
brought under system of irrigation by
large and extensive ditch lines, which in
clude trestles and steel fumes heavy steel
pipe lines which form the discharges from
the several pumping plants, and which carry
the water across the deeper gulches In the
shape Of inverted siphons. Where the head
Is less great the California redwood stay
pipes are in use. there being several Of these
pipes installed In the irrigation works Of this
company. The total mileage Of main
bitches, fumes and pipe lines is equal to
1913 miles. anu Is sub stantially built.
RaiIroads-This company has system
OF railroad tracks built In a most substan-
tial manner, It being necessary to construct
k,,an La ,..l H. .l.L.
to join the property This work is equal
to that OF any in the islands. In fact, the
engineering has been most difficult in some
instances. The road Is laid with 35-pound
rails. The alignment of the road Is such
that II permits large trainloads Of coal.laden
cars being hauled to the pumping stations
and likewise long trains of cars loaded with
cane to the mill. This work has been com.
pleted for total Of thirty-one miles of rail-
roads and trestles. The rolling stock OF
the company consists OF four large
Baldwin locomotives Of from twenty to
twenty-six tons weight. and some 500 cane
cars Of one and one.half tons weight and an
average capacity Of six tons each. The
company also has some five miles OF port
able track Of 20-pound rails In 16-foot sec.
lions. This track Is used for harvesting
crops and for the planting of the same. It
is laid through the fields over the rough
surface without preparation and the cars
to the main tracks. The whole work of
transportation is done by system of rail-
read work.
labor.-Unskilled Labor: The labOrers
employed on this plantation are made up OF
japanese. Chinese. Portuguese, Porto ri.
cans, Spaniards and Italians.
The skilled labor, exclusive of manager
and superintendent. numbers about 1885, aver
age pay $S1.75 per man per month. Un-
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