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

wagons. This year one-thrd of the product
was humed. the balance being hauled ny
wagons and cars.
The entire area planted 10 cane Is under
a system of irrigation, about onehalf OF
which lies above the pumping range, and
is irrigated by the Hamakua Ditch Com
pany, practically controlled by the Haiku
and Paia plantations.
Three pumping plants have been Install
ed, having joint capacity Of fully 100000
gallons and covering all the cane lands
up to an elevation of 40 feet, which Is
about one-half the area now in cane. Two
Fraser and Chalmers pumping plants, with
q Joint capacity of 10.000.000 gallons, have
been erected, in addition to which Is a
100000 and 1,000,000-gallon Blake pump
ing plant.
The cane as It arrives at the mill from
cars and wagons Is fed to the cane carrier
by the aid Of the Gregg automatic cane I'M
loader, from whence II is conveyed to
34x66 nine-roller mill, the three-roller mills
being subjected to the following hydraulic
pressure: No. mill, 275 tons; No. mill.
351 tons; No. mill, 376 tons.
The mill is supplied with super.heating
Qualification system, settling tanks, 10000
gallon capacity. triple effect, one 10.foor
Honolulu Iron Works and one 8-foot Robert
Deely vacuum pans, twelve 30Inch centrif-
ugals driven by separate engines, seven NJ
ter presses having 5000 square feet Of Ill
tering surface, and much other machinery
found necessary. The motive power Of the
mill Is steam, which is generated by the
use of the bagasse from the mill. which Ia
conveyed automatically to the furnace room.
The capacity Of the mill under favorable
conditions Of the cane and delivery OF same
at mill. Is sixty tons OF raw sugar In twenty
four hours. although at the present tina
the average output is fifty IONS. According
to the books OF the chemist the mill cx-
traction Is 81.89 on weight Of cane, and 92.S8
on sucrose in cane. The plantation Is
equipped win 100 cane cars which have an
average capacity OF from three and one-half
to five tons, the cars being twelve feet In
length. six feet in width and made Of NAL
leable iron with steel wheels, and Weighing
1000 pounds. These cars are made BY
Gregg & Co. OF Cleveland, Ohio, who have
turned out nearly Thousand Of them on
Maui alone. and who also manufacture the
Gregg cane unlOader. A General Electric in
candescent electric lighting system has
been installed in the MILL which is operated
by a marine type Of engine. Large new
blacksmith and machine shops have been
erected and are operated by independent
power.
In addition to the plantation the COMPANY
own the Grove ranch, where some 1000 head
of cattle and 200 head OF horses are main
tanned. The raw sugar. when sacked and
ready for shipment, Is conveyed by cas-
direct from the sugar room to warehouses
at Paia railway station, from whence It 10
shipped 20 Kahului. which is the principal
shipping port o, the Island Of Maui.
Upon the above plantation is about Ave
miles Of permanent trackage. which includes
the mill track The new line. which WAS
built in 10000. Is now in operation. and is
used to transport cane to the mill from the
lands In the Paia district reaching from
175 feet elevation at the mill to an altl-
tude Of 420 feet. In construction OF tho
read. 35-pOund steel rails were used. and II
Is the intention to extend the system so ds
to have permanent lines over the entire
plantation. In addition to the permanent
trackage. the Paia, like all other plan'l-
tons, carries more or less portable tracks.
The hauling OF cars to mill is performed
by an 1S-ton Porter engine.
Following is the list Of officers Of the Pala
plantation:
II. p. Baldwin. President.
8. M. Damon, Vice President.
]. =. Cooke Treasurer.
]. b. Anterior, Secretary.