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


consists of fertilization and irrigation.
Contrary to the practice upon most plan.
tations, the stripping of the cane Is dispery-
ed with, as II is considered by the manage
ment useless expense. The crop for 1901,
according to the annual report OF the man
.ager. amounts to 800 acres including forty
acres OF rattoons. At the time the report
was rendered II was estimated that the yieit
oil sugar from the above area would be from
five to ak tons per acre. which estimate will
be somewhat reduced, due solely to conji.
tions that always exist upon new plantl-
tons.
The 1902 crop will be from 800 acres Of
plant and 500 acres Of rattOOns, while tn ?
1903 crop IS estimated at 800 acres Of plant
and 800 acres of rattoons. AS rapidly as
the existing conditions will permit the plac-
ing of the land in shape for planting Is be.
ing proceeded with.
The company Is now employing $50 labor.
srs, about 90 per cent Of the labor upon the
plantation being carried out under contracts,
such as rocking the fields, development oil
water and water supply, preparing land Tor
planting, ditch cons,ruction cutting AMI
loading cane on cars and the discharging
of vessels containing coal and otner supplies
for the plantation.
As the rainfall is so uncertain and lin.
tied In quantity, irrigation is the only re-
course In this section Of Maui, and to Sc
cure D sumclent supply D NUMBER OF WeilS
have been sunk to water level, which Is
approximately 800 feet. Three pumping sta
lions have been established upon the plan.
tation and designated as Nos 1, 2 and g.
the three wells Jointly having pumping "a
pacity equal to 31.0UO,000 gallons In TWENTY
four hours. while the present estimated
available supply for the pumping systems
is 25.O0O.0OO gallons In twenty.four hours.
At station No. g. which is the most I'M.
portant pumping plant, shaft has beon
sunk to depth Of 800 feet, at the bottom
of which has been developed large body
OF water. Here has been excavated an i'm.
mense chamber out of the solid rock, IN
which has been installed Risdon pump ca
pable Of lifting 100000 gallons of water
in a single lift of $50 feet. There is now
being installed In separate concrete
chamber Reidler pump having a capacity
for lifting 1O,OOO,OOO gallons to a height OF
$50 feet In twenty-four hours.
Power to drive ais labyrinth of mach;l-
cry is developed at the collar Of the shalt
by the aid of three Heine patent safety
water tube boilers of $50 horsepower each
and Sederholm boiler of $50 horsepower.
Five immense dirt reservoirs having q
joint capacity for storing S0,O00,O00 gall
or water are now In course OF completion.
three oil which are In use. All these reser-
vors are riprapped on the inside to with
stand any unusual disturbance of the wa.
ter. Several pipe lines have already be,n
laid from the pumping plants to the COM
pleted reservoirs from whence water IS
drawn and distributed to the various cane
fields by main waterways and fumes caj,.l.
BILE OF carrying large volumes OF water.
In the distribution of water for irrigati ~
purposes the manager has hit upon a prac.
teal manner OF applying nitrate Of soda to
the SOIL which greatly stimulates the
growth Of the cane. What has been applied
to the land through the irrigation water was
at ha rota nf do IN ha
week out Of every three. nut this applica.
ton has been changed to fifty pounds every
two weeks. The application of nitrate OF
soda to cane lands is not new one, but
the method Of application on the above
lands Is new departure.
Cane planted in February and March II
this year shows remarkable growth, sons
of which is as high as mans head when
on horseback Under an agreement with
the Hawaiian Commercial ougar Co., Hal
ku and Pala plantations, all their surplus
water Is diverted onto the lands Of the XII
hei plantation. Throughout the property
some ten miles OF dirt roads giving access
to the various plantation cane fields are
completed, while eign. miles OF railroad. in
Guiding switches. greatly expedite the NOV
ing OF material and transportation OF the
cane product to the mill. The system IL
equipped with $50 freight cars and suppliei
with two engines the larger one weighing
fifteen tons. At Kihei the company cou
ducts Its own store. own wharves. lighters
buoys mornings, ETC., while the capacity :!
the lighters Is eighty tons per day. Coal
for the plantation Is shipped direct from
Newcastle. Everything has been construct
ed with an idea for the future, SO that
when the greater area OF land is under cul
tivation the mechanical appliances now
on the property will be able to perform an,
demands that may be placed upon them.
w. F. Pogue has been manager of tn.
Kihei Plantation Company ever since "a
formation. and has been identified with thu
sugar industry of the Island for the pas
twenty-five years and In a practical we,
for the past eight years.
Following are the officers and directors
of the Kihei Plantation
H. p. Baldwin. President.
f.. Il. Paxton, Vice President
j. p. Cooke, Treasurer.
T., Thurst0n Sacrata-y