The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-23

I1I THE ul1R
CRISIS us net
The Retiring Manager
of McBryde's
Report.
N ENGINEER FOR NEW MANAGER
WHAT THE NEW MILL AND AN
ABUNDANCE OF WATER
WILL EFFECT.
Inconvenience of Quarantine Leads to
Direct Importing Of Coal, Feed
ard lurber-larae Crops in Two
Coming Seasons.

McBryde Sugar Co, Ltd, held III
second annual meeting a; the Cham
Der OF Commerce yesterday morning
about 100 600 shares OF the total issue
Of 50e0 being represented. Witt
the exception Of new auditor and ar
additional director the election OF ths
executive board resulted in no change
from the preceding year. the full list
being. ID. 4. r Isenberg. president
b. r. Dillingham;, vice president; F.
NJ SwanZy, treasurer; G. r. Davies,
secretary: T. X. keyworth. auditor;
A NJ. McBryde, Albert Wilcox, r w
T. Puryis. - NJ. Lydgate and w. ID,
McBryde. directors.
A change OF plantation manager
was announced. Z. E. Conant being
succeeded By William Stodart. The
company's counsel. ". A. Kinney.
gave as the reason for this change a
conclusion of the directors that the
majority OF problems confronting
them are engineering rather than az
ricultural ones With nearly a mil
hon dollars worth OF high-class ma
chinery. the company required a thor
ough engineer in Charge of its prop
erty. Mr. Kinney praised the retir-
ing manager for his agricultural skill
and faithfulness.
Manager Conant's report for Ii
months and % days to March %, inst,
was submitted in print with those of
the officers. rhe first half of the
period was marked by dry weather.
the latter half by heavy and some
times excessive rain. The rains en-
abied the planting of 1450 acres,
mostly all between August ] and De
cember l. interference with supplies
caused by the plague at Honolulu and
the disturbance of labor consequen'
upon annexation are mentioned. The
former experience has led TO the adop-
ton of direct coal importations, for
which $4,000 has been expended in
improvements. in Eleele harbor. Lum-
Der and feed are also being directly
imported.
The labor situation was met by
adopting the profit-sharing and con,
tract system and the great bulk OF
growing cane is now in charge or
contractors who are to be paid so
much a ton of cane. The contracts
cover only the present years crop
excepting IN the case of Chinese and
japanese rice planters. who were
given five-year contracts to plant
cane instead OF rice. The climatic
conditions on the plantation are fav-
orable for labor. the place as a whole
being free from excessive heat, rain
or dust.
Rice. meit and vegetables are raS-
ed on the company's own lands. The
plantation ranch. with most of its
lands taken for cane, the past IL
months sold $1,000 worth of meat. be-
sides furnishing pasturage for the
horses owned by the company and its
employees. If permanent homes for
laborers become a necessity the COM
pany is well equipped to meet the sit
uation. owning in fee simple as IL does
large tracts of land suitable for home
steads and not for cane.
After giving the Koloa Sugar Co.
ga tons OF sugar for grinding charges
the company netted from last years
crop sl3i.676. The crop now being
ground is estimated to yield $500 tons
of sugar For the 1902 crop there are
1850 acres of plant. 400 acres OF long
and 100 of short rattoons. Making al
1owance for late planting and cane
to be used for seed that crop is esti-
mated TO be $4,000 tons. Then II is
planned TO plant crop this coming
year that with rattoons will net $4,000
tons.
while on the subject" Mr.. Conant
says. 'it should be stated that the
stockholders need lave no misgivings
rs 20 the quality OF the Company's
cane lands or the yields that can be
expected from them. We have 5000
acres Of cane land. 5000 OF II under the
geo feet elevation. OF the a.o0o acres
above the 400 foot level. some of IL is
first and some is second-class land.
but the 5000 acres below that level is
all first-class and lies well. l, 30 acres
of IL being in one unbroken field. 700
In another. and 500 each In two others,
all of these fields having a uniform
gradual slope TO the sea. Plant this
land seasonahly. give il an adequate
and steady supply of water and ferti-
Hire II on the lines established among
plantations and ii viii stand
vel up in the list Of plantations in its
yield"
II is expected that the new mill
taken of the hands OF the American
Sugar Co. viii be ready to start grind
ing the first OF October next. Its cap
acity is $50 tons day. The old ao-ton
mill. IL is suggested. should be kept for |
emergencies unless il can be sold for |
. reasonable price. There are three |
frrfgsting pumps on the plantation |
with an aggregate capacity OF 1900 |
gallons daily. The system of reser-
soirs. etc. being completed win have
= capacity of so0yoo0.o 900 gallons.
The guiches of the plantation are
being planted with kiawe trees to !
create fuel supplr for the lahcrprx