The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-13
OUTLOOK FOR
OL-AA CANE
hespIendid Water
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Made.
DILLINGHAM; RE-
PORTS FAVORABLY
Estimate of the Entire Olaa and
Puma Crops Placed at
$4,000 Tons.
az R.B. F. DILLINGHAM. who re-

Nh r. B. F. DILLINGHAM;. who re-
IVA turned from a two weeks visit
AVA to Olaa on Saturday last, was
interviewed yesterday in regard to the
IOlaa and Puma sugar crops, and he ex-
pressed himself as very much pleased
with the prospects of the cane at both
places
AT Puma" said he, there are about
| 500 acres of cane, which is already sold
to the Olaa Sugar Company to be de-
| livered at the mill in December or jan
uary. At Olaa there are 1000 acres to
crop, to be ground a the Waiakea mill.
There is a piece of $50 acres that was
planted early in the season and tasseled
| in July. 1t was originally planted for
| seed cane. 1t was part of the 1000
acres which was first planted, and the
seed with which it was planted was
rather inferior; the estimate made by
sugar men was that it would supply
seed for about 1000 acres of cane in
stead of this they have already gather
| ed seed sufficient for planting LOO
acres and the 250-acre piece now being
cut tasseled last spring, having a
growth of only eleven months. 1t is
| taking now about seven and one-half
tons of this cane to make one ton of
sugar.
They are now taking off from the
| field cane that tasseled on July 26: Brix.
20.91: sucrose. 1874; glucose, .574: pur-
| ity, $40. Also from the same field
cane that has not tasseIed. standing:
BriX. coll; sucrose, 1876; glucose, u.s.
purity. SS.045. This field of $50 acres
will now yield seed cane from the tops
sufficient to plant 1850 acres and about
| forty tons of cane per acre to be
ground at the mill 1t promises to
yield five tons of sugar to the acre in
addition to the cane taken for seed In
Eother words, the cane would yield seven
tons to the acre if it We're all ground for
sugar.
There win be about $3.50 acres more
cane to be ground from the crop of
1902, making a total for the coming crop
of $500 acres
"All the cane is looking remarkably
we'll: the color is a rich, dark green,
showing sufficient amount of natural
| irrigation during this period of almost
unprecedented growth. The estimate of
the entire crop is placed at about five
tons to the acre. At this rate the total
crop should realize from 10000 to q, 600
|
I'm regard to the water supply, they
have developed water that has varied
from thirty millions of gallons per day
to five or six millions during the dryest
season. Work towards further develop
ments is being prosecuted, and on the
9th of August the flow was increased
| from one to one and half millions of
gallons per day with the prospect of
increasing it TO at least fifteen millions
Eighteen miles of f1ume have been built
Including ten miles of the main 1ume
with the capacity to carry fifteen mil
lions of gallons per day.
mo water is required on Olaa plan
tation for irrigation, the rainfall being
ample for irrigation. The minimum
supply of water from the present source
viii be ample for huming cane and for
of pure water has been developed in the
side of a mountain at an elevation of
| 1000 feet
LAS to labor, considering the strin-
gency of the situation, the plantations
are getting along wonderfully we'll
THE railroad from Hilo to Puma is
in operation and the road being built
from Hilo up towards the volcano
which will reach point on the graded
road within nine miles of Kilauea, is
Iraptdly progressing. 1t is expected that
the road will be complete and in opera
ton by February list"