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

The soil throughout the plantation lanas
Is of a darKred nature carrying some clay,
and Is plowed and made ready for planting
by the use of two sets of Fowler steam
tackle" the soil being turned over to
depth of from fourteen to sixteen inches.
Ia 400 feet, and the land lies along the
Pacific ocean for length Of six miles with
a width of from several hundred yards to
a mile and a half at the widest place.
The average rainfall at the Kahuku plan
tatlon headquarters, extending over q pc
Rod Of ten years. is as follows. 1891.
1926; 1892, 36.4S; 1893, 37.06; 1894, 1925,
1896, 1871; 1896, 81. IS; 1897, 24.O9; 1893,
81. 9S; 1899, 81. 81; 1900, 38. 20. For q Pc
Rod Of six months for the year 1901 and
up to July LIST, It was R4.36 inches.
At the present time the company has
plowed and ready for planting for the 1903
crop some 900 acres, which are independ.
ent of the long and short rattOons. The
average number Of employees for the pres.
ent year is fully 600 people. which N.
cudes skilled labor, contractors and com.
pany men. Like many Of the plantations en-
the islands most of the labor connected with
the growing cane is carried on by system
of contracts.
The crop for the grinding season Of 1871
will aggregate 1000 tons Of raw sugar. which
includes the company's share Of the sugar
obtained from grinding the product from
this case the Kahuku plantation loads, hauls
and grinds the cane for Nv per cent Of the
gross sugar output. The method Of trans.
porting the ripened cane from held to mil
is by the aid Of several miles Of portable
railway tracks supplied with suitable cans
cars and locomotives.
The entire area Of cane is under an ir:i.
cation system, there having been developed
a series of deep wells, over which have been
erected four pumping plants having Joint
capacity Of lifting 100000 gallons Of wa.
ter in day of twenty-four hours, in add.
ton to which there Is an auxiliary pumping
plant which simply raises the water to
higher level.
There has recently been installed REID
Ter duplex" pumping plant having capaC-
ity Of 100000 gallons in twenty-four hours,
and Is a sister pump to the Kohala plant.
at Kohala, on Hawaii.
The cane is conveyed by cars to the car
rier. and fed into one 3-roller and two q
roller mills direct, the mills jointly having
a capacity equal to fifty tons of raw sugar
in twenty-four hours. The mill is supplied
with Juice strainers. open Qualification sys.
TEN, triple.effect settling tanks, one 10 and
one Atom vacuum pans, ten Weston centri.
fugals driven by separate engine, while
two Putnam engines Of large horsepower
operate the machinery in the mill. Tho
company manufactures four grades of sugar.
but only one is shipped, which is known az
tHe n DTdHu me Temdlulus lnTee IOV.
grade sugars are remelted and reduced to
the A grade.
As in otner mills, there Is a complete
chemical control in the manufacture Of
sugar. The grinding season Of 1900 show
ed mill extraction of 30 per cent of the su-
crosse in the cane, while the four filter
presses increases 1t further to about per
cent, after which the residue mud cakes are
used for the purpose Of fertilization.
The present seasons crop overruns the
managers estimate by 500 tons, to which
should be added quantity Of cane lost by
fire during the season. which would havs
ADDED to the above amount In the neigh
borhood Of 300 tons of sugar.
The company maintains its own stores,
as likewise blacksmith and general repair
shops, and from general appearances the
plantation Is In prosperous condition, with
the possible exception Of full complement
Of labor.
Andrew Adams is manager Of the planta-
ton.
NJ. s. Grinbaum & Co. OF Honolulu ara
interested In the plantation and are likewise
the local agents.