The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-18
0LAA IS IN
FINE SHAPE
Reports Show That
Outlook is
Good.
urom Saturdays daly)

the 0IAA sugar company AfHANlNhg OF
h,rls were elected and reports read,
the meeting being well attended and
entirely harmonious. The officers
chosen were such az 70 necessitate
slight changes In the bylaws. 80 as To
permit of the existence'of a second
vice president.
The officers elected were: President,
L. A. Thurston. first vice president, b.
+. Dillingham;; second vice president,
T.. A. Mott-Smith, secretary. A. W.
Van Nalkenberg; treasurer, Il. T.. Pax
ton. auditor, w. Il. Dillingham;; direc-
tor. J. b. Atherton. In addition to the
reception of reports there was nothing
done beyond the ratification OF con-
tract with the Hilo Railroad Company
a. TO the carrying of plantation traffic
on its lines the arrangement being one
greatly to the benefit of the plantation,
owing to the fact that through II there
is avoided the necessity for the build
ing of a. part of the plantation road
planned. where II would be in parallel
OF the railroad lines.
The report OF the treasurer shows
that the receipts of the year have been
81 1853, 4O7S7 while the disbursements
have been sl,3i4,172.22, leaving the cash
on hand s9,235.65. OF the capital stock
GIL shares OF paid up stock of the par
value of $l23,A20, were issued for lands
turned over to the company on agree
ments OF sale during 1901, 1862 shares,
par value $780, i0, are still in the treas
ury. OF the assessable stock 900s shares
have been returned to the treasury on
delinquent sales. leaving 1855 shares
on which 60 per cent or 81, 3S5,940 has
been called and sl.35S. 1850 has been
paid.
The total bond issue is sl,250,OO OF
which sil50 900 has been sold. and $3.50
600 used as collateral.
The treasurer estimates that the re-
quirements for the coming year neces-
sary for carrying forward the develop
ment of the plantation as outlined In
the report of the manager will be In
the neighborhood of $l,200.000O0 As
sessments have been suspended until
June LIST next. The date on which the
same may be resumed will depend on
the returns from the crop now being
harvested, and local financial condi-
TONS
The report of Manager McStocker IS
a long and interesting one. In 1t the
manager says:
The water supply of the company has
been largely developed during the past
year by the extension of previous tun-
ncls and the digging of new ones. One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine
feet OF tunnels have been constructed to
date. These tunnels all concentrate at
one point into main fume. Extension
Of the tunnels Is still going on. The
present supply of water seems to be suf-
ficient to supply all the needs of the
mill and for fluming. but as tunneling
continuously develops more water l
thought it best to continue so as to have
an assurance against deficiency In the
driest weather.
FLUMES.
The main flume from the water head to
the cane fields, and across the plantation
to the Volcano road. has been completed.
1t meets the Volcano road just above the
so-called Peck Road" at about eighteen
miles, being a little over mile from
Mountain View, approximately ten miles
above the mill.
fumes for carry ng cane have been con-
structed longitudinally through the fields
to the mill, and a third one Will be com
pleted within II month A fourth will be
constructed Immediately. These four,
with cross fumes, from one to the other,
cover the entire territory for ten miles
above the mill. and will enable the fun
ing of all cane lying between the mill
and an elevate of 1880 feet About 40
miles of fumes are now constructed
Considerable doubt having been eX-
pressed by practical fluming men, as to
the feasibility of keeping the mill sup
piled by cane fumes from the distances
required. and with the amount of water
available at Olaa, / am glad to say that
nearly two months experience has de-
monstrated the entire practicability OF
this method of transportation, under the
conditions presented at Olaa. In fact,
with only one fiume in operation. using
between four and five million gallons per
twenty-four hours, delivery of over
sixty tons OF cane per hour has been ac-
cOmplished. keeping the mill in contnu-
Gus operation to it's full capacity. Flum-
ing Is now going on simultaneously and
with perfect success, from the fields
along the Puma road, one mile from the
mill, from Peter Lees at eleven miles,
three miles from the mill, and from the
fields back of Mountain View, ten miles
from the mill.
The water from the flume has been
ample for all mill purposes, although the
month of December was unusually dry.
RESERVOIRS.
As there has not yet been need for wa
ter at the twenty-mle point on the Vol
canO road, where our reservoirs are To-
Gated, no further development or increase
Of the same has taken place. They will
be completed during the coming summer
and water stored there with which to re-
move the cane lying between that point
and the main fume at eighteen miles.
storage reservoir at the mill, with a
capacity of 10000 gallons for mill use
Is nearly completed, and 1t is Intended to
build for the same purpose another stor-
age seservoir Of larger capacity short
distance above the mill from which the
mill can be supplied by gravity instead
Of by pump as at present.
MILL
Tbera were unexpected DELAYS in the
completion of the mill. so that II was
not ready to begin grinding until Decem-
Der 23rd, when the taking off OF the crop
began. with the exception of a few
matters OF detail. easily remedied, the
mill is an extremely satisfactory piece
of work and gives every indication that
n will fully comply with all expectations
az ASTHMA tea as to It's mower and capac-