The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-11
LIKES THE NEW
/. YEAR NUMBER
~
Favorable Comment OF the Organ
OF the Louisiana Cane
E Growers.

The following article appears in the
Louisiana Planter of Feb. %:
+ The Louisiana Planter has had the
pleasure of receiving the New Years
copy of the Pacific Commercial Adver-
tiser. This journal was established in
Honolulu in 1856, and hence has nearly
| half century TO it's credit, which is a
very considerable longevity for news
| paper. Like fine spirits, which improve
with age. the Commercial Advertiser by
its beautiful appearance would certain
| " indicate that experience and longev-
lily have added very much to its at
! Effectiveness. This issue is handsomely
! illustrated. and we learn that the Work
was done exclusively with the resourc-
es of the city of Honolulu.
! That there is nothing small about the
| claims Of our cousins in the Pacific is
shown from the extracts we make from
! the data concerning the Olaa Sugar
! Company. Hawaii's largest sugar plan
] tation. This plantation was started
after the annexation; its capital stock
| is five millions of dollars; owns $4,000
acres of cane land and has forty
year lease on 1000 acres additional. The
first crop of 1902. 41S2 acres. is now be-
! ing milled. with an estimated yield OF
sugar of 81 900 tons. The second crop,
to come off in 1903. will be $500 acres,
estimated to yield 27,50O tons of sugar.
The capacity of the mill is 175 tons Of
sugar per day. and it is built for ex-
pansion to $50 tons of sugar per day.
The sugar house cost $625. 600. and its
capacity can be doubled with an adj
ditional outlay of 5000. 900. The capacity
of the main fume of water supply is
L.. 600. 600 gallons per day. There are
twenty-four miles of macadamizei
roads through the plantation and eight
cen miles of plantation roads. There
are twenty miles of railroad in opera
ton on the plantation. and thirteen adj
ditional being installed. The amount
Of cash expended thus far is s.. 600
This is exclusive OF the cost of the
land.
on this plantation the annual rain
fall is $50 inches. and no irrigation Is
necessary. Cane grows well up 10 an
elevation of over 5000 feet. and planting
and grinding can go on all the year
around. on the higher levels the cane
does not blossom.
An interesting matter in this connec-
ton which we learn from the columns
of the Advertiser. is the general char
acter of the weather at Honolulu
record Of the temperature kept for
some thirteen years by Hon. w. Il.
Castle. indicates the average tempera-
tura during al THAT time to be All +.
The lowest n. m. temperature that
we notice was - F. on February il OF
last year. with very few days addition
al indicating as low temperature as
that Looking over the higher temper
atures in July and August we find the
highest July record for last year at l
. m was s. r. on July 9Th. no other
day in July being equally warm Au-
gust does little better for the sugar
cane. supplying one day. August 2Sth.
al 50 F. at l p. m. and several days at
IS and s. F. May We not say that, con-
sidering these low temperatures. it is
no wonder il takes two years 70 pro-
duce crop Of sugar cane in Hawaii?
we must admit, however. that when
the crops are once produced they are
very considerable.