The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-28
Ewa's Output Close to
the Eleven Ton
Mark.

! When the report of Manager Renton
of the Eva Plantation Company was
read at the meeting of the stockhold-
! ers yesterday morning, held in the
Castle & Cookies directors room, there
was applause over the showing he
made, and this was followed by a
unanimous vote of thanks for the re-
suits accomplished In addition, the
stockholders received with applause
the statement of Chairman Anterior.
of the board of directors, that there
seemed to be no reason to believe that
there would be any change made dur
ing the year in the matter of the pay
ment of the regular dividends He
said also that stockholders must not
believe street rumors. but get .infor-
nation direct from the agents.
The meeting was a large one, and
the stockholders showed a lively in
terest in everything which was
brought before them. The questions
Were many, and the meeting was char
acterized by harmony throughout. The
matter of the use of a cane loader was
brought TO the attention of Manager
Renton, and he said that the expert
mentS on Maui were being watched
with interest. There was question.
when in the report of the treasurer it
was shown that there was a surplus
Of 100000, if this was available for
dividends. 1t was shown that this
amount, while considered as surplus.
was in reality invested in bettermentS
of the plantation. An appropriation of
$500 for kindergarten and religious
work was made, and the hospital was
ordered charged to the general expense
account for the coming year. The re-
port of Manager Renton in part IS as
follows:
The product of the past year has
been taken from the largest area and
has reached the greatest yield per acre
in the history of the plantation. Had
it been possible to have manufactured
the whole into sugar before the end of
last August the average woul6 Ger
tainly have reached over eleven tons
of sugar. Grinding was begun on
January Sd and completed on NoVem-
Der Goth; and in spite of the attend
ant drawbacks at mill. the factory out
put exceeded that of any previous
year, averaging 3,127 tons per calendar
month, inclusive of holidays, break
downs, or delays from scarcity of Ia
born This showing is in excess by
800 tons monthly of any former sea
son.
The amount of land from which cane |
is To be harvested during this coming |
year is greater by 451 acres than that |
for 1901. Owing, however, to the de- |
lays IN ST1nulnS consequent upon the |
scarcity of labor during 1900, a pOr |
ton of the ratoors had a late start. |
on account of the same stringency |
some of the plant cane was not set |
out until the winter season of that |
year had commenced. Nevertheless, |
in all but two of these backward fields |
there has been no Towering to speak
Of and the canes are still growing,
which Will offset very materially the |
ate start. Taking this into considera-
ton, together with the probability
hat the crop of 1902 will be harvested
earlier than that for the past season
with a spondingly lower depre-
,iation of canes. 1 have no hesitation
n placing the output of this year at
30 OGO tons.
reference to field statistics viii
show the crop of 1903 to be $685.
acres. OF this but COS acres IS plant
.ane. With two exceptions OF fields !
ground during the rainy season of 1901 |
and necessarily very much cut up by
cams. every acre OF the plant cane of !
9O1 was ratoOned. BY comparing cost
# cultivation of plant cane with that
# ratOonS, it will be seen that the lat
er in 1901 cost $40 per acre less than
he former.
The second ratoons, which, for the
irst time on this estate cover a fairly
arge area. were carried on for pre-
.isely the same reasons as the first
.atoous. Judging from present ap-
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