The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-02-28
SUGAR PLANTATION STOCKHOLDERS
HEAR REPORTS OF A YEARS WORK
Prospects OF haialua
Are Tor Better
Cane.

Stockholders uf the Wanlua Agrcui
tufnl Company yesterday took ftUus
which viii rCmuN, ans objection made
O. the bonds Uf tn. plantation. and
which will Insure toe nuIiUs u. tup
Issue ON the Coast THE changes WI.
involve the mabIne uf nov trust decd
10 the Hawaiian TRUST company and
the changing off Oh. rlm. uI tUg cor
poration by co. elimination ut tho
word the from tho title There was
adopted an amendment 90 90. cunst.-
tuition and bs-laWs. which makes Il
possible To- murtsuEe ad tnc properly
uf the plantation.
There were "a number uf questions
asked the manager when H. was
reading his report upon tho condition
Of the plantation. lie said I'm response
to "A query that the quality of the
suCrosc In the cane juice was inCreas-
ing with the grinding Of this crop. in
diCat.ng that the same experience
with the cane must be- gone through
that was had at Eva. Tie was asked
as To the output. The estimate he
made was 10000 tons and when he
considered the great discrepancy be
tween his figures and the actual re
turns last year, IL made IL distasteful
To him to make an estimate. He
thought the crop would come up to his
figures this time. President Atherton
then asked If the manager did not ex-
pect a greater return than 5000 tons
Mr.. Goodale would not commit him
self, but he responded that there were
opinions that there would Ice mere, and
this seemed to he borne out by the
output already milled.
owing to the absence of &. NJ. Cooke
and T.. ID Tenney the following were
chosen directors: j. Ii. Atherton, w
+. Allen, +. j. Lowrey, w A. Bowen
..ua va 4, a..
stood that when the two men mention
ed return they will be given places
ON the board
The report of Manager Goodale,
which was exceedingly satisfactory to
the stockholders of the corporation
present, was in part, as follows:
Planting the crop of 1901 was finish
ed in January, 1900, and replanting In
February. Grinding the crop was be-
gun on January q, and was finished
on August u. The total yield was r.
0l9.13 tons, cut from 2,OOl IL acres, an
average yield of six tons per acre. We
expected to take off 10000 tons The
shortage of 3,9S0.S7 tons was due to
the dry weather which reduced the
yield of the cane earliest planted on
lands irrigated by water from the
kaukonahua stream, the short growth
of the late plant and the rains OF No
ruary. 1901, which prevented the rip
eEing of the cane and resulted in low
quality OF the juice.
The crop of 1902 is to be harvested
from 1867 acres of plant cane, l.
059. "a acres of two-year ratoons, and
800 acres of one-year ratoons, total
area of 2,727. Al acres. As reported last
year the crop OF 1902 viii be short 500
acres Of plant cane, owing to delay in
getting pump No. 6. Grinding the crop
of 1902 was begun on January s. f,s-
timated crop of 1902, 10000 tons.
Careful surveys and estimates have
been made for the proposed dam
across the Kaukonahua stream for
storing storm waters. The upper ditch
for delivering the water of the stream
on the Wahiawa settlement lands and
development of power is to be finished
about March ]. The total expenditure
on this account to January / is sos
30 for which the Waialua Agricul-
tural Co, Ltd, is to receive stock in
the Wahiawa Water Company. Stock
has been bought in the California and
Hawaiian Refining Sugar Company to
the amount of S25,0i0 and $4,000 worth
Of stock in the Hawaiian Fruit and
Plant Company which carries with IL
thirty-siX shares of Wahiawa Water
Company stock, and controls "A part
Of the land near the headWaterR of the
Eaultonahua stream.
During the three years and three
months Of development of this planta-
ton we have had the change from an
abundance of cheap labor to scarcity
Of men at high wages; have suffered
great losses from delays in delivery OF
pumping machinery. preventing early
planting of the lands prepared Have
lost by failure to arrive of machinery
for the MILL which delayed grinding
and resulted in deterioration OF the
cane for the crop of 1890. and short
Observation-Disclosures