Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-27

! tienCidl OIAl Net
Year. Expense. Labor. Cost. Proceeds
1899 O.. o.. 1867 1853 1926 72.0S
1901 =. . 1919 1915 349i G1.63
It will be noticed that the expense
for labor has jumped 80 per cent; that
material and general expenses have
advanced 90 per cent, and that the net
proceeds of sugar have fallen II l.
per cent.
At present il is gratifying to note
| that the labor situauon is easier than
IL was during last year and that the
price for labor has dropped about is
per cent Sugar in its turn is again
rising.
Water Supply Of the Waianae Noun
tain.
Your company holds the right under
lease to take water from the easterly
slopes Of this range. 1t would b.
well. probably, at some convenien
date, to have surveys made to deter
mine the practicabmrty and econom!
of storing in reservoirs the storm wa
ters from this watershed for the pur
poses Of irrigation.
General.
It Is regreIable fact that sue
cessful Cane.lOading machine Is moi
yet in operation. Various devices
have been tried and abandoned, and
so far, the severe labor OF loading Is
all done by hand. Nevertheless, the
time Is coming must come. when man
ual labor will be reduced in this de
partment. It may not be and prob
ably will not be in one Immediately
successful machine; but will rather
lie in n series of successful ideas or
advances eliminating in an economi
cal device or system.
In order to cheaper the cost of irri
cation, the use of fuel oil to replace
coal at the pumping stations will. in
all likelihood, take place in the neal
future. approximately 1000 tons oil
coal were used in 1901 at the pumps
With the opening of Pearl Harbor the
cost Of transportation of material and
manufactured product must of neces
sity be reduced.
or course the prime factors in the
success Of the sugar business are cost
and price of sugar A low labor rate
and a high sugar rate may cover a
multitude Of errors. But this COmhi
nation has gone: we are facing very
depressed Conditions and the present
and probable future conditions OF the
sugar market demand rigid economy
and the best thought.
In the interest of economy the rev
mill will exercise most important in.
tiuence. Briefly stated. its machinery
consists Of nine.roller mills with
crushcrs and engines complete. II boil.
crs of 2i00 horsepower. . superheat.
ers, "a settling tanks. large vacuum
pans, quadruple effects. Is Centrifu.
gals with engines and pumps, 4G5
coolers on wheels. and II tanks OF
100000 gallons capacity for 4th SUI
CARS, together with all accessories
pumps, engines. tanks. etc.
In the essentials. in the actual ma
chinery necessary for the economical
production of a large quantity OF su,
gar, there is no mill in the Territory
which will surpass the new Eva mill .
and there is ample room in the struc,
ture for any possible additions or
changes which science may demand in
the future.
With these improvements the plan
tation was never in a better condition
to face the present depression. The
mill will be able to wiring out the best
possible extraction from the cane and
work its juice into product with the
| least possible loss. And surely IL il
high time, with the vast amount o.
material handled annually at thi,
place, that we reach out both fol
these definite sources of waste, ant
these stray percentages of sugar which
are classed as Undetermined" losses
for out of these losses in field ant
mill, through insufficient machinery
will come substantial portion of fu
| ture dividends.
Respectfully submitted.
GEO. f. RENTON,
Manager.
Applause greeted the reading o
this report. Mr.. Dickey asked Mr.
Renton II the Kicker cane loader ha,
as yet been given trial at Eva. Thi
apparatus was at present being triet
on Maui, and, as he understood. 1t wa
working successfully there. Mr.. Rep
ton replied that the machine had no
been tried on Eva plantation as YET
as he was waiting to ascertain the re
suits Of the work on Maui. It wa
moved and seconded that the mana
gers report be accepted and that
vote OF thanks he rendered Manage
Renton. The motion passed unanl
mously.
| D.. w, \. Bowen wanted to know wheI
the new mill would be in readiness
Mr.. Renton replied that II would be il
running order on May | or probabl,
even before them ii labor was avail
able.
Chairman ]. b. Anterior stated tina
the treasurers report would now b
considered. This report was not rea
aloud as each stakeholder present ha
a printed copy. The memoranda q
the manager were treated in tn
same manner. In these memorand
the first. the field report, gives 3014.9
acres total at average of 1889 ton
per acre, amounting to 32,S40.562
tons for the crop of year 1901. m
crop Of 1902 with 3463.7 acres in tota
Is estimated to yield 10000 tons {
sugar. The crop of 1903 with 1898,
acres total has not been estimated.
Memorandum No, 2 contains tn
: mill report. 1t states that during tn
: past year 279. 1917. 755 tons of cane hav
been ground in 257 days. making a
aVetage II l,OSS.7l tons of cane groun
: per day, The total amount of suga
manufactured was 32,S4O5625 tons. {
l277S tons per day. 1t also shows thl
! 23a74 pounds OF sugar were manufa
| tnred per ton of cane
Memorandum No. 3 gives the ave