The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-23
BUYING Up
BACASSE
Paper Mill Plans
Are Going
Ahead.

HlLO. sept ig-Among the passen-
gers arriving In the Claudlne yester-
day was :. NJ Mayer Of Washington
who Is iu the Islands investigating the
use Of bagasse in the manufacture OF
paper
lie has made a tour Of oahu and Ka-
uai trying TO make arrangements with
the plantations for their surplus ba-
gasse and Is here for the same purpose
Understanding that there Is much more
surplus bagasse on this island he will
spend several weeks making investiga-
tons. on Oahu where so much of the
refuse Is used as fuel IL cannot be
handled at a cheap enough rate i'm most
instances to pay in working it.
AS the bagasse Is so full OF moisture
that only about forty per cent of It can
be used 1t is the idea to establish a
reduction works on this Island to make
the stun ready for shipment to Homo
lulu where the paper mill will be es-
tablished should things go right The
mill means an investment of about "a
quarter of "A million dollars and would
employ from three to fifteen hundred
hands as the business succeeded. In
terested with Mayer is George Cor
mack, the discoverer of the great Klon-
dyke gold region and president of the
Tale-Asbestos Co, of Oregon.-Tribune.
HILO PORTUGUESE ARE REPUB-
LICANS.
The Lincoln Club held an enthusiastic
meeting Wednesday night at the Fire
mans hall and discussed local political
conditions with a vim. There were
thirty-tivc members present The club
Is composed of Portuguese-Amer
citizens. The following resolutions were
unanimously passed
!. That the Lincoln club of Hawaii
heartily endorse the platform of the Re
publican party, adopted in Territorial
Convention at Honolulu, September LIST,
1902. and
2. That the Lincoln club of Hawaii
fully ratfy and support the ReDub-
lican ticket nominated at the District
Convention in Hilo, September 18th,
l9U2-Tribune.
VOLCANO ACTIVE AGAIN
The volcano is acting in n most ac-
commodating way this week. Sunday
morning fire broke through the cracks
of the lava which formed the surface
of the lake that appeared September
|. The old crust has evidently solidi-
fled to such an extent that considerable
force must be eXerted from below to
break it up.
Therefore the frequent upward move
ments OF the lava produce a fine display
of geysers through the cracks. Jets
and fountains of lava shoot upward
with enchanting effect as the tide of
/ fire surges up from below.
Tuesday night a small cone formed
in the center of the old lava lake where
the molten food broke through. For a
considerable time there was a fine flow
of lava from this aperture and it spread
/ outward in waving lines of fire. AS
the volcano is now acting it Is said to
be more interesting than when the
molten lake covered the bottom of the
/ pit.
VISITING THE PLANTATIONS.
| b. F. Dillingham; arrived in Hilo on
the Helene on Sunday and has spent
| the week in Olaa and Puma. He was
accompanied by "A Mr.. Mckay, repre-
sentins j. A. FOlger Il Co., the coffee
men, and a Mr.. Smith. These two gen
| tleman visited the Volcano as well as
| the Olaa and Puma sugar plantations
and expressed themselves as well pleas
ed with this section of the country. Mr.
| Dillingham; speaks hopefully of the out
/ look for sugar and says that with con-
| cess ons in labor and the increased
production by plantations in these ISL
| ands prosperity will return.-Herald.
MORE HOMESTEADERS.
SeJenteen hundred and forty-one
acres ot land passed from the owner