The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-27

many PianvdtiOn meetings tlGiu,
Reports Received and OF
ficers Chosen.
The olaa Sugar Company held its an
nual meeting yesterday, received re-
ports for the year past and elected Off
GERS for the coming year. The officers
elected are: President, L. A. Thurston;
first vice-president, B. F. Dillingham;;
second vice-president. E. A. Mott
Smith; secretary. A. w. Van Valken-
burgh; treasurer, E. E. Paxton; audi
tor, w. F. Dillingham;; director c. H.
Atherton.
WATER SUPPLY.
The managers report brings out the
fact that the water tunneling system is
completed with 1882 feet of tunnels and
$40 feet of shafts. The capacity of the
waterhead f1ume is 100000 gallons in
twenty-four hours, providing ample
water for all mill purposes, for domestic
use over the whole plantation and to
operate three fumes at once to the
mill. frequently delivering more cane
than can be handled. in which case the
cane is turned into cars and unloaded
onto the carrier later by a cane I'M
loading machine.
In addition to fully supplying the
plantation a considerable surplus has
been furnished to Kaumana cane grow
ers with which to fiume cane to the
HiIo Sugar Company's mill.
FLUME SYSTEM.
The fume system at and below the
$50 foot level with FIVE main fumes
concentrating at the mill, and interme-
date feeder fumes, is now practically
completed, with a total length of 56.2
miles.
About two and a half miles of addi-
tional fumes will be required to con-
meet up the local Olaa reservoir system
with the present flume system. with
which to take off the cane lying above
the present fumes and below the reser-
voirs. This will probably not be re-
CURED until next year.
LABOR.
The manager states: while there is
no surplus of labor, we are fairly well
supplied. and the men are working
steadier and better than they were
wear ago. The cessation of clearing
new lands, for the present, has enabled
me to reduce the number of employees
by approximately $50 men,"
The present number of employees is
1924. against 24s5 last year.
CROPS.
THE crop of 1902 was 4.23O50 acres.
producing an average of 4.4424 tons OF
sugar per acre. or 1s.2OS.S6 tons alto
gether.
The crop now being harvested
amounts to ASST acres and the es-
timated yield is 10000 tons of sugar.
The crop of 1904 is estimated at 1855
acres. including cane from the Puma
Company, and exclusive of the inde-
pendent Olaa planters.
The crop for 1904-5 is estimated at
5. 721 acres, on the same basis.
RAINFALL.
The weather statistics show that at
Tho station at nine miles. an elevation
of about 500 feet, the rainfall was 142
inches in 1901 and $50 inches in 1902.
At Mountain View station, an eleva-
ton of about 1900 feet. the rainfall was
IT'S inches in 1901 and 225 inches in 1902
CHEMISTS REPORT.
The chemists report brings out some
interesting statistics: The first mill
Juice analysed 1881 per cent. brix, 1871
per cent. polarization and 1854 per cent
purity. all of which figures are high.
The total number of tons of cane
ground at the mill was 136,06S.
The number of tons of cane ground
per day was 1.020.S7
The number of tons of sugar produc-
ed per day was 134-67.
IT took 7.S5 tons of cane to make
ton of sugar and one ton of cane made
an average of 247.75 pounds of sugar
SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL STATUS
The. Assessable Stock is now all paid
nm save s21, $500 yet to be collected.
There are zoos shares in the treasury
mar value $1SO. 1000, available for the
purposes of the company
The company began the harvesting
of the second crop with a credit balance
in agents hands amounting to So. o0S-e'
net of all accounts outstanding. The
company therefore owes nothing e1-