The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-25
SISAL PAPER IS.
MADE FROM
PULP
Mill Refuse Put
To a New
Use.
Mainland Paper Makers
Are Trying Samples
of Waste.
Stockholders Agree to Increase
Capital Stock to $4,000
and Enlarge the Mill.


The making of papeS from the waste
from the production of sisai hber may
shortly become new industry in Ha-
waIi should the experiments made here
prove successful on the mainland A
paper OF the finish of that used for
blotiers was exhibited on Saturday at
the special meeting of the stockhold-
ers of. the Hawaii Fibre Co. operating
the sisaI plantation near Eva. which
was made in this city. Prof. Edmund
ShOrey. chemist of the Board of Health.
attesting ofiiciaily to the success of the
test. The paper was made from waste
which fen from the decorticator of the
sisai rnnl The samples shown were
similar IN appearance to tapa. and
when written upon with ink the fluid
ala not spread, but traced easily
The experiments made here with the
waste in the manufacture of 2aper
have convinced the stockholders that
the material can be profitaDly utilized
In the manufacture OF various grades OF
paper. The experiment was undertake
en- with crude appliances, but the
stockholders feel that even If made only
into blotting paper. it would be a
marked success. Mr.. weedon of the
sisaI company.is now awaiting the re-
suit OF experiments in the States. and
IS confident that there win be call for
Hawaiian made paper. If suitable ma
chinery can be brought here for its
manufacture.
At the Saturday meeting it was
shown to the stockholders that com
plicated machinery was not necessary
to transform the sisal waste into mer-
chantable paper. and It would be the
means OF increasing the percentage OF
gain from all that the sisaI leaves could
give. Statistics were displayed indicat-
ing that it would be only a matter of
a few years until in Southern Califor-
MIA, where much Is being made OF the
of paper from the Yucca
plant. the deserts viii be stripped of
the plants. for no effort is being made
TO repIenish them
1t was shown also that to a ton. of
sisaI fiber, there was required twenty
tons In bulk OF leaves The Oahu COM
pany gets five per cent fiber from its
milling. and there is. forty-five per cent
waste. Utilizing this great percentage
of waste In the manufacture of paper, |
there would be material reduction of
the percentage OF loss. from a small ex-
penditure in the beginning. for the pa
per-making machinery.
The stockholders endorsed the pro-
posal OF the directors to increase the |
capital stock OF the company from |
$S7.5oo 20 $4,000 The treasurer's re-
port showed there was cash on hand. !
but instead OF distributing cash as |
dividend it was voted to declare a stock
dividend. paying thirty-three and one
third per cent to the original stock
holders. and leaving s25.oOO worth Of
stock TO be sold. the stockholders hav-
ing FIRST call on the stock.
The object OF the increase OF the |
capital STOCK Is 10 eniarSe the area OF
the plantation and put in additional
which win be necessary be-
fore the year closes. even though the
area of cultivation is not increased
The last advices from the Coast show
"a that sisaI was selling at nine cents
pound. or $3.50 a ton.
The company proposes to take up
J. coo acres of new land above the sugar