Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-03-27
McBXYDE SUGAR CO.

The annual meeting of the McBryde
Sugar Co. was held yesterday and the
election of officers resulted as follows:
President, d. p. r. Isenberg: vice
president, b. F. Dillingham;; treasurer,
F. NJ. Swanzy; secretary, T. Give Da-
vies; auditor Donald NJ. Ross; direct
ors, A. NJ. McBryde. Albert Wilcox, X.
w. T. Purvis, j. NJ. Lydgate and T. r.
Keyworth. The only change from last
year is the retirement from the direct
orship of w. ID. McBryde, and the cleo
ton III his place Of T. X. Keyworth,
formerly auditor, and the choice OF
Donald NJ. Ross as auditor.
The report Of Manager Stoddart Is,
in part, as follows:
AT this date we have 1900 acres in
cultivation and purpose taking in for
this year an additional area Of about
500 acres, which will make the total
area in cane this fall about 5000 acres.
In addition to this amount the planta-
ton hons 1900 to 1000 acres available
for cane.
of the area now in cane. 1000 acres
were brought in this last year, $50
acres of which were reached by cross
ing the Laval valley.
"Inere was some considerable hest
tation abou. taking this step partic.
ularly on the question of putting a
railroad across Laval valley. The prop
osition involved the building Of three
large reservoirs, an expensive piece of
railroad work. some eight miles of
bitches, over 400 feet OF tunnel, con-
siderable fluming and stone clearing
and otherwise the expense of bring
ing into cultivation over 1000 acres of
virgin soil.
ITO accomplish this necessitated en-
CroaChing upon the reserve of bonds
held by the company beyond the orig
| inal plans of the Directors. but the re-
suit has more than justified the step,
utilizing as IL has a fine eXpanse of
good land, subject to frequent trade
wind showers and bringing into use
the waters of the Kekee and Aipo
gulches hitherto going to waste and
connecting up the rest OF the planta-
ton with the Koloa lands where the
McBryde Sugar Company has been for
some years cultiyating over $50 acres
OF good land and giving the Koloa Sug-
ar Company two-fifths of the sugar for
grinding the same. Beginning with
the next crop this cane will all come to
our own mill.
THE crop for 1902 yielded S,235 tons.
100 pounds, of which 929.l0 tons were
ground at the mill of the koloa Sugar
Company for which service II was paid
out of the yield 371 tons, 1880 pounds.
The crop of 1903 now being har-
vested and consisting of lO7i.l9 acres
, of plant, 43436 acres OF long ratoons.
and 56O.36 acres OF short ratoons, is
/ estimated at 1900 tons. At this writ
ing some $500 tons OF this yield has
Leen harvested and as IL has thus far
overrun the estimate, II may be taken
for granted that the 10000 tons will be
realized.
THE crop of 1904 consists OF 1875
acres OF plant, ASS acres OF long rat
oons and 470 acres of short ratoons--
total area 2400 acres which at this date
is estimated to yield 1880 tons.
THE crop of 1905 and now being
planted will consist OF about 1900 acres
OF plant 1900 acres of long ratoons, and
probably about 300 acres Of short rat
oons. With large percentage of long
ratoons available for the first time in
this crop, it should show material
increase over the preceding crops
where short ratoons have of necessity
tpending the development of an ex-
tensive acreage) figured so largely.