Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-02-26
Brighter Prospects
PROMISE FOR
Waialua Plantation


At the annual meeting Of the Waia-
lua Agricultural Co, held this morning
the follwing officers were elected: Ed
Tenney, president; c. NJ. Cooke, vice
president: w. A. Bowen, treasurer;
Chas. II. Atherton secretary: T. X.
Robinson, auditor and Henry Water
house, director.
The managers report as read, was as
follows:
Manager Goodale in his annual re-
port says in part:
The report of the Treasurer shows
the amount expended during the year
1902, $685., 245.45. This amount in.
cludes a total charge to the cultivation
expenses of $50, $3.50.
These amounts are not yet paid, but
| are estimates Of amounts to become
due to Profit Sharing Companies as
they complete their contracts.
The payments on account of the crop
of 1908 will extend over a period com.
mencing in April and ending in Sep
TENDER, 1903. The estimated amounts
| due on unfinished contracts have not
appeared in former years las they
should have) among the liabilities.
The operating accounts have been
carefully studied, and changes made in
the system that will make possible in
the future an accurate record of each
crop and each department of the work.
The system that has been in force was
| faulty; 10 bring the accounts TO the
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neCessilated transfers from crop to
crop. as appear in the several Treasur-
cr's Exhibits for the year.
The grinding season of the crop OF
! 1902 began on January Sth and ended
| August eth. Total output, 1901 tons
| of sugar. exceeding the estimate 1000
tons. ,he average yield per acre was
| sos tons As in 1901, the juice of the
cane ground during the early part OF
/ the season was low in density and pur
! ity. and the yields of the first 500 acres
. ground Disappointing.
I The Lille Quadruple Effect was not
/ large enough to evaporate the guaran-
| iced quantity of juice, and not only
. limited the amount of cane that could
be ground per day, but seriously af-
! feCted the extraction also, the average
! for the year being 92.i2 per cent.
The Hersey Sugar Dryer, mentioned
/ in the report for the year 1901, was in
Use during the last four weeks OF the
/ season of 1902, and proved a good in.
vestment.
, Price Of Sugar.
| Prices for sugar averaged low for the
entire season. Average ret price s54Oo
per ton; highest net price realized.
SGi.li per ton: the lowest price real
izer. $l6SG per ton.
I For the crop of 1908. now being
/ ground. there Is a total area of 3,13O.Si
acres. Estimated yield q 900 tons.
Grinding began on December 2Sth,
and on February lith, 1850 tons had
been manufactured from approximately
$50 acres of ratoons. The juices have
been. as in the early months of pre-
Ceding years, exceedingly low. The
winter season has been unfavOrable for
the ripening of canes, the weather nav
ing been extremely cold and wet.
! For the crop Of 1904 there are now
under cultivation a total area of 3l33lO
acres. Planting for the crop o. 1904
was finished earlier in the year than
| for any former crop, and the ration
fields were started at earlier dates. The
general appearance Of the cane is bet
ter than that of any preceding crop,
and heavier yields are confidently eX-
peCted.
There are available for planting dur
ing 1903, for the crop of 1905, 1900 acres
Of land, all below the 400 foot level, all
OF it cleared. and 500 acres Of 1t plowed.
Water Development.
During the past year development Of
existing water supplies has gone on
steadily, and the prospects are most
encouraging. The water system, when
complete, will be of great valde. The
plans that have been made. and are
now being carried out, include storage
reservoirs for flood waters. for irriga-
ton and for the development of power
tor transmission to the mill and other
points on the plantation. There are
now in use, and supplying water for
irrigation amounting TO total OF
55,0OO0O0 gallons per twenty-four
hours.
The Kawaiiki Ditch, from the South
Fork of the Anahuu Stream, capacity
100000 gallons per "a hours, is To
he completed on April LIST, and forms
a part of the Opaeula water system,
which, when finished, will include the
Opaeula, Kawaiiki and Kamananui
Streams, with an estimated aggregate
flow of 100000 gallons per day IN
dry weather, and 100, 900, 900 gallons per
day in time of flood. Estimate total
cost $l2,000.O0, of which SS,459.Ol has
been paid. A storage reservoir, also
part Of the Opaeula system, with a ca
pacity OF 240,000,0O0 gallons is now be-
ing built, and is to be completed by
April list of this year. Estimated cost
100000, of which Sl3,2S9.71 has been
paid Another good reservoir site, with
a capacity of 5OO,OOO,OC0 gallons has
been surveyed in the same ravine, ana
a dam should he huilt during tho nayt