Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-26

see the plantation and mill OF the Ha-
waiian Fibre Company at honolulu.
The car drawn by the engine Kaala
left Honolulu at 1876. the following
named being on board: d. +. Dilling-
ham, Joseph o. Carter. NJ. p. Robin
son. John +. Bowler, A. B. Wood. w.
w. Hall. Albert Raas, Isaac billing
ham, w. G. Cooper. f. L. Paxton, John
+. Doyle c. l. Miller, John f. Osborne.
Sol. Sheridan of the Advertiser and =
Bulletin representative.
The excursion was planned in honol
OF Messrs Miller and Osborne. Mr.. Mil
lei is president of the Rawlins National
Bank of Rawlins. Wyoming. and Mr.
Oeborne a director OF the same bani
az well as former member of Con
gress and Governor OF that state.
Fast time was made, the first stop
being at waipahu. There the train left
tho main line for a visit To the mill OF
the oahu Sugar Company. The party
went all through the splendidly equip
ped factory, beginning with an inspec.
ton Of the nine-roller grinding appar.
cIusher and trash conveyer--and end
ing with the delivery Of grade A sugar
from the centrifugals into bags. A yisi,
was paid to the nearest pumping sta
ton at the bottom of a gulch and then
the party was carried to Sisal. as the
Hawaiian Fibre Company's place IS
named.
It. is but a few rods from the railway
line to the fibre mill. which was found
In full operation. A. II. Turner. the
company's manager, explained every.
thing that was not self-eS planatory to
the eye. His enthusiasm over the en-
terprise was evident and went far IL
furnishing a reason for the success al.
ready demonstrated
The decorticating machine is prett.
piece of mechanism. A japanese man
end woman tended II and did not have
10 work very hard. The leaves of the
sisal plant are brought tied In conven.
cent bundles from the fields. One at
tendant opens the bundles at the end
OF the feed table and lays the leaves
Out crosswise 10 the table upon an
endless belt, which carries them along
10 be engaged between the faces of oc-
tagonal wheels of peculiar construc-
ton. One pair of wheels always has u
grip of the leaf while rapidly revolv
ing drum beats all the soft vegetable
tissues out of one end OF 1t. The leaf i
then automatically shifted on dag
/ anal tranlg ubara anpthar dnuhla m a
of gripper wheels takes hold OF the end
already cleaned and presents the un'
cleaned end to another drum. Durins
the beating process the Leaf Is treatet
with stream of water. There Is {
constant procession of leaves commit
out in thoroughly cleaned fibre, whicl
the second attendant removes from tn
carrier belt in greenish-white punches
After coming from the machine tn
fibre Is hung up to dry on fakes out
doors. From thence In due season II 4
brought indoors to be baled in pow
erful press. II is packed in bales o
$50 pounds for the purposes of tn
cOrdage manufactures.
Some who wanted to see the colo
cf the money returning from this neN
industry before investing may no,
crafty their eyes with the desire
sight. Cashier Cooper of the First Ma
tional Bank can show them a tele
} ptaphic order TO nay the sum of $3.50
TO the company on account of the frs
shipment to San Francisco. The mi
is turning out 80 bales of $50 pound
: each a month, for which SIb cents
, mound is paid on delivery at San Fran
cisco. As the prospectus OF the CON
: pany held out the promise of but 80
! cents pound. the initial results of con
! tact with the market are decidedly en-
! Couraging.
There is between 800 and 600 acre
OF the sisaI plant in various stages {
maturity. The yield Is 1000 pounds {
fibre to the acre, while the harvest
perennial. About 800, 900 mother plant
, are growing. the older being OF for
years growth, and the suckers brin
, the number up to 100000 estimates
a A plant is fit for culling of its leaves u
| 20 the age OF seven years. 1t is N,