The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-27
ON
M'BRYOE
The Estate Will Be
Increased 500
Acres.
Crop Shows Marked
Gain Over
Others.
W. D. McBrydc Reiirss From the
Directorate and 7. R. Key.
worth Succeeds Him.

The annual meeting of the McBryde
Sugar Co. was held yesterday morning
The following officers were elected:
President, d. P. r. Isenberg; vice
president, B. F. Dillingham;; treasurer.
r. NJ. Swanzy; secretary, T. Give Da-
vies: auditor. Donald NJ. Ross: directors.
A. Nj. McBryde. Albert wilcox. r. w. T.
Purvis, ]. NJ. Lydgate and T. r. Key
worth. The only change from last
year is the retirement from the direc-
torship of w. d. McBryde. and the cleo
ton in his place of T. R. Keyworth,
formerly auditor, and the choice of
Donald NJ. Ross as auditor.
The report of Manager stoddart tells
of the improvements made during the
year and general progress of the plan
tation. The manager says:
cat 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 fail about 5000 acres.
In addition to this amount the planta-
ton holds 1900 to 2,oeo acres available
for cane.
"Of the area now in cane. LOCO acres
were brought in this last year. $50 acres
of which were reached by crossing the
Laval valley.
There was some considerable hesita-
ton about taking this step particularly
on the question of putting railroad
across Laval valley. The proposition
involved the building of three large
reservoirs, an expensive piece of rail-
road work, some eight miles of bitches,
over 400 feet of tunnel, considerable
fiuming and stone clearing and other
wise the expense of bringing into cul-
tivation over 1000 acres of. virgin soil
ITO accomplish this necessitated en-
croaching upon the reserve of bonds
held by the company beyond the origi- |
nal plans of the Directors, but the re- |
suit has more than justified the step, |
utilizing as it 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 |
going to waste and connecting |
up the rest of the plantation with the
Koloa lands where the McBryde Sugar |
Company has been for some years cul- |
tivating over $50 acres Of good land and |
giving the Koloa Sugar Company two
same Beginning with the next crop
this cane will all come TO our own mill.
1.-The crop for 1902 yielded S,235 tons,
1 ZOO pounds, of which 929.10 tons were
ground at the mill of the Koloa Sugar
Company for which service it was paid
out of the yield 81 tons, 1880 pounds
1.-The crop of 1903 now being harvested
and consisting of 1.O74.19 acres of plant.
1896 acres of long ratoons and $50 Sc
acres of short ratoons. is estimated at
1000 tons. At this writing some $500
tons of this yield has been harvested
and as it mas thus far overrun the esti-
mate. it may be taken for granted that
the 1900 tons will be realized.
1.-The crop of 1904 consists of 1.475
acres of plant. 455 acres OF long ratoons
and 40 acres of short ratoons-total
area 2,4OO acres which at this date is
to yield 1880 tons.
THE crop of 1905 and now being
planted will consist of about 1900 acres
If plant, 1900 acres OF long ratoons. and
probably about 500 acres of short
'atoons. With large percentage of
ong ratoons available for the first
ime in this crop, it should show a ma
erial increase over the preceding crops
where short ratoons have of necessity
pending the development of an ex-
ensive acreage) figured so largely.