The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-05-05
INCREASE
THE OUTPUT
Manager Baldwin
on h. C.. & s.
Co.'sEstates.

The report of II. p. Baldwin, Presi
dent and Manager of the Hawaiian
Commercial and Sugar Company of Ma
! vi, for the twelve months ending De-
cember 81, 1902, and published at San
Francisco, has just been received by
the Honolulu parties interested. The
Manager says that on the whole, the
year 1902 was favorable for growing
crops, although stormy weather was
had the first part of the year and floods
did some damage. The grinding com
menced January 20, 1902, and finished
| December /, 1902. The report says:
/ 1--WE were somewhat short of labor
throughout the year, and could not
| push the sugar factory to its full capac-
ity. The first four months of the mill
ing season, however, we did very fair
work but after June / we went slower
in order to use the tops for planting
The crop of 1902 consisted of plan
cane, 1929 acres; ration cane, 1896
acres; total, 1925 acres. Total sugar
manufactured from tn eabove acreage
1S,19555S tons; sugar manufactured
from Kihei cane, 6,SG4.632 tons. Aver
age yield per acre, II. c. & S. Co.. cane,
6.2 tons.
Several of the fields, both Plant an
ratoons, yielded from to tons per
acre, and one field ratoons yielded 9.1S
tons per acre. We have for this crop
plant cane, 2433.34 acres; ration
cane, 2l57.55 acres; total, 4590.S
acres. In my report to the stockhold-
ers last year | stated that we would
get from this crop 25,OOO to $4,000 ton
of sugar About two months ago
made a conservative estimate of the
tons; ration cane, 1858 tons; total
2s,795 tons. | have reason to believe
that we will get close to 10000 tons.
"We commenced planting for tn
crop of 1904 the middle of June an
finished the fourth OF December, lit
tie over two months earlier than tn
planting OF the crop we are now mill
ing, was finished. The young cane for
the crop looks well all around, and
bids fair to yield over 30 900 tons. We
have for this crop a total of 4S54.20
acres"
Manager Baldwin says the cost per
ton of sugar for milling is $0.304. The
cost of manufacture in 1903 for turn
ing out sugar, he estimates, will be
less than $3,4O per ton, including cost
of bags and Irvine. He reports having
more laborers than a year ago and
these are working much better that at
the former period. Including the whit
employees there are about $500 on the
payroll.
Four reservoirs, he says, had been
constructed at the head of the bitches
previous to his becoming manager, but
the dams had not been built stron
enough, so that last winter section
of the dams was carried away by
freshets. With repairs all made tn
following reservoirs are available:lI
Koloa, 100000 gallons; Hoalua, s,
100000 gallons; Reservoir No. II, 8, |
100000 gallons; reservoir No 7. 10000, |
900 gallons; reservoir No. 10, 100000 |
gallons; a new reservoir, No. 5, in
course of construction, 150,000,000 gal /
Ions. The new aqueduct, planned by
engineer O'Shaughnessy, Is to be com |
pleted to carry water onto the planta |
lions by July l, 1904, in time for mex
years planting.
The installation of crude oil tanks a
the pumping station has been effected
The manager finds 1t necessary to in
stall six more 40-inch centrifugals tn
latter part OF 1904 new pumps for sta
lions l and 2; one mile railroad exten
sion.