Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-18
MAUI CANS PINES
PLANT OPERATING At
ISLAND OF MAUI
A SUPERIOR QUALITY OF PROD.
ucT is THE OBJECT OF THIS
VERY SUCCESSFUL
INSTITUTION.

Wailuku, Maui. July 15.-July list,
1904, will always be day to be re.
membered in the Haiku district and a
red letter day with the Haiku Fruit &
Packing Co., as on this day the fine
machinery necessary for the canning
OF pines and the can.making plant
turned out full days product sue.
cessfully, and highly satisfactory to
Manager w. A. Baldwin.
A representative of the News was
extended an invitation to inspect the
plant, and through the courtesy of the
manager and Superintendent c. Wind.
sor spent an interesting forenoon and
and was introduced to the modus oper.
andi of pine canning and can making.
From the time the pine leaves the
field. Is put into the peeler to the fin
ished product ready for packing and
shipping, all the handling Is done by
machinery, thus insuring absolute
cleanliness. and that the time consum.
cd can be readily understood from the
fact that the plant now in operation is
fully able to peel. core slice, can and
cook ten thousand pines daily. and the
work Is all done with nine men and
three women, which includes those en-.
gagged in the can.making department.
The Royal Hawaiian" pincapples.
ss the canned eyeless and coreless
fruit will he known, is of the Smooth
Cayenne species, and Is best adapted
for this purpose on account of its oval
shape. and that the eyes are not so
fnn ,,Ixs hatnn an ha m
while those of the Hawaiian pine run
In almost to the core. leaving little or
none of the fruit available for market.
ing. while with the Sugar Loaf" spe.
cies, It's pear shape Is also against its
use. there being too much waste.
The Haiku Fruit & Packing Co. have
some twenty acres under their control.
ten acres of which are now In plant at
an elevation OF 700 feet and are rapid.
ly maturing while the other ten is be.
Ing planted as rapidly as possible. o..
600 to 10000 planted to the acre. thus
ipsuring them sufficient quantity for
| Introductory purposes, although II IL
the intention of Manager Baldwin tn
place their product on the local mar.
ket first.
Aside from the twenty acres now In
plant. Mr.. Baldwin Is encouraging
farmers further up. even to an eleva'
ton of LOO feet to plant independent.
| ~ the cannery being willing to take
their crop at figure which will war
rant continuous planting and still leave
q margin for the Packing Company.
At the present time some fifty thou
sand pines are available and canned,
as rapidly as they ripen. which Is about
every other day.
Mr.. Baldwin believes that with the
superior quality Of the Smooth Cayenne
AZ grown In Hawaii he will have n
steady market on the coast so soon as
they are introduced as satisfactory ar
iangements for transportation from
Haiku to kahului have been made
which will permit of the Royal Ha.
waiian" Brand being placed on the
market at figure by which IL can
compete successfully with the Califor.
MA canned product.
| All OF the cans are made within the
building. the tin coming to them In
boxes, from which one sheet makes
three complete two pound cans includ-
ing the top and bottom. After the tin
has passed through the cutter and
former II goes othc seamer and here
Is put on the only solder used in max
Ing the cans, as both top aud bottom
and first Hanged then double scanned
which are passed through a tester with
u pressure Of twelve pounds for deter.
ton of flaws IL any exist. The cans
are made at u less cost than II ordered
ready made In large quantities from
the coast.
There has never been a so-callcd eX.
detrimental stage with the Haiku Co
as they have been able to profit from
the experience of the Pearl City can
merry and the fact that Superintendent
Windsor, who. aside being an expert
can maker, was formerly with tn,
Pearl City company and his knowledge
OF the operations there has been vaiu-
table to the Haiku Fruit and Packing
Co. Maui News.