The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-26

Manager Kahuku Plantation Co, Ltd
Kahuku, 9Th February, 1904.
The meeting of the Waialua Agricul-
tural Co. was held at the Castle &
Cooke hall. f. j. Lowrey was elected a
, director in place of the late Henry
Waterhouse. The net proceeds from
the sale of sugar last year amounted
to s1,11s,2o2,61. The operating expenses
amounted to $3.50, 66S.31. Manager Good
ale reported the yield for 1903 to be
1888 tons. which was less than the
estimate. 1t was necessary to shut
down the mill for a month to allow the
cane to ripen.
The crop of 1904 now being ground is
being taken from 1909 acres and the
estimated yield is 22OOO tons. During
last month the fields cut produced SGT
tons of sugar per acre. The rainfall
during 1903 was the lightest on record
1873 inches, and it was necessary to
| irrigate during October, November and
| December which was contrary to all
former experience. The 1905 crop will
be taken from $500 acres and the esti-
mated crop is $4,000 tons of sugar.
| AS to water Improvement, insect pests
and permanent improvements Man
ageF Goodale says:
Water Development.-Since the last
report the Opaeu1a Dam has been COM
pleted, and has been in constant use
since May 1st. A record of the water
has been kept by weir measurement
since June LIST. The average flow of
water for the seven months, June 1st
1903, to December 31st, 1903, has been
6,12S.S6 gallons per day.
A third syphon has been built across
the Anahulu Gulch, by which the water
is delivered at the 65S foot level. From
here it can be distributed to all the Ka-
Wailoa fields.
The Kawaiiki and Waimea bitches
We're completed during the year, the
former being a part of the Opaeula
Ditch system, and tributary to the
Opaeula Reservoir.
The Waimea Ditch referred to in the !
report of 1902, belongs to an independ- !
ent system. 1t delivers the water at |
the 100 foot level, on the north side of |
KaWailoa, and has daily capacity of |
100000 gallons. An extension of the !
Waimea Ditch is now being construct )
ed, by which the water will be deliver
ed at a point above the 600 foot level, !
and the water, like that from the Opae- /
ula Reservoir, may be used on all the !
Kawailoa fields.
Two reservoirs, of about 10000, 600 !,
during total capacity, have been built
during the year. Besides the Opaeula
Reservoir there are now eleven other
reservoirs in use.
A syphon is to be built across the
Kaukonahua Gulch, which vii deliver
water from the Kaukonahua ST cam
at the ESQ foot level on the Mokuleia
side of the plantation. One of the new
has been built On This tract
of land, and viii be put to use iElme-
diately upon the completion Of the 81
phon. Our experience with the Opae-
ula dam makes the risk of loss from
the proposed Wahiawa dam seem vefyj
slight. The water in the WahiaWa
Reservoir is to be so feet maximum
depth. The dam is to be of The earth
and rock fill type, with water tight
wooden core, set in concrete, and is to
be built in a more substantial manner
than that at Opaeula, which is an earth |
dam without core, 20 feet high, and
holds water to a depth of SO feet, with
put seepage.
In October work was resumed upon
The proposed Wahiawa Dam, and since
that time has been carried on contin-
lously. The preliminary work only is
1ow being done. A large quantity of
broken rock has been prepared and the
for outlet pipe and waste ways =.
Turing the construction of the dam !
ire now being built
The completion of the Wahiawa Dam,
With the bitches, will, it is believed,
make pumping unnecessary during at
east nine months of the year on all :
he lands of the company, or, by using :
he pumps for the lands below the 2eo :
cot level, several thousand acres of
and may be added to tae cu1tivable
rea. q
If the plans made for the construc- y
ion of the dam are carried out, it :
hould be ready for use about May 1st, F"
905, early in the dry season.
Insect Pests.-The cane borer is to Z
e found in small numbers in some of =
he fields. The Crop of 1904 seems to l.
e comparatively free, and the loss by =
lis pest Will not be great. Large num- L
ers of the beetles have been collected
nd destroyed.
The Leaf-Hopper affected the Crops
f 1903 and 1904 slightly at the lower
wells, and has been found in many OF
lie fields of the crop of 1905. The para
ties, however, are present IN large
umbers, and if these can be kept alive >
acre viii be no great loss. OF
New Varieties of Cane.-Whfle plant ~
lg the first crop. in 1888, six of the =
ever varieties of cane wers supplied -
Y the Experiment Station, and from III
me to time others have been intro
uced, until there are now ten differ
1t kinds of cane growing at all eleva- to
ons, and under varying conditions of al
Ill and climate. 7e
1. Lahaina. III
3 Yellow Caledonia. te
8. Rose~ Bamboo.