Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-02-29
OAHU SUGAR co.
MANAGER ARRENS TELLS 4
Of Existing CONDITIONS
inject PESTS HAVE LEssENEp
r YIELD CoNslpERAeLY-TUN.
NELlNe FOR WATER Is
~ DISCONTINUED.


The annual meeting Of the Oahu
Sugar Co., Ltd, took place in the Of
fees of II. Hackfeld 4 Co. this fore
noon. The following officers were
elected:
.J.,F. Hackfeld, president; NJ. p. Rob-
inson, first vice president; p. Mullen
dorf. second vice president; II. A. Isen-
BERG ctraasurer; f. Klamp, secretary;
A. Haneberg, auditor. Board of Direc-
tors: +. j. Lowrey, F. Lewis. J. A.
McCandless, II. Focke and ex-officio J..
f.. Hackfeld, NJ. p. Robinson, p. Muh-
lendorf, II. A. Isenberg and +. Klamp.
The treasurera and managers re-
ports were read and accepted. Man
ager Ahrens reports as follows:
Our 1903 crop amounted to 29,256
tons of sugar. Having always been
conservative in estimating a crop, 1t
will be noticed, by comparison with last
years report, that the crop exceeds my
estimate by 1856 tons.
The 1904 crop will be harvested from
$40 acres. The crop Of 1905 will be
SO much larger that an early start in
grinding will be necessary so that the
tonnage of sugar actually manufac-
tured during the fiscal year will not be
less than the crop Of 1903. There will
remain at least $4,000 tons to be har-
vested after January LIST, 1905, and
with our present mill capacity and
without further increasing our area
under cultivation, the above will be
about the average amount Of our flu
ture crops. The 1906 crop will be har-
vested from 1000, possibly $500. acres.
Our pump expenses show decrease
of $4,000, as against the last years re-
port.
Tunneling for water has been dis
continued as Improbable; the results
have proved unsatisfactory. The
Water Ditch System, however, con-
tinues to demonstrate more and more,
that the money spent on same was a
highly profitable investment.
| The new addition to our crushing
plant, making 1t twelve roller mill
proves success. With very slight d.
luton, remarkably high extraction
has been attained.
The unprecedented heavy rains OF the
past few days have caused very con.
siderable damage. We, had twenty
inches during five days, Of which 80.
inches fell in single night. One Of
the walls of Pump No. collapsed ant
the machinery is still buried undel
tens Of debris, SO that II Is yet impos.
s!ble to know the extent of the damage
Several bridges and embankmenti
were carried away by the floods. Will,
these accidents are discouraging ant
, will cost several thousand dollars, the.
, are nothing compared with the preve
liant insect-pests, of which we still
know SO little, EXCEPT their destructive
ness. The inroads Of the leaf-hoppe
, and mole cricket on the cane fields o
the Islands are very disheartening; tn
former, especially. has SO far cost u
hundreds of thousands and l feel per
fectly safe in saying that our last GRO
: would have been 5000 tons larger, ha,
1t not been for the damage wrought b.
this pest.
Except the cost OF making good tn
: damage caused by the food. /, can Sc
10 occasion for any extraordinary out
lay ahead of us. The prospects for tn
future Of the plantation are very sat
isfactory and will be still brighte
; whenever the price Of sugar goes us