The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01
OAHU TUNNELING
Is ABANDONED

The treasurer Of The Oahu Sugar Co,
reported al the meeting yesterday that
| the overdraft with the agents had been
decreased during the year sz15.0O0. The
profit On sugar is given al s5ss.o45-1s-
The following Is the report OF Nan
ager Ahrens for the year:
Our 1868 crop amounted TO 70 ,z56 tons
! OF sugar Having always been con-
Sentative in estimating a crop, II VIII
be noticed, by comparison with last
years report that the crop exceeds
my estimate by 1,z56 tons.
The 1904 crop viii be harvested from
31F0 acres; owing 10 late planting and
the ravages Of the leaf-hopper pest,
il VII not equal the last, that is, strict
~ considering il as a crop; but the
crop of 1865 viii be 50 much larger that
an early start in grinding VIII be nee
essary-probabl during October OF this
year-So that the tonnage of sugar
actually manufactured during the fiscal
year viii not be less than the crep OF
1908. There viii remain al least s., 900
tons TO be harvested after January
Ist 1905, If nothing unforeseen occurs,
and I may say that, with our present
mill capacity and without further in
creasing our area under cultivation,
the above VIII be about the average
amount Of our future crops. The 1895
crop VIII be harvested from 1000. pos
sibIy z599, acres
Our pump expenses show q decrease
OF $4,000 as against the last years re-
port This, at first glance, viii not
appear as a very material advantage
-
was decided upon. but, considering that
the change was only made IN April.
1888, and but very little rain fell, max
ing II necessary for Us 70 pump in
cessantly, the oil proves 10 be much
Chez CT fuel; IN addition. fully 1900
Oss ore gallons of water per day were
pumped, than during the previous year
and I believe the cost by using coal
during the period would have been al
least 90 per cent more
TunneIing fo- water has been diseon-
tinued as improbable: the results
have proved unsatisfactory. The Wa
ter Ditch System, however. continues
to demonstrate more and more, that
the money spent on same was & highly
profitable investment; Notwithstanding
the fact that during the entire year OF
1893, only $50 inches of rain fell. actual
measurement shows that the mountain
bitches delivered 10 our reservoirs
more than FIVE million gallons Of water
per day. which means more 10 Us than
the cost o< buying, erecting and opera
ting a new pump. together with the
necessary artesian wells
The new addition 70 our crushing !
plant, making II a twelve roller mill |
proves q success With very slight |
has been attained. owing 10 the in |
cleInercy Of the weather since grinding /
began. we have been unable 70 run the |
nil 70 IFS fullest capacity; therefore
deem II unadvisable al this time 10 /
state actual figures.
The unprecedented heavy rains OF
the past few days have caused very
considerable damage We had twenty
inches during fYe days, OF which SO
inches fell Il 4 single night One OF
the walls OF Pump ! collapsed and The
: stu buried under tons
Of debris 80 that Il Is yet impossible
10 know the extent OF the damage
Several bridges and entertainments were
away by the foods While
-hesz accidents ara d[sc0Uraging and
xiII cost several thousand dollars, they
s-A nothing compared with the preva-
lent insect pests Of which we stlli
know 50 little. excent their destructive
ness. The inroads Of the lsaE-hopper
and mole cricket on the-cane fields Of
.ha Islands are YER dishearrening' ras
former. especially. has 50 tar cost Us
,ruareds OF thousands and I feel Per
zaetlv safe IN saying that cur last crop
s-oUld have been 5000 tons larger. had
: not been for the damage wrought oE
MS pest. Thai II was generally neg
!ecte1 and 50 little heed paid 70 ne
hanger BY the Hawaiian Planters Wien
first discovered. is 70 De greatly de-
olored. Let Us hope that the. e1lEo-
biologists VIII soon find an enemy
OF destroying f.
Except for the cost OF making good
the damage caused by the food can
SEE no occasion for any extraordinary