The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-03-21
COMMISSION
men COMBINE

agent in San Francisco showing the
methods adopted by commission men
on the coast which is the cause of such
small returns. An extract from the let
ter is: cts pretty tough PROPOSE
tion-this banana business now. The
Eastern banana people are killing the
price on Hawaiian fruit by simply I'M
loading several carloads at the time
the s. s. Enterprise arrives and selling
their own fruit at very low figures.
Their lunches are twice the size of
ours and sell at about $100 bunch.
This results in knocking the price of
Hawaiian bananas down to nothing.
Hilo growers should organize and come
into this market solid. If they do not
they are going to beaten right along.
You are at the mercy of the commits
sion men and things are getting
worse" Some shippers last month only
realized thirteen cents a bunch and
one mans net proceeds on $500 ship
ment was $500.
SHIP HOLDS THE RECORD.
For a wind jammer, the ship John
Ena, w. A. Madsen, master, holds the
record for the best run from Shanghai
to the Hawaiian Islands. The vessel
arrived off port Wednesday afternoon
and was brought to anchorage inside
the buoy by the tug Chas. Counselman
about CLOCK in the evening. The
ship made the passage from Shanghai,
China, to Hilo, distance of 1879
miles, in % days. A part of the voyage
was made in steamer time, 80 miles
being made in one day. During the
first eighteen days only a distance of
z40 miles were made, but during the
remainder of the trip nearly 300 miles
"a day was covered. The daily average
for the entire trip was PA miles day.
The John Ena comes in ballast to
load sugar for Philadelphia. On her
arrival at the Quaker City, the vessel
will have made a complete circuit of
the world. Leaving Philadelphia on
August 10, laden with 114,625 cases
of kerosene, the voyage around Cape
Good Hope was made in IA days.
The ship cleared from Shanghai on
February IA, and passing the equator
enjoyed two Mondays in one week. The
John Ena was built in Glasgow, Scot
land, in 1892, and for long time she
sailed under Hawaiian registry. She
is steel bottomed vessel, 312 feet
long, As feet in breadth, % feet deep
and having tonnage of 2706. Captain
Madsen, who has been in the ship for
'over nine years, is right proud of the
record trip of the John Ena. Upon
his arrival at Hilo he cabled the own
ers of his arrival and received in re-
ply the two words, GOOD boy"
NEW CANE LOADER.
w. II. Lambert, formerly superin.
tendent of the Hilo Railway Co., has
recently completed model for cane
loader which, in the q inion of men
who know, will be a great addition to
the equipment of plantation. The
inventor cialms tat he can load three
bundles o: cane, Weighing 200 pounds
each, per mint, The model shows
machine soncihirg on the style of
pile driver. From this is stretched a
wire rope 300 feet long and the cane
is carried anywhere within that dis
lance to the cars. 1t is easily moved
about the field and it requires but five
minutes work to mako the change.
Some time ago the Planters Associa.
ton in Honolulu offered a prize of ten
thousand dollars for cane loader that
would work to the satisfaction of the
agents and managers. Mr.. Lambert
took his invention to Honolulu last
week for the purpose of exhibiting it
to Manager Renton of Eva plantation,
who is chairman of the committee hav-
ing the matter in hand. 1t is said that
the Lambert loader will be inexpensive
to build.
WILL BUILD NEW MILL.
w. R. Castle, and Attorney D. L.
Wilmington of Honolulu and Prof.
Geo. II. Mead of Chicago University,
accompanied by his small son, were
visitors last week as the guests of Mrs.
f. G. Hitchcock on School street. The
party were on Hawaii for ten days,
visiting the two Konas, ascending
Mauna Kea and stopping at Kilauea
ON the trip overland from Kailua. At
ter leaving Humuulu sheep station, the
guide lost his way and led the party
ten miles past the Volcano House down
into Kau. They arrived, however, at
the crater hotel on Tuesday night about
dark, much fatigued by their long
Journey, but descended into the crater
to witness the lava flow, which was
quite active. All were much pleased
with the grandeur of the scenery, both
of Kilauea and the higher elevations.
They took the Kinau Friday morning
for Honolulu.
Mr.. Castle has formulated a scheme
of building a cooperative mill near
Napoopoo to grind the cane of the
small individual planters in that vi
cinity. Mr.. Castle has sought to en-
courage cane growing in the two Ko-
mas, believing it means the upbuilding
of that side of the island. Hence his
purpose to erect central mill where
the output of small planters for miles
around could be ground.
Some years ago cane was grown be-
tween Napoopoo and Hookena at Mr..
Castles solicitation, and while it was
never harvested, Mr.. Castle reimbursed
all of the owners of this cane, as he
had asked them to grow it, thinking
that by the time it would be ready to
be harvested that there would be mill
ready. Mr.. Castle has not given up
the idea, and there are men like for
mer Manager Hewitt of Naalehu, who
think the plan good one. He only
wants to hear from his brother, J. b.
castle, who is in the East negotiating
for funds, machinery, etc.
w. r. Castles scheme is to build a
sugar mill at Kealakekua bay, near
Nanonnon which Wnuld he able IN