The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-24
Presidents Report On
Hawaiian Commercial
WHAT PRESIDENT H. p. BALDWIN HAD TO SAY TO THE
STOCKHOLDERS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING IN SAN
FRANCISCO REGARDING "WAlLUkU COMPROMISES
AND OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS

The following part report President r. Baldwin o
the stockholders OF the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company
relating to the Wauku Compromise proposed Improvements dur
ing the year, and other important matters
The kooau aueuct practically but entirely completed the
first week OF September 1904 when the water turned
We having dry Fall <ooau badly needed
The kooau streams were also low but this additional water help
only portion Of the taken above Since
then we have up to date been taking additional mostly
TO complete this probably for the Hawaiian Com
mercial and Sugar Co.'S proportion, $4,000
This aqueduct splendid and substantial piece of work. and
credit to the engineer in charge, NJ. NJ. OShaughnessy
We are now at work on this extension of the Kooa Ditch and will
have completed in about complete this work will prob
ably cost for the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co.'S proportion
The Koolau and Nahku mountain
my for where the rainfall greater than any other part
Maui Still even these streams fall rapidly and low in
ueme dry weather SO that times liable suffer for the lack
OF have in the By referring the rainfall the
year will be observed that the rainfall for Kooau
Iof kalua, for the two months recorded above.
We work charging and thus increasing the capacity Of the old
bitches Icaed the Center and Haiku Dces at and beyond ka-
ua they with the Koou Dtche and necessary that
they should be enlarged Kooau addition the
storing reservoirs Kaua These old bitches constructed
small the further ndward end and gradually increased size as
they crossed and took up the This mistake the rain
fall go towards Kooau, the
at Kalua nearly dry.
The reconstrcng Of these old bitches is expensive as we are OBJ
ged to relocate the bitches and tunnels where the old bitches
construct abor Twelve miles Of ditch # IS necessarily slow work as
obliged do while running This will be
accomplished this estimate that will about $4,000 re-
enlarge enlarge large
called the Kaupakalua Reservoir.
We W. Pogue charge Koolau and
Kalua who carrying the work able and efficient
All the locomotives have been fitted with oil burning apparatus and
we running them with oil as fuel which find somewhat
more economical than coal and the engines doing SATISFACTORY
We have found purchase owing increase
We have five sets Of steam pows new pair Of boilers were order
ed for OF the oldest which has probably been the plan
Three burning apparatus figures
locomotives however saving only
tanned after the results full The pows
Our proposition add system year Not
only the plantation but the head of Kaua and Kooau
dhes where the reshe
The difficulty that there not good reservoir sites in that
locality but having made where possible to locate
reservoirs, whole question thoroughly investigated
The stockholders who familiar with the affairs OF the Hawaiian
Sugar Co., are aware that we own what originally
known the Grown Lands of Wauu which takes in the mountain
portions OF the Wauu Valley and good deal OF land the lower
the Valley where Wauku Sugar located The a
waan Commercial and Sugar Co. has also had under 5yea
which will expire in little years two-trds OF the Waihee
It has been wish obtain permanent right to this
as much OF we could obtain and the WaIuEu sugar Co. have
wanted our lands in Wau and we have been for about three
endeaong make deal which has been styled the Wauku Com
promise with the Wauu Sugar Co. under proposition deed
le our Mauku land they to give us permanent right to portion
The whole question has been finally settled by exchange lease
the main features of which follows:
We lease the Waluku Sugar Co. for years all Waiuku
Wauku mountain reevng for ourselves Waiuku surplus
and electric power the Waiuku lao Valley and the right
pumping stations the The Waikiki Co. leases
us for the same term of of the Wahee stream normal flow
ana ~ he het water and II the Waehu stream noma and fresh
water in the Wahee Valley.
We consider the exchange fair to both parties.
Under the the exchange into
the Waikiki Plantation have agreed join with them in
strucng ditch that will carry As million gallons of
hours This will give much better supply from that valley
than obtain when the above normal flow, which
occurs very often.
We will have 52 interest in this aqueduct which will
probably 100000
In addition the above ditch, will spend the fol
lowing bitches amounts mentioned above under the respect
i've headings:
Koolau aqueduct 100000
KOolau extension 100000
Kaua bitches and 100000
IS A plantation about) 100000