Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-12-11
TO BU|lD CAN PLANT
CONCERN WILL BE CONNECTED
With PINEAPPLE COMPANY
REPRESENTATIVES, HERE WITH A
VIEW OF MOVING cANNERY
FROM WAHAiWA TO
HONOLULU.

| OF hunt brOs., OF San fTanclScO, tne
largest distributors Of canned fruits
In California outside of the corpora.
lions, and who are interested In the
pineapple industry Of Hawaii, have
recently been looking over the ground
with view Of moving the canning fac.
tory of the Hawaiian Pineapple Co.,
from Wahiawa to Honolulu. Mr. Hunt,
in addition to being interested in the
business himself, represents a mum.
Der of California capitalists who are
connected with the pineapple cannery.
The two expect to return to the coast
in the s. s. Korea.
The canning factory at Wahiawa was
established three years ago. With the
| completion of the new branch rail-
road from Pearl City to Wahiawa the
representatives Of the Hawaiian Pine
apple Co. hope to be able to locate their
plant here and gradually increase the
output. In case they build, and Mr..
Hunt who came here for that purpose,
says it is quite probable, the factory
will be greatly enlarged from time to
time. Their product, which this sea.
son will reach something like $4,000
cases Of canned pineapples, in case the
factory Is erected in Honolulu next
year, will be doubled. This will be the
result in case the company handles the
fruit from the same plantations as
heretofore.
When arrangements have been com.
tNla 10 hA no
American Can Co. will build a plant
where packers and miscellaneous tins
will be manufactured. This concern
will employ several hundred men part
Of the year and be valuable addition
to the city's manufacture. Tins for
honey and all other kinds Of cans will
be made.
'Hawaii's pineapple industry is in
lts infancy" said Mr.. Hunt to a Bulle.
tin reporter yesterday. The fruIt
here is undoubtedly the finest in the
world And 1t is growing rapidly. II
everything materializes as we have
planned perhaps within the next three
years our company will be canning in
the neighborhood of 100000 cases OF
the fruit annually. In 1903, our first
season, we put up 1900 cases Of pine.
apples. The following year the output
was something like 5000 cases. This
season we expect to can fully $4,000
viding there are no set backs and We
are able to get pineapples from the
same people, we will can possibly 3d..
900. So one can imagine how the in.
dustry is growing"
The brand Is known as the Paradise
Islands Pineapples." J. d. Dole OF
Honolulu, is president OF the Hawaiian
Pineapple Co. The corporation owns
1900 acres of land in the vicinity of
Wahiawa. Five hundred acres OF
these are already under cultivation.
Two million plants are growing on this
land at present and bearing. Next
year Mr.. Hunt says the company will
plant 100000 more pineapple plants.
Within two years the entire plantation
Of 1900 acres will be dotted every.
where with pineapples. The work of
blowing and preparing the ground for
.-..Ivation Is now under progress.
The new railroad will be completed
by next July. This is according to an
agreement between the railroad com.
pany and the pineapple people. Mr..
Hunt Is reasonably certain the factory
will be built here, probably some time
next summer.
There has been some talk among the
| tar Of I1tn IL,
building their own cannery and acting
Independent OF the Hawaiian concern.
Mr.. Hunt was asked about the matter
but he did not seem to think the plan.
tation men would attempt such thing,
I'm the first place none Of them has
had any experience in the matter OF
handling the canned article and II
the business pay" he said. Natural
ly our company does not favor the
Idea. We pay the farmers the best
price possible. The Hawaii pineapple
Is the best on the market. There Is
no question about this. Other concerns
market inferior brands cheaper and
because Of the fine grade OF our fruit
ana the expense connected with tht
production and canning we are com
PEELED to ask higher price, almost
double that received by the companie,
putting the cheaper stun on sale to thu
public"
Mr.. Hunt Is enthusiastic about thu
pineapple industry here. He Is posi-
tive in his statements about the growtl
OF the companys plant and the state
ment that within few years 1t will b
/ turning out 100000 cases every year
So far the Hawaiian pineapple ha
been sold mostly in the United States
I Several shipments, however, have bee
made to England. The people acros
the pond are particularly fond of swet
stuffs and in the future an effort wi
be made to sell much of the Island PR
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