The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-28
HAWAIIAN SUGARS
ANNUAL MEETING
REPORT OF MANAGER AND TREA-
sURER SHOW A SATISFACTORY
STATE OF AFFAIRS.

noon at two o'clock
The hangers report for the year end
ing December 81, 1905 contained the
following information:
"The past year has not been as fav-
orable for growing crops at Makaweli
as the previous year. The cold wea-
Their in the beginning of the year re-
tarded the growth of our late planted
fields and the leaf-hopper attacked
these same fields severely However,
the early planted fields and the ratoons,
although they suffered considerably
from leaf-hopper attacks, We're not
damaged to any great extent.
1T is gratifying to report that the
output of the past grinding season, in.
GLIDING the Gay and Robinson sugars,
was p ,222 tons of sugar The average
yield per acre of this crop was brought
down some, owing to the prolonged
grinding season, and during the last
two months of the campaign the purity
of our juices was affected greatly and
stood pretty low. You will note from
the following table that it took an
average of Z 337 tons of cane to produce
a ton of sugar, which is quite high for
this plantation.
I'VE commenced milling the 1906 crop
on the seventh of December. The area
to be ground for the crop is greater
than that harvested during the past
year, but on account of the attacks of
the leaf-hopper during he past year,
which have been much more severe
than they were in 1904, 1 do not think
the total output of the crop will be as
great as the one just harvested. l am
pleased to state, howeved, in regard to
the leaf-hopper, that it seems to be on
the decrease on this plantation at the
present ime The Australian parasite
is getting we'll established here and
the outlook for diminishing the ravages
of this pest are certainly encouraging.
4 have estimated the 1906 crop at
1870 tons sugar, including the Gay &
Robinson sugars. The above is a con-
sentative estimate and the crop will
probably run little over that figure.
Most of the planting for the 1907
crop was done early and i'm good season
with the exception of one field of 1865
acres which was planted late and not
finished until November on account Of
serious breakdown of one of our
steam pillow sets, which not only de-
layed the planting but reduced the area
that we intended to plant. However,
the total area of this crop is the largest
that has ever been cultivated here and
from the present outlook, l think the
total yield of our 1907 crop will be the
largest this plantation has ever taken
off.
The 1905 crop just harvested was the
last crop we will take off by the diffu-
sion process. Our factory is now chang
ed over to the roller system. We have
installed a complete, twelve-roller mill
ing plant with Krajewski cane crusher.
Smiths Knives and the Wicks Cane
Unloader. In the boiling department
we have the settling tank process and
mud presses. Our large 13-foot vacuum
pan has been fitted up with new copper
coils. We are also installing three
more water driven 4O-inch Centrifugals,
which will soon be in place and in
working order In the fire room the
furnaces have been changed and auto
matte feeders fitted up. 1t gives me
great pleasure to state that all this new
machinery is working very satisfac-
torily, especially the twelve roller mills
which are working splendidly and are a
credit to the builders.
"Our furnaces are working we'll and
even when grinding steadily, the ba-
gasse pile increases.
We are extending our railroad tracks
and will add five miles more to our
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facilitate the taking-off of our upper
or new land fields.
In order to increase the perez tage
of our non-Asiatic labor we will buiId
about 25 family houses and will
also build two warehouses from the old
material of the diffusion cane carrier
and cutter sheds. One of these ware
houses will be used for mill and gem
eral plantation stores and the other
for fertilizer and grain
Il would recommend the purchase
of another locomotive to arrive here i'm
time to assist in taking off our 1907
locomotives; should one of these break
down our hauling and harvesting would
be seriously interfered with.
when time and labor permit we
propose to build two small reservoirs
of about five million gallons capacity,
each on the upper lands of the Camp
VI and Camp VII ridges. We have
been obliged at times to irrigate at
night; with the aid of the above pro-
posed reservoirs, all irrigation can be
done in the day time on these two
ridges.
"The following is a comparison of
operating expenses and total tons SUI
gar manufactured for the past two
years.
Operating expenses 1905 $726, SGS AZ.
Total tons sugar 1902.
Operating expenses 1904 $665, S24. rs.
Total tons sugar 11,473.
"The above shows an increase i'm
operating expenses over the previous
year of only $65,O51.9S and an increase
in the total crop of 1859 tons of sugar
1.-THE expenditures for permanent inn
for the past year were $780,
Gal d OF this $131. 4Sg 55 was for mill