The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-22
M'BRYDE HOLDS IT'S
ANNUAL MEETING
OFFICERS WE'RE RE-ELECTED
AND REPORTS OF MANAGER
AND TREASURER WE'RE MADE.

AND TREASURER WE'RE MADE.
The annual meeting of McBryde Su- /
gar Company was held this morning at
the offices Of the agents, r. H. Davies
& Co. There were upwards Of SOOOO
shares represented. officers for the
year were elected as follows: President
ID. p. r. Isenberg; vice-president, B. F.
Dillingham;; treasurer, f. Nj. Swanzy;
secretary, r. Give Davies; auditor, II.
w. NJ. Mist; directors, w ID. McBryde,
Alert Wilcox, r. w. T. Purvis, J. NJ.
Lydgate and f. NJ. Swanzy.
Manager william Stoddart reported,
among other things, as follows:
Rainfall and General Weather Condi-
lions were both decidedly unfavorable
Severe cold spells were numerous and
a drought of marked severity, begin
ming about September LIST of the pre-
vious year $500, continued to the
month Of August, 1905, period Of IL
months. During this time there were
light showers on the extreme and ma
uka end Of the plantation covering a
very limited area Of cane, but elsewhere
nothing fell to amount to anything
and nowhere were there the customary
soaking winter rains. Last August this
drought was broken and to the end of
the year we had an average rainfall
but it came too late to overcome the
effects of the drought, except as to the
young cane just planted or being plant
ed, and as a consequence the crop of
1905 then being harvested fell short 500
or 1000 tons of what it should have
BEEN and the crop of 1906 now being
harvested which was estimated at
$4,000 tons when six months old, will
fall to something under ten thousand
tons. The young cane, however, for
the crop of 1907 was not appreciably af-
fected
The average rainfall of all stations
for this dry period was only 2S inches
as against similar average for pre-
vious years of 81 inches.
Previous experiences with touches Of
dry weather materially reducing oui
yields had satisfied us that the planta.
, ton needed to increase it's pumping ca
pacity and to depend less upon its
streams and reservoir water, and will
that in mind plans were set on foo
more than two years ago to secure d;
cheaper motive power than coal whicl
resulted in the leasing of the Hydro
. Electric power plant now being install
ed by the Kauai Electric Company
l Limited, upon the Wainiha River Of
! the windward side of the Island of Ka
uai. This plant, it is expected, will b
completed and ready to deliver powe
this June.
= 1t had been planned to first alter tn
present steam pumping stations so tina
they could utilize the eectric power an
H. later to take up further water develop
ment. the whole to be done more 0
less leisurely so as to spread the eX
-. pense over considerable period q
times but the severe lesson of las
= years drought and its losses forced on
hand and led last May to the beginnin
of active operations i'm developing NOR
water and preparing to utilize it a
soon as possible. The. results of thes
i efforts were so satisfactory that it ha
t led to the establishment of two ne,
t pumping stations in Hanapepe VALLEY
r to be operated by electric power, an
t the ordering of three pumps for tn
n same of n total capacity per "a hour
s OF 1917 million gallons. These station
d are near completion and we hope t
4 have them ready for the electric powe
due, as already stated, this June. w
can pump during the winter withou
appreciable extra cost; with coal W
could not afford to do this, except whe
driven to it by necessity during DR.
weather. The ability to continue pumI
ing during the winter will result I'm r,
e inforcing the reservoir supply an
l. making it last out longer into the sun
= mer, and this, coupled with the ne
g suppl from the pumping station no
A being installed, will. we trust, ave
= another experience in the matter
Il water like that of 1905.
+ One steam pumping station now OF
Grated by a WOrthington pump is beir
= prepared for electric power this sun
i mer by the installation of a pump
J. the same class as those ordered for II
e two new stations above referred to,
D. wit: a turbine centrifugal connectC
!. up directly to the motor. The nece
sary changes at the two remainir
# steam pumps will be attended to late
= 1t is not intended to remove the steal
n pumps now installed unless there a
g special inducements so to do, but ratl
y er to leave them there for auxiliary u
n in case of a temporary breakdown vii
: the electric-driven pumps.
): WOOIIFY GINNING