The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-04-21

The Hamakua ditch is running 10000,
600 gallons of water a day, and tn
reservoirs both on Waimea plains ant
on the plantations are practically full
THE CUBAN CROP.
Smith & Schipper of New York
whose sugar market discussions ar,
held in high esteem, in a special mai
letter under date of April 3, received
| by the Alameda, say: "There is
cable in the market today, stating thai
there are now 126 centrals grinding
against 135 centrals last Tuesday, +;
| falling off in the number at work OF
nine. AS we have previously pointed
J out, a steady decline in this respect
can be expected on account of centrals
finishing their crop. If the reports
! from the planters can be relied on, ii
certainly looks as if the final outrun
would be nearer 100000 tons than
100000 TONS
CROP AND PRICES.
The same authority gives the follow
ing as of the same date: "The market
! closes quiet. on the basis of 4.36 duty
paid for SO centrifugals; 3.s6 duty paid
for 50 Muscovadoes; 3.61 duty paid for
SO molasses sugars. The worlds visi-
bic supply is 100000 tons against
3,S10,000 tons last year"
TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
The volume of business on the Stock
Exchange was considerably larger than
in previous weeks, rejecting perhaps
increased confidence in the permanence
of present market conditions, and per-
haps also the enlarging flow of money
back to the Islands from the marketing
of the present crop. The sales of EVA
have been at prices up from $27 to
$2775, 1871 shares; Oahu, 400 shares
at $3.50 and $50 shares at $27.75;
Waialua, 80 shares at $50 and % shares
Mt $3.50; 10 shares of o. r. & l.. al
500; 10 shares of Hawaiian Agricul-
tural at $lS5; 30 shares of Hononu al
$40; 30 shares of Hawaiian pinea sples
at $3.50; 200 shares of Olaa at $S.s75
and 100 at S4; 225 shares of Honolulu
Brewing and Mailing at SIS, dtop OF
50; 80 shares of Hawaiian SUGAR al
S34; 10 shares of Pioneer at $127.50
and 10 shares of Pepeekeo Mt $115
There was sale Of $1,000 of Paia {
per cent. bonds Mt S9950.
NEW WIRELESS PLANT.
The Wireless Telegraph Company
has decided on the construction of o
ten-kilowatt station at kahuku, power
to be developed by a 20-horsepoweI
gasoline engine. A powerful station
will be built at Hilo, and the stations
at Lahaina and Nawiili will be in
creased from half -kilowatt to FIVE.
kilowatt power. These improvements
II is calculated wil enable the system
60 work over a radius of thousand
miles.
KOOLAU RAILWAY.
J. b. Castle announces that Koolau
railway will be extended To Kaneohe.
There are rumors of a consolidation of
this road with Oahu.
PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY.
The Consolidated Pineapple Com
pany is enlarging its eannery To ca
pacity eight times what il was. 1t expects
to have a pack this year of $4,000
cases. W. b. Thomas, one of the pio-
neer pineapple planters of Wahiawa,
is building a pineapple eannery on the
line of the Oahu Railway in Kalihi.
i. q. Kellogg has arrange for a pine
apple plantation in koolau of at least
a thousand acres, and proposes to build
eannery at Heeia. From there he can
ship his product by steamer as cheaply
as by rail.
Chemist Duckwall has come TO the
Islands at the invitation of some of
the men interested in pineapples, and
1t is stated that his process of utilizing
the peeling and other waste portions
of the pineapple in the present state
of the industry, will be adopted, re-
sulting in the production of cider, pine
apple vinegar and other by-products.
PUBLIC LANDS.
Governor Frear has approved new
set of conditions in the sale of public |
lands designed to aid bona iide settlers !
and TO bar out sNeculators, The prin-
ciple of these conditions is smaller |
first payment and smaller instalme2ts 1
extending over n larger number uof /
years, and stricter residence require
ments.
MISSION TO THE PORTUGUESE.
NJ. A. Silva, who was sent lately to
the Coast to see if Portuguese living