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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

and intermingled with the soil and are not
washed away as they would be should the
fertilizers be placed upon the soil before
irrigation began. The lands are irrigated
every seven or ten days.
The annual rainfall for the lower lands
at Waianae does not average more than two
inches, thus necessitatng an elaborate sys.
TEN of irrigation, operated at all seasons of
the year. Most of the water used for irri.
cation purposes is obtained from a pumping
station containing three pumps and central.
ly located The combined capacity OF these
pumps is 100000 gallons in twenty.four
hours, yet 100000 gallons Is the average
daily output. One Worthington pump has a
capacity of 100000 gallons per day, another
Worthington pump, 100000 gallons, and a
Risdon duplex pump 100000 gallons. Wa.
ter is pumped against head of $50 feet and
Is conveyed to Lualualei and other portions
OF the plantation through a nine-mle system
of galvanized steel fumes One small cen.
trifugal pump has been put in at Mikalua
and is run by gasoline, and has capacity Of
100000 gallons daily, but this is surface
water the supply is not steady.
Various small mountain streams furnish
the plantation 100000 gallons of water
daily, brought down to the cane lands, dis.
lance OF nine miles, In an open ditch. The
pumping station and this ditch supply the
property with all water used for irrigating
the cane. The pumps are driven with cleo.
tricity generated at a power station by wa.
ter brought through twelve-inch pipe from
the mountains. The capacity of this power
station, which is the only one now In the
Islands used for this purpose is 400 horse
power. Two hundred and fifty horsepower
is transmitted over wire three miles long
to the pumping station where II Is used BY
the use of electricity the pumps are run rs
per cent cheaper than by steam motive pow
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

TAFT Il Watson centrifugals; four mud
presses; one Honolulu Iron Works beaten
twelve settling tanks, four boilers and the
bagasseburning furnaces
J. NJ. Dowsett and @. N. Wilcox are the
principal owners of the Waianae Company,
Ltd.
+. Meyer has been manager of this COM
pany for the past nine years and was first
employed upon the Waiakea plantation at
Hilo twenty-eight years under c. c. Ken.
nedy the present manager of Waiakea.
The names of others employed at Waianae
follow:
II. Anderson, Head Luna: J. Schulmeister.
Sugar Boiler and Chemist; J. NJ. Perry. Ac.
countant.
The officers of the company follow:
@. n. Wilcox, President.
J. o. Carter, Vice.President.
J. NJ. Dowsett, Secretary and Treasurer.
II. Holmes, Auditor.
J. NJ Dowsett is the Honolulu agent OF the
company.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

A PLANTATION which the casual travel
~ Ter seldom visits II being situated
far from the beaten path. on the wind
ward side of Oahu, IL the Waimanalo Plan.
tation.
In 1877 John A. Cummins organized the
Waimanalo Sugar Co. and was the principal
owner until 1898. The Company's land hold.
ings comprise 5000 acres and are situated be-
tween the precipitous pals of the Kooau
mountains and the sea. In the District of
Koolaupoko. Onethird is pasture, one third
forest, and one-third cane lands. Lahana
cane was first grown at Wamanalo but at
the present writing It only thrves on the
very best land two-thirds of the cane grown
now being Yellow Caledonia and Rose BAN.
boo.
Irrigation In Summer.
Irrigation Is carried on at Waimanalo as
upon all Oahu plantations, but Is found nee.
essary during the summer months only.
The larger portion of the 1000 900 gallons
of water used daily for irrigation is obtained
from Maunawili ranch several miles away
through a box iume. ditch and tunnel Two
small pumping plants, one situated near at
lagoon upon the place and having a capacity
of 100000 gallons daily. and another with
a capacity of 100000 for the same length
of time located near the mill. are also op.
Grated during the very dry seasons and pro-
yided the water Is available. Noun.
tain water in small quantities is obtained
from other sources than those mentioned
The yearly precipitation of rain at Wal.
manalo since 1890 is given below:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
The Mill.

The capacity of the mill is 900 tons of
raw sugar per week. or HOO tons OF cane
per diem, with an average extraction of "a
per cent. of sucrose content of cane. The
mill is Cora, built in st. Louis, U. s. A.
II Is a 9-roller mill with crusher, and revolv
ing knives all directconnected and geared
to one engine. The boilers are of the Heine
type throughout the whole mill plant, seven
on trash and five on OIL The total horse
power is 1880, 20 horsepower being used
throughout the factory and refinery for max.
ing raw sugar and refining the same; 80
horsepower to run the machine shop
In the boiling house are the usual modern
equipment for clarifying. defeating and
evaporating the juice A large fy.wheel
duplex high duty pumping plant supplies
the water to the water motors running the
twenty-nine centrfugals. The engine was
built by the Risdon Iron Works of San
Francisco, Cal and reconstructed to a
duplex type by the Honolulu Iron Works Co.
There is also a large central fy.wheel va.
cum pump, which performs all of the work
in the factory, being connected with the sew
eral condensers of both the Lille evapor.
ator and the three Kilby 2O-ton vacuum pans
and one Dealy type S5ton vacuum pan. This
Engine Co. of San Francisco. Cal
Refining Work.
There are 20 crystallizers of the Book
type, all connected with friction clutches on
the one-line shaft. The centrifugals as
mentioned, are water driven. The capacity
of the factory, when working ON refinery
goods. is 1875 tons refined sugar In "a hours
1t Is built fre.proof.
The most up-to-date laborsaving device In
this factory is the sugarbag conveyor, built
and installed by the Wagner Manufacturing
Co., of San Francisco Cal, which handles
all of the sugar when bagged, conveying IL
from the sugar room out into the ware
houses, from there onto cross conveyors to
different points throughout the entire length
of the buildings. Much of the machinery In
the mill and factory is run by electrical
power, there being motors throughout the
different parts of the factory The total
horse power of dynamos in the dynamo room
is In the neighborhood of $50. The machine
shop is similar to most of the plants, having
the usual quota of lathes, drills, planners
shapers and pipe-cutting machinery. In the
blacksmith's and carpenters shops, large
tools and the necessary machinery are driven
by electrical motor power. The plantation
Is lit up with electric lights the lighting sys
TEN including the Office, warehouses; factory
machine shop, blacksmith shop, carpenter
shop, merchandise store, hospital, plantation
stables, managers house and two churches
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25

IT. HE most picturesque plantation on
the Island OF Oahu is that of the Waia.
nae Sugar Company situated between
Eva and Waialua plantations. The
Oahu Railroad 4 Land Cos tract runs by the
plantation and mill, but no government road
runs near 1t and tourists get but momen-
tary glimpse of a mill whose huge smoke.
stack rises up from a plateau surrounded
on three sides by steep mountains and on
the other side by the bay of Waianae. Sew.
en- thousand acres in fee simple are held by
the company, of which 1000 are under cult
walton, the remainder supplying pasture for
about five hundred head of cattle The
lands range from eight to three hundred feet
above sea-leve and are situated In the Waia.
nae and Lualualei valleys. Nine hundred
acres are grown in the latter, which is about
five miles from Waianae village.
The Waianae Company was originated by
Judge Widemann in 1878. At that time La
haina cane was planted and has been sue.
cessfully grown ever since without interms.
sion, II being the only variety used at the
present day. Cane at Waianae does not
tassel as much as on most plantations owing
to climatic conditions. II ripens In from
eighteen to twenty-five months and natures
sooner upon the lowlands than on the higher
elevations.
Cultivation of the cane lands is not an
easy matter owing to the rough and rolling
country and the rocky nature of the soil
Cultivation is facilitated by the aid of one
set of Fower's steam tackle and the ordin
airy mule plows so universal throughout the
Islands From 900 to 1000 pounds of Hack
fields high grade fertilizers are used per
accre in systematic manner. The lands to
be fortified are irrigated and then two days
later the fertilizer is placed while the soil
is still wet. In this manner the desirable
properties OF the fertilizers are dissolved
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
BULLETIN INDUSTRIAL EDITION: HONOLULU H. 1909

The Company controls $500 arabic acres
6347 acres under cultivation in growing
cane. The upper fields are harvested by sys
TEN of fuming. The water being pumped to
the higher ditch lines is used for fuming
the cane down on the lower contours, where
the water is again caught and used for irr
CATION The cane is numed down on to the
cars. The cane grown above 300 feet eleva
ton is harvested in this manner. Below 300
feet II is taken off by system of portable
tracks and loaded by hand the cars.
where they are dropped down by gravity to
the main railroad lines. From here they are
hauled to the mill yard by locomotives.
A telephone system of 90 phones and
miles of wires for same. is maintained the
plantation having a total length of II miles,
all of which is used In performing daily
work.
The plantation has four locomotives, the
smallest one being is tons and the largest
rs tons. They are of the Baldwin saddle
tank type. There are 500 cane cars
and 80 mud tank and fertilizer cars.
All of these cars are built for five tons
each There are some Az miles of portable
track switches and curves. and 80 miles of
main railroad
On account of the large number of sugar
bags used by this plantation Cottral print.
ing press was set up to print the plantations
trade mark on the bags. The inside cotton
bags are all sewn at the mill and $500 are
turned out daily. The Company manufac.
lures its own lime for use In the factory
and for fertilizing purposes. It is burnt
from coral rock found on the estate.
In January, 1907, Mr.. Geo Ross took the
management of the plantation previous to
that date he was for fifteen years manager
of Hakalau plantation. He has been con
nected with the sugar industry in these
islands for twenty.six years
Following is list of the employees:
Head Overseer, Robert A. McKeague:
Chief Mill Engineer, A. w. Keech; Book
keeper, Geo. G. Ross Cashier W. S. Witte:
Timekeeper, c. Irwin; Pump Engineer, J.
F. Darcy; Sugar Boilers, c. Budde. H. Fred.
rchs Char House Foremen. w. N. Peter.
son, Chas. Copp; Chemist, J. A. Verret;
Mill Superintendent, F. Treskow; Store
Manager F. j. Swadling (Store is owned
by Davies & Coz; Steam Pillow Engineer,
r. A. Mansbridge; Carpenter. C. Gertz
Physician, H. B. Cooper.
Officers Of the Company:
President, John A. Buck.
Vice-President, N. Ohlandt
Treasurer. S. Sussman
Secretary, w. j. Matson.
Directors ]. A. Buck N. Ohlandt Can't.
w. Matson, s. Sussman. NJ Ehrman, ]. L.
Roster, W. G.. Irwin.
Honolulu Agents, w. G. Irwin & Co., Ltd.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
WAIN1ANALO SUGAR CO.

employed and about twenty companies grow
cane near the foothills on the profit sharing
system. Twelve miles of railroad track, sup
piled with 100 cars and three locomotives are
used to handle the crop.
The mill was erected In 1878, and al.
though of an old Scotch make. has proved
very efficient, and while new machinery
has been installed from time to time, the
original mill building remains intact. At
first but three rollers were used. In 1887
two more rolls were added. followed later
by a three.roller mill. making eight rolls In
all. As they are now arranged the new three
roller mill acts as a crusher, No. mill Is the
original three-roller MILL and the two rolls
are placed last No. | mill Is driven by a
60-horsepower Corliss engine, made by the
Fulton Iron Works of San Francisco. No. 2
mill Is driven by 75,horsepower Scotch en-
CINE made by Mirless. TAFT a. Watson, while
a 5O.horsepower Putnam engine drives No.
mill
Six 30.inch Scotch centrifugals. the ma
chine shops driven by a plain slide.valve
engine, three sets of mud presses two vac.
uum pumps, low grade mOasses tanks, sugar
storeroom and three boilers are located upon
the ground floor of the mill One six.foot
triple effect, one tenton vacuum pan one
three-ton vacuum pan six CHARTERS with ca.
pacity OF 500 gallons each and six settling
tanks OF the same capacity as the CHARTERS
constitute the principal boiling house ma.
chinery.
Twenty tons of sugar In ten hours IL the
capacity OF the mill.
The finished product. when bagged. is con.
veyed from the mill to the company's land.
ing In covered cars, where II Is placed upon
scows and loaded directly into the hold OF
the steamer J. A. Cummins which Is owned
by the company. The Cummins is a well.
built little steamer and handles about SIS
tons of freight at each trip. She carries all
OF the plantations sugar and freight and a
majority Of the rice and other freight com.
ing In and going out Of the district.
George Chalmers, who has been a cane
planter for twenty-five years, has success.
fully managed the Waimanalo Sugar Com.
pany for fifteen years. The principal EN-.
ployees under him are:
John Chalmers Head Luna.
A. Irvine, Accountant.
w McGowan, Sugar Boiler
John Rogie, Engineer.
James Nicol, Blacksmith.
VIM. G. Irwin 4 Co are the Honolulu
agents.
The officers OF the Company are:
w. G. Irwin, President.
w. NJ. Giffard, Vice President
H. NJ Whitney, Treasurer.
w. l.. Hopper, Secretary.
d. G. May, Auditor
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
WAIANAE SUGAR co.
One OF the Oldest Smallest and Most Profit
able Properties Of Oahu.

HE most picturesque plantation on
the Island OF Oahu is that of the Waia.
nae Sugar Company situated between
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
DRUGGISTS MEET
Annual Banquet and Business Session
OF County Association in
Moline Friday.
ABSENCE MEANS A. FINE
If Member is Not Excused, Will Be
Assessed $1-State Chairman to
Be one Of Speakers.

The annual meeting and banquet OF
the Rock Island County Retail Drug
gists' association is to be held Friday
evening in Moline, at the manufac
turers' hotel. That there will be ]
large representation of the member
ship present is made certain by the
fact that fine of 81 is to be imposed
on every absentee who can not give q
satisfactory excuse. George P. Mills
of Evanston, chairman of the Illinois
Pharmaceutical association, and J. C
Singer, field representative of the Ma
tional association of Retail Druggists
are to be the speakers at the banquet
New officers are to be elected.
Those to Attend.
At present G. H. Sohrbeck of Molin.
is president, w. T. Hartz of this city
vice president, Charles Brunstrom O
Moline. secretary, and Gus. Lindvall O
Moline treasurer. Following are TIL.
names of the members of the associa
ton:
Rock Island-A. J. Riess, L. A
Schmidt, August Heimbeck, N. w
Steiner, H. " Burt, o. Grotjan. w. T
EHartz, c. Spiedel, o. Rudert, r. E
Gaffney, Charles ]. Strate, Charlie
IUllemeyer, William Ullemeyer, H. @
Rolls, H. ]. Kock, c. o. Lindorf.
| Moline-G. H. Sohrbeck. G. W
Sohrbeck, M. w. Battles, Henry Sand
lstrom, August Sundine, Gust Lindval
IiC. C. Coyne, H. C. Croswell, John
! Jennisch, Charles Brunstrom, E. Jer
cho.
| East Moline-Frank J. Clendenin.
! Silvis-Victor II. Du.nbeck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

that well known singer and dancer,
has song called 1.-The Sheath Gown
in Darktown." in which she and twelve
dusky maidens show how it should be
worn with rag time dance steps. An
Illustration of the sensational "Vision
of Salone'' dance will be one of the
features of New Bandanna Land"
Miss Walker executing the dance. She
will give an original conception of the
role, which differs in many respects
from those of the other dancers now
appearing in this classic She does
not handle the grewsome head she
docs not rely solely upon the move
ments of the body, and her costume
consists of a full covering of the body,
except bare arms and shoulders A
symphony orchestra of 25 will play the
special music written for this dance.
New Bandanna Land is real unique
novelty, not only because 1t has two
unusually popular star comedians at its
head-Bert Williams is again the
good thing'Swith George Walker get.
ting everything in sight-but the plor,
songs, situations, chorus and every
other feature of its company of IS peo
pie are up to the standard set by these
two stars. As a result. the comedy
starts at once and the movement is
rapid throughout the entire three acts
The book, lyrics and music are by
those talented colored authors and
composers, the Messrs. Ship, Rogers
and Cook.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
MULCT LAW FORCES TOM LOTUS TO
CLOSE HIS FAMOUS BAR AT DUBUQUE

on the most modern and aesthetic
IDEAS
Mr.. LOTUS opened the buffet in 1896
and has conducted it since. It was
patronized by the best class of people.
bore the very highest reputation and
came as near being properly con-
Quoted buffet and cafe as it is possible
to conceive of. However, because it
is located in the basement it is under
the ban of the mulct law, which re-
quires that bar shall be in full view
of the street. ~,
The LOTUS buffet was the show
place of the city. Mr. Lotus had
added to the effect of the rich, artistic
Furnishing collection of baseball pic
lures that We're marvels of the photo
graphers' art, and prominent in the
collection were great panel paintings
of the famous Columbus and Cleveland
teams, Mr.. Lotus managed. This pic
Etorial feature had national reputation
and the LOTUS bar was probably
known better outside of the city than
some of the leading places Of similar
mature in the cities. 1t was one of
the first places that strangers visiting
the city asked about, and they carried
the stories their admiration OF 1t In
Ieited when they left Dubuque.
. Mr.. LOTUS said he had not per
fected any plans for the future. and II
not yet ready to state what he has In
contemplation, though he expects t.
tremain In Di1huuue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

Dubuque, Iowa, JAM Gin Difference
10 the :nulct law, that is because Of in
ability to comply with it. T. J. Lotus
president of the Three-Eye Baseball
league has locked the door of the
buffet in the basement of the Bank 6
insurance building, and CLOSED the
show place of the city. in this parti-
cular In thus disseminating, there re-
mains as monument to the law which
Dubuque is enforcing. marble crea-
ion that represents an investment of
more than $4,000 and deficit in the
receipts of the Bank & Insurance
building that will amount to about
1900 annually.
What was known as the Office Build
ng cafe was without question the fin
,st. most magnificent and most expen-
sive cafe in the state, and probably
,ne of the very best in the western
country. Mr.. Lotus, who is known
nationally in this business as well as
n baseball, had the contract and lease
for the cafe when the building plans
were decided.
Tne buffet is magnificent creation
# marble, the bar proper, which IS
said to be the longest in the west, the
wainscoting, pillars, ETC., being Of
| ligh grade marble. The finest rlate
glass mirrors and onyx were nsed lib
lerally in the embellishments and the
floor. is of fine inlaid tile. the bar, ict
lchests, ETC., were Of special construc
Ition and every feature was designed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
INTERESTING FACTS.
Food Knowledge on the Farm.

With the rural free delivery of mails
the farmer is as closely in touch with
what is going on in the world, as his
city brother.
What to eat, in order to get the best
out of ones brain and body. is as i'm
:portant for the modern farmer as the
manufacturer, business man or pro-
fessional worker. An Illinois farmer
writes:
II an farmer and was trodbled
with chronic digestion for two years
suffered great agony and could find
mo permanent relief from medicines.
"A friend suggested that quit US.
! ing so much starchy foods, which are
| the principal cause of intestinal indi.
gestion. l began to use Grape-Nuts
and have continued with the most
gratifying results.
"GrapeNuts food has built me up
wonderfully. l gained pounds the
first four weeks that / used it. My
general health is better than before
my brain is clear, my nerves strong.
"For breakfast and dinner have
| Grape-Nuts with cream, slice Of
crisp toast, a soft boiled eggs and cur
of Postum. My evening meal is made
! of Grape-Nuts and cream, alone.
''This diet gives me good rest every
night and am now well again.
/ Name given by Postum company
Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road
ITO MELVILLE" in packages. There's q
Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
CURRIERS' TO HOLD TOURNEY
Sixty Kinks From North and West to
Be Represented at st. Paul.


Be Represented at St. Paul.
Saint Paul, Mimi, Jan. 6.-Sixty
curling Kinks from the western United
States and Canada will compete in
Saint Paul Jan. 11-16 for an unusually
attractive list of trophies. medals and
prizes, using ~ covered sheets lighted
by night by powerful electric lamps.
Between Is and 20 Canadian Kinks will
be in attendance as the guests of the
Americans and it is expected that
Butte. Detroit, Milwaukee and Chicago
will have strong representation in the
events Butte has live club and
active correspondence is in progress to
arrange for a visit from the far west
ern sports.nen who have not in former
years appeared in the events of the
Northwestern association. Chicago has
a strong team of stalwart Scots. De-
troit has several excellent Kinks and
| Milwaukee has been active in the sport
| since the day when Colonel Pfister
used to provide the trophies. None of
these three cities have been repre-
scented in any strength for some years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
.ELkS WIN FROM
/ DAVENPORT GIANTS
Lodge Team Made Up Of League Bowl
ers Defeats iowans in series at
The Harms Alleys.

A team composed of six Elks bowled
with like number of the members of
the Pirate team of the tri-city league
at the Harms bowling alleys last even
ing and defeated the Davenporters by
SO pins in three games. The Elk team
is composed entirely of members of
the Independents and the Boosters and
they made strong combination that
is hard to beat. None of them rolled
unusually large scores last evening but
they are all capable of piling up q
lrage number of points when occasion
requires. The scores for the three
games were as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06

+.
sold right away, probably to Jimmy
coffroth of San Francisco, -who would
iiIen be in control of the boxing sit
uationsin the entire state
An offer of $4,000 for Jeffries to do a
weeks boxing; stunt at the Wigwam
heater in Frisco has proved tempting
20 the big fellow, and he has agreed
to sign if given little time for train
ing.
:. Some of the fight fans here take
feffries' agreement to box in the San
Francisco playhouse, to mean that he
has decided TO see how training agrees
with him. They figure that if the re
tired champ finds he can stand train
ink he will soon accept one of the huge
offers made every day or SO for figh
with Jack Johnson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-06
.Museatine Five defeats Miners.

Muscatine, Iowa. Jan. G.-ln tile fast
est and cleanest game of the season
Company c basketball five defeated
Colorado School of Mines in the first
game of their series last night, score
80 to "a. The soldiers led all the way,
Fuller being the star.