The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-16
HAWAIIAN
COMMERCIAL s
NET PROFITS

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Crop Of 1910.
Planting was finished on August 90,
laOs, which makes new record for
this company in early planting. The
area If this crop. plant and rattoons,
| is 646g.7 acres. About 1000 acres were
planted with seed soaked in Bordeaux
Mixture. which unquestionably has
been of benefit in giving this cane
good start.
Although hillingup the rattoons was
finished two weeks later than usual,
nevertheless the crop rs a whole has a
magnificent start, and If weather condi-
tions during the year 1909 are favor
able, the crop of 1910 will make
fine showing. The cane will be harvest.
ed from practically the same fields as
were harvested in 1908.
Crop of 1911.
The steam plows have first plowed,
up to date. 1900 acres, which puts this
work well ahead On several of the
poorest fields, which in the past have
evidently suffered from root disease,
coral lime from the Maui Agricultural
Company s lime kiln has been spread in
front of the plows in amounts varying
from 1000 to 1000 pounds per acre.
Sugar Factory.
The past year saw the grinding of
an enormous crop, the largest the plan
tation has ever seen. The mills were
driven harder than during the previous
campaign, the average tons of cane
ground per hour being 10l.S40, as
against 93.l5 tons per hour for the
| 1907 crop, this latter being the highest
previous record The average eXtrac-
ton obtained was higher than for the
| 1907 campaign; in fact, the general
average work done by the factory
showed an advance over the preceding
year.
Early in the season it was found nee
| essarv to increase the sugar warehous-
ing facilities. This was done by erect
ing steel frame addition, with con-
crete floors. to the old sugar room. This
addition will hold $4,000 bags of sugar,
making it possible to store 10000 bags
Mt the factory, in case of necessity
This necessity arose several times DUR
ing the 1905 crop. The wooden moor
in the old sugar room was in such bad
| condition at the close of the last crop
that il was found necessary to renew
more than half of it, using concrete
in place of wood, which will reduce the
future cost of repairs on the flooring
} ito n minimum.
Four new crystallizers were ordered
from the Honolulu Iron Works Com
pany, and are now in course of cree
tion, and will prove valuable addl
ton to the equipment.
The machine shop was moved iron
its old location into that part of me
mill building designed for third mill
This makes splendid machine shop
having an overhead travelling crane
=, and ample light The machinessswer'
so arranged in this space that none o.
the shafting or belt-drives interfere
with the use of this crane in handllns
heavy loads into the machines. There
have been added to the shop equipment
6O.inch lathe, portable keyway cut
ter. and hydraulic press; all thes'
are motordriven machines. The shol
is so arranged that the locomotives are
brought right into it for repairs, thu
saving a great deal of time previously
lost nv the machinists travelling be
tween the shop and roundhouse.
Pumps.
The average cost of pumping for thu
year 1908, for the Hawaiian CONNER
cial & Sugar Company's pumps, wa
!, $6.93 per million gallons, as agains
/, 1864 for the year 1907. Owing to tn,
) fact that the pumps did considerable.
. more work in 1908 than they did 70
/. the previous year, some of the pump
being required for ten months of tn
/. year, the cost per million gallons TO
. 1908 was fairly low.
= On account of steady pumping durini
e the latter part of the year, very littl
!, work coud be done at that time, blu
l. within two months from now the sta
/. tions will be in good working order 70
!. the summer months.
=. At Station III, Kihei, the Riedle
: pump is being thoroughly overhaule
40 and few changes made, and good re
, suits are expected from this pump dun
!, ing the next season.
The Kihei Worthington pumps fo
- the coming summer months will not b
- operated above the l50.foot lift. a
~ This elevation the water will ne take
!, to the Hawaiian Commercial & Suga
, Cenpany'S Camp vi lands.
: Forests.
DR.. Lyon, of the Hawaiian Suga
d Planters Association Experiment STU
a, tion, has spent the last few months q
J. Kailua and Keanae studying the TO
h. est conditions there, with the object {
4. ascertaining the cause of the fore
m devastation. His official report has nc
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NJ Mrs. Fletcher, F. +, Fyler, Mrs. Fyle
b. 6ebauer. +. Gebauer, DIR. S. c. Gfl
I'd son, Mrs. Gibson, Jas. Greig, Mrs. V
IS, A. Hammel, Prof. c, +. Hart, Mr.
H. Hart, Mrs. Ellen Hicks, Evelyn HEX
N, Ernest Hicks, Eileen Hicks, II.
F, Jones, Capt, G, II. johnson, Samu
n, Jones, II. A. Juen, Miss l.. King, II. Y
n, Laws, w B. Lombard, NJ. Lund, MI
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