Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-25
WAILUKU SUGAR COMPANY
Magnificent Property of the Island of Maui. Water
Development Scheme of Great Magnitude. Where
The Homestead Plan is Successful

the valley and up the opposite side where IL
is again conveyed by the ditch. From the
water development tunnels already con.
structed 100000 gallons of water per day
have been obtained while four additional
tunnels are being dug. Some of these will
be $500 feet long.
Cane is transported from field to mill in
V fumes and by railroad. The plantation
has fourteen miles Of main trackage, six
miles Of portable track. 255 cane cars with
a carrying capacity of three tons each and
three Baldwin locomotives.
There are also about fifteen miles of dirt
roads in and about the plantation, besides
the County roads which greatly expedites
the movement of men and material.
The plantation is fifteen miles long and
averages one and one.half miles wide. The
company employs 177i men at the planta.
tion 200 mules, 40 horses and 80 oxen.
The cane as 1t comes from the field is
dropped directly upon the endless cane.car.
rier to Krajewsh crusher, and thence
through three 3.roller mills supplied with
juice strainers and elevators. The mill is
supplied with two vacuum pans, quadruple
effect, settling tanks, eighteen centrifugals
run by separate engine and water turbines,
experimenting Qualification system etc. All
conveyers and carriers are run by electric
ity generated by large dynamo. In the
mill, maceration from % to 30 per cent. is
carried ON by using the condensation wa
tiers from the quadruple effect. In addition
To this machinery there are eight filter pres
ses and other up to date mechanical appl
ances such as are In use in modern mills
Power to drive the machinery is derived
frpp npin hNy
A. The entire mill was designed and erected
by the Honolulu Iron Works and is one OF
the most completely equipped sugar mills
in the world. During the year 1908 the mill
turned out an average of 1875 tons of sugar
per day. The mill is "a by rs nine.roller
mill
Magnificent New Mill.
On improvements in mill and water deve
opments there has been expended S9l2 900
making the mill and irrigation system the
most complete one in the islands. The new
system of central condensation and the Her
sey driers are among the features of the
new mill. All small pumps and engines are
driven by electrical power. fire-proof
steel warehouse with a capacity OF 1000
tons is near the mill, while the Office build.
ing is supplied with large hre.proof vault.
Inc hdnulul hdlTOdu COlnpdny nave eN-
tended their track alongside the mill so that
the sacked sugar is conveyed direct to Ka.
hului and from there shipped by the Amer.
ican.Hawaian steamers to San Francisco
and New York. Plantation freight received
is landed direct at the warehouses near the
mill.
c. b. Wells, who is one of the Oldest plan.
tation managers in the Islands in point of
service, has managed this magnificent prop.
erty for the past fifteen years. He has
developed the plantation from an output Of
420O tons of sugar to 10000 tons at the
present time All of the new improvements
and developments have been under his per.
sonal direction. Mr.. Wells recently resigned
from the management and Is going to take
a well earned rest, spending the next three
years in tour of the world.
Mr. II. b. Penhallow who took charge No
vember lst 1908, has been with the
Wailuku Sugar Company for the past six
years and for the last year has been assist.
ant manager He is one OF the youngest