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

Il waiian Agricultural Company, Limit.
ed, including the sugar plantation and
the extensive kapapala cattle ranch, both
comprising approximately 10000 acres, are
located in the District of Kau, Island OF
Hawaii
Lahaina cane and the native or mountain
cane were planted upon this property at Pa
hala as far back as 1877. Among the
earliest planters the names of present well.
known families we're represented Capt. @.
W. Willfong, the LymanS, Goodales, Stones
Whitneys and Meyers. A mill company was
Incorporated with Brewer q Co. as agents
and large three.roller mill was erected In
1880 which ground the planters cane upon
proft-sharing basis as was the custom dur
ing the early activities of sugar plantations
in the Islands. At present nearly every su'
gar factory is owned and controlled by the
same corporation which owns the planta-
ton upon which the mill is located.
At the present writing 5000 acres are
planted in cane follows
$500 acres. Yellow Bamboo
500 acres. DISQUALIFICATION. Lahaina
5000 acres. .......Y Yellow Caledonia
Highest Cane Elevation.
Cane at Pahala grows at height of 5000
feet above the sea level which is the highest
elevation planted to cane in the Territory.
1t was here that the first Yellow Bamboo
cane was propagated, and while It is now
not grown extensivel yelsewhere In the Isl
ands.it still natures very successfully up to
5000 feet upon the Hawaiian Agricultural
Company's lands.
50 Miles OF FIume.
The method of transportating cane from
field to mill is by 35-inile system of V
fumes and by steam railroad cars. The
Plantation lands are situated for the most
part upon beautiful and rather steep slope
which facilitates the rapid transportation OF
humed cane Three hundred and fifty acres
only are regularly irrigated, the water for
irrigation purposes being obtained from the
mountain springs and tunnels The average
yearly rainfall upon the lower levels is from
80 to 40 inches, while upon the uplands 1t
is upwards of so inches. In ten months of
1908 only 2l.51 inches OF rain fell May,
June and July were dry. feature Of the
water development is the fact that the gulch
waters are preserved by laying fumes and
cementing the approaches to the same.
The soil is dark loan and is made ready
Tor planting by ordinary moldboard field
plows drawn by mules. Seven hundred and
fifty men, the majority Of whom are day.
laborers, and $50 horses and mules are
found necessary to perform all plantation
labor. The classification OF labor employed
on the plantation is as follows: Hawaiians
"a, Portuguese 81, Spaniards "a, Porto
Ricans 10, PHILIPPINES 2S, Japanese 46S,
Chinese 50, Korean 80, Hindoos 20, Amer
leans T.
Nine miles of railroad track have been
built upon the place which is supplied with
two Baldwin locomotives, 40 cane cars and
10 sugar cars. Six miles of this line extends
from the mill to the harbor of Punaluu, from
whence the finished product Is shipped to
market; the remaining three miles Of track.
age intersect the various cane fields of the
lower lands.
Mill Capacity.
The sugar factory, which is very complete,
consists of two 9-roller mills, one of them
having been built by the Honolulu Iron
Works and the other a Cora st. Louis mill.
The Honolulu Iron Works mill is driven
by a Hamilton.Corliss engine and the Cora
mill by a large Corlss engine. The prin.
cipal details of the factory are: Three large
vacuum pans, standard quadruple effect
triple Lille effect, ~ mud presses, 23 80
inch centrifugals, eight Stirling boilers
The capacity of this large factory is IT'S tons
of raw sugar In "a hours, when the water
supply is plentiful enough to carry sufficient
cane.
The Company maintains a private tele.
phone system upon which there are eighteen
instruments. Plantation stables are operat.
ed at Pahala, Moaula and Keaiwa The
headquarters Of the plantation are situated
at Pahala, where are located the factory,
managers residence. office, carpenter and
blacksmith shops, etc
VIM. G. ogg, formerly assistant manager
of the Wailuku Sugar Company, has men.
aged the Hawaiian Agricultural Companys
plantation since May /, 1904. Mr.. Ogg has
been identified with the sugar industry for