The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-16
HAWAIIAN
COMMERCIALS
NET PROFITS
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| Crop of 1910.
/ Planting was finished on August %,
| 1908, which makes a new record for
| this company in early planting. The
area of this crop. plant and rattoons,
: is 6469.7 acres About 1000 acres were
planted with seed soaked in Bordeaux
! Mixture, which unquestionably has
h, been of benefit in giving this cane
good start.
! Although hilling-up the rattoons was
finished two weeks later than usual
nevertheless the crop a whole has
! magnificent start. and if weather eondl-
tions during the year 1909 are favor
able. the crop of 1910 will make a
! 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 2000 pounds per acre.
Sugar Factory.
The past year saw the grinding OF
an enormous crop, the largest the pan
tation has ever seen. The mills were
| driven harder than during the previous
campaign, the average tons or cane
ground per hour being l0l.34o, as
| against 9315 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
essary 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 ms
! addition will hold $4,000 bags of sugar,
| making it possible to store $4,000 bags
at the factory, in case OF necessity.
! This necessity arose several times dur
! ing the 1908 crop. The wooden fioor
/ in the old sugar room was IN such pad
/ condition at the close OF the last crop
that it was found necessary TO rene"
more than half of it. using concrete
in place of wood, which will reduce the
| future cost of repairs on the hooflng
| to minimum.
! Four new crystalIizers were ordered
1 from the Honolulu Iron Works CON-
| pany. and are now in course or cree
| tion. and will prove valuable addl-
ton to the equipment
| The machine shop was moved from
| its old location into that part OF the
i mill building designed for third mill.
| This makes a splendid machine shop,
| having an overhead travelling crane
and ample light. The machines were
so arranged in this space that none OF
| the shafting or beit-drives interfere
| with the use of this crane in handling
heavy loads into the machines. There
have been added to the shop equipment
a 6O-inch lathe. a portable keyway cut
| ter. and a hydraulic press; all these
are motor driven machines. The shop
| is so arranged that the locomotives are
| brought right into it for repairs, thus
saving great deal of time previously
| lost bv the machinists travelling be-
| tween the shop and roundhouse.
! Pumps.
The average cost of pumping for the
| year 1908, for the Hawaiian CONNER
eial & Sugar Company pumps, was
$693 per million gallons, as against
1864 for the year 1907 Owing to the
fact that the pumps did considerably
| more work in 1908 than they did for
the previous year, some of the pumps
being required for ten months of the
year, the cost per million gallons for
1908 was fairly low.
On account of steady pumping during
the latter part of the year, very little
work could be done at that time, but
within two months from now the sta
tons viii be in good working order for
the summer months.
At Station III, Kihei, the Riedler
pump is being thoroughly overhauled
and few changes made, and good re-
suits are expected from this pump dur
ing the next season.
The Kihei Worthington pumps for
the coming summer months will not be
operated above the 150foot lift. At
this elevation the water will be taken
to the Hawaiian Commercial Sugar
Company's Camp VI lands.
Forests.
DR.. Lyon. of the Hawaiian Sugar
Planters Association Experiment Sta
ton, has spent the last few months at
Kailua and Keanae studying the for
est conditions there, with the object OF
ascertaining the cause of the forest
devastation. His official report has not
been published as yet. but undoubted- |
" the only course to pursue will be to |
reforest this watershed with suitable |
trees.
Stores
- The new retail store at kahulul, |
mentioned in last year report, started
business in August. With the addition |
of this store and the kihei store, the |
Kahului store now has four branches |
under its general management
Hospital
For the benefit of the stockholders
who are not aware of the fact. it might |