The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-07

Crop conditions in the field arr,
bright. Canning does not commence
for the summer pack until June, and
it is therefore too early now to make
any estimate, but there is every pros
pect of the crop being large.
The Hawaiian Pineapple Company
has arranged to transfer its agency
from Castle & Cooke to the Hawaiian
Development Company. This canning
company has placed an order for new
machinery and has arranged to go
right ahead with its plans for
doubling the capacity of its plant and
warehouse accommodations.
~, Tobacco Company Enlarging.
The shareholders of the kona To-
baceo Company have voted to increase
their capital stock to $4,000. The
first crop from their tobacco lands in
Kona, amounting to about sixty bales,
will be ready to ship by the end of
the month. Samples have already been
forwarded to New York and Tampa
manufacturers. The quality of the
crop is good and satisfactory prices
are expected.
The outlook for this company this
year is excellent. There have been
good rains in Kona and the ground is
in excellent condition. About forty
five acres will be planted, and it is in
anticipation of a very much larger crop
that the additional capital stock has
been decided upon. Additional curing
barns and a fermenting house will be
needed, while it is also intended to
increase very materially the stock car
ried in the company's store in South
Kona. These preparations are being
made with the prospect of five hun
dred bale crop this fall
HiIo Railroad Statistics.
In anticipation of the building of
the Hakalau extension of the Hllo rail
road. statistics have been compiled
showing the relation of the railroad as
now constituted to Hilo and the prob
able passenger traffic of the proposed
extension. At the present time, operat-
| ing in district with the comparative
| " small population of about five thou.
sand, the number of passengers carried
| each month in and out of HilO, both
| WAYS, is 6525, the combined traffic be-
| ing equal to shifting the entire popula-
ton of the country served fourteen
| times year. Taking this as basis,
| it is figured that the Hakalau branch
| will carry an average of sixteen thou
| sand passengers month. At the pres
| ent time the railroad company carries
payroll calling for 900 year
Route of New Road.
; The survey of the extension to Ha.
kalau is progressing satisfactorily,
though not very rapidly. on account Of
few engineering problems that have
| to be solved within the first mile or
so from town. To begin with, there
| is the question: At what point shall
| the line be carried over the Wailuku
| rivera This. it is understood, is prac-
| tically decided upon. Borings have
| proved that a solid foundation for piers
| can be obtained in the river bed at
point almost in direct line with the
/ existing track on the Hilo side. Here,
| therefore, the bridge is likely to be
| located, despite the fact that 1t Will be
| three times longer than one little
| further up the river BY adopting the
! long bridge, other problems will be
greatly simplifed. for the grades will
| be easier. there will be less intcrfer-
| ence with roads. the convenience OF
| residents will be better served. and the
property to be acquired by the com
pany will be less costly The great
| determining consideration in the matter
will ultimately be the convenience OF
| the public
Pearl Harbor Work.
| Some uncertainty has been created IN
| regard to the Pearl Harbor contract,
| the question of added cost for the dry
| dock extension having been sprung
rather abruptly upon Congress, with
| the result that the whole appropria-
ton. with the exception of the first
amount of six hundred thousand dol
| question of this appropriation being
made ultimately. but in the meanwhile
the situation is embarrassing, to say