Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-03-26
IRRIGATION
FOR PORTO rico

One Half - Cattle Business Is
Largely on the Increase-Pine-
apples Do Well in Southern
Fart.
SAN JUAN. p. R.-lrrigatiun Is 90
chance the economic character of the
southern section of Porto Rico be.
tween the Patillas river and Ponce,
. and the American administration has
taken up the project which was
launched by the Spanish authorities.
and which is set forth In the annual
report OF the treasurer of the island.
just now embodied in the report OF
Governor Regis II. Post.
The American government in 1907
set aside $4,000 for preliminary wocA
and study Of the situation was made.
y In 1908 $4,000 was appropriated Tor
expert study ana report, aud based
upon the findings Of the engineers a
bond issue of $4,000 900 was authoriz.
ed and plan of construction deter.
mined upon.
The land to be benefited lies in
district having a teeming population
with sCapOrts macadamized roads, viii
lagos, towns railroads, live stock and
large sugar factories. In 1908 there
were under cultivation in this district
2iS55 acres Of sugar cane, this Ian
being va.ued nc S3,532 26S. This land,
with plenty of water and with atteu-
ton tO modern methods of cultivation
should produce easily so tons OF cane
70 the acre or about twice the amount
produced at present. FuTthe., irriga.
ton, IL Is estimated will bring under
cultivation 5000 acres now partly arid.
United States reclamation service en-
g!nCers are In charge of The work.
For the most part. arOuu the isl
ana there Is narrow CDa-til plain.
This, whore water c1n be obtained
ana many Of the valleys are well
adapted TO the culture OF cane. 81.
though because of the long continued
I use Of the land for this purpose, it
docs not grow as mNuriantly as In
| Cuba.
The lands suited 10 sugar cane cul-
ture are rapidly passing under the
control OF wealthy corporations by pur.
chase or by contracting for n term of
q years the cane of the "colonos." or
farmers. Formerly the manufacture Of
: sugar from the cane was tn work Of
d,tin ',' a,,N',' W S',I',r,' lp''y cor
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? iIo wa, ~ w "as'e ~ h'c't as tu5Si-
incr,l,r. ,brna '.i''n ~ - ~, u..Ch
/ lhT,uu'hS lhrtc lairs or grant trip.e
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tho nroduc, 1',o ..a - s"'lS VI
fayornbIy situated r,ot,n ,a."o ~ ~.
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is not owndl in pGrtn nc om5 en- ~,
! stockbolJors rnr tho mo-, a.." w.
E well nIposad and do nat H., na',' ~
, change, NV u''''o
: The cattle businoss 20 rrosno,o,, 80
ports Goyerror Post Sou ' ns ,i,' "
! land Is devoted ~ mairnitII" ne LOW
which Yields ON tho h os, iand q arass
Sour croro onnmou,, ~, '"." .i''ee VT
on IN tha ,r "',''iE, "ore ,llpit Us cat
luosSd nrI baor a ,mui, " Sencraiy SUP
nn grasu n,Li,,t, N",.n h'"Mn eNtirtIF
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