Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-12
HAWAIIAN
~ COMMERCIAL
Continued from Page y


ditions during the coming summer and
fall should be the banner crop.
Crop of 1918.
The steam plows started on Novem-
her 3, but owing to the unusually rainy
weather have been shut down more
than half the time dun ing December
and January. Nevertheless. 1850 acres
have been frst-plowed
Sugar Factory.
Mills-The past year saw the har-
vestlng Of the largest crop In the his
tory of this plantation. The mills were
driven little harder than in 1909, the
average tons of cane ground per hour
being 1856, as against 1912 tons the
previous year. The total manufacture
ipg loss for the crop was 1927 per
cent, as against 1896 per cent. for the
previous crop. The difference In the
percentage of loss of the two crops Is
due to the fact that the cane was much
richer In sucrose In 1910 than for the
previous year.
Moiasses.
In the fail Of 1909 negotiations were
entered into with the Western Distil-
leries Co. for the sale OF waste mo-
lasses. The contract for this was H.
nally signed on the l4th of February,
1910.
The erection OF n storage tank at
Kahului for the molasses was com
pleted the second week Of March, and
the delivery of molasses In tank cars
was commenced at once.
In the meantime, between the COM
mencement of the 1910 crop and the
completion of the storage tank, we had
wasted AHA tons of molasses. Since
the completion of the tank, up to the
LIST OF February, 1911. we have shipped
TO Kahului 9OOs tons, of which 67ss
tons have been shipped by the Lurline
to the Coast, leaving a balance on hand
of 22l0 tons.
The molasses Is sold on the basis of
SO per ton for n combined sugar con-
tent Of so per cent, with an advance
of zoe per ton for every degree over
so per cent, and corresponding ue-
crease for every degree under 90 per
cent.
We should realize n profit of Mt least
$50. 900 per annum on our waste mo-
| lasses
Pumps.
The average head of water delivered
by all the stations for the past year
| was PA feet, and the average cost per
million gallons was s1O.25
! bitches.
The following Is the ditch report:
l9lO-Average per day: Lowrie. 1890
million gallons: Haiku. 3144 million
gallons; waihee, 22.G7 million gallons.
Total, 1O3.41 million gallons.
We have made n careful examina
ton OF the pipes on the Haiku dtch
! which are thirty-two years old, ana
while there Is no cause for uneasiness
a good many leaky sections were
found. which viii require renewing
during the next two or three rainy
seasons This work can be carried OF
without affecting our water supply &c
any great extent.
As syphons are expensive, both ms
to cost and maintenance. we are nov
having n survey made with the Object
In view of tunneling around as many
of these guches as possible.
kihei Wharf.
The old Kihei wharf, which was go
ing to pieces rapidly. has been repair
ed at a cost of s1365.60, by the Kahulu
Railroad Company. This wharf Is nov
used by the Union OIL Company and b!
the Inter Island Steam Navigation
Company to land goods for the Kihe
store.
Labor.
, We are only 100 men short as com
pared with last year at the same date
which IL better than was anticipated.
Our Filipinos, while not as steady a.
we hope they will be, have proved Il
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