The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-16
BANANA TRUST
Continued from page fiveJ

lean Growers & Transportation Com
pany, owning large plantations ana
concessionary interests in Nicaragua;
the Kuringwass Fruit Company, own
ing $4,000 acres of banana lands ana
plantations in Nicaragua; the Cayo !
Acosta, the Tanumo Agricola, the
Cuban Fruit Company, the Simon
Fruit Company, and j. Simon & Co. |
The new company has acquired, at
cost of $3,500,OOO, the extensive Da-
mana interests of Lindo Bros. of Costa
RIGA, who have been producing soma
thing like 40 per cent of the bananas
exported from that country, the ex-
ports from Costa RIGA during 1910
having been 9,O972S5 punches Ito the
United States, S,OOO,249 and to the
United Kingdom 1,O97,O96 bunches).
transportation Contract.
The Atlantic Fruit & Steamship
Company owns or controls $4,000
| acres of land in Cuba. 1t has recently
acquired large properties in the Black
River district in the southwestern
part of Jamaica and also valuable
lands in other parishes, suitable for
, bananas or sugar cane, amounting III
all to more than 10000 acres. Besides,
this company will have the business
Incorporation of Sir John Pringle, who
is the largest individual planter Oh
bananas in jamaica
In Columbia the Atlantic Fruit &
Steamship Company has come into
control of the extensive banana plan
tations and land holdings of the Ham
burg-Columbian Company at Port
Caesar on the Gulf of Darien, near
the mouth of the Atrato River, in the
northwestern part of Colombia. What
is of great significance in this move
ment is the interest of the Hamburg
American Steamship Company in the
new organization, in which it is rep
/ resented by one of its directors. A
: contract for five years has been en-
tered into with the HamDurg-Ameri-
can Line for carrying the bananas OF
I the new company to New York, begin
! ming early in 1912, and to European
! ports, it is said, beginning in March.
+ In order to develop its lands and iu-
crease its shipments of bananas from
Costa RIGA, the new company VIII es-
e tablish an agricultural loan bank,
y which will make advances 10 plant
'' ers. It is expected that the develop
'' ment of it's properties in Jamaica will
: in the near future largely increase
the cargoes of bananas from the
., island, which up to the present time
y, has exported more bananas to the
- United States than any other coun
= try, Costa RIGA ranking second il
. shipments to the States.
2. New Steamship Service.
r In the meantime the United Frui
m Company of Boston, whose chief off
ces for Jamaica are at Port Antonio
has been increasing its land holding
-, and steamship service, which wer
70 set forth in a report from this cor
"a sulate published in Daily Consula
and Trade Reports for June %, 1911
10 Three new ships of about 5000 ton
o. gross register each are ready TO b
ne placed in service between New Yorl
a Port Antonio, Kingston, Colon, POI
Llmon and Santa Marta (Colmobia
nd This service is to be increased frol
is, weekly to a semi-weekly servic
OIL at least during the tourist seaso
The company has contracted Il
as three ships of approximately 81
tons gross register with accommod
nd lions for 1873 passengers eacn, TO
delivered during the year 1912. The
will be the largest vessels und'
Wy charter by this company.