Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-14
HAWAIIAN AG. Cd.
PUTS CAPITAL To
TWO Millions


81 100000 to s2.OO0.OOO was decided upon
at the annual meeting OF stockholders
Of Hawaiian Agricultural Company,
held this morning at the offices of
Brewer n 60. The stock will be dis
| tributcd pro rata, at the rate of
share given for each tw oshares held.
volOpng rapidly and 500. 600 Is being
spent IN alterations and improvements.
| The only changes made In the Off
GERS ana directors were that -. q. May
takes T. Il. Robinsun's place a. auditor
and +. W. MaCfarnne Is succeeded ~
director by II. a. Cooke.
Good crops for the next two years
are iorcsoon In the report made by
| Manager ". g. lloEg Of Hawaiian
Agricultural Company at the annual
meeting Of the company held at $50
O'Clock this morning in tile offices Of
IT,. Brewer Il co
| Manager J. Monsarrat of the Kappa
paln ranch submits a report also show
| ing progress in this branch
Manager Ogg says In part:
| crop l9l2-Wc CummcnCcd harvest
ing this crop January ?, Dut owing to
| shortage of ilume water have made but
little progress 50 far. There Is con-
siderable area now in good condition
for harvesting, and unless weather con-
ditiuns change IN the near future 40
as to allow of this work being pushed
along. We shall not be able to get the
lands cleared for blowing for the 1914
crop. The total area to be harvested IL
ancrs If this can all be got of we
ought to have li.5O0 tons of sugar.
crop l9i3-Thc plant cane and part
Of the ratuOns for this crop are well
advanced and In good condition, but
owing to 50 much Of our 1911 crop be-
ing taken on late, considerable of the
ratouus are rather behind. However
should the coming season prove ia
Vorahlr. the average yield should be at
least equal To the crop just harvested
The total area intended for this crop
Is: Plant. lO6S.S2 acres: ratOons, H.
O31 90 acres, a total of ilO5.Sj acres.
Mil and Boiling House -- ON the
recommendation of Mr.. \. Gartlcy IL
has been decided To spend about $780,
geo ON alterations and improvements
In this department, the main features
of which are as follows: Convert our
Iprcscnt ninc-roli Honolulu Iron Works
lmm into Il iiftcen-rOll mill by install
u
last set and moving one set from our
lprescnt -. Louis mill in front, adding
La diamond roll on top. a new engine
land gear train will drive the first two
sets Of rolls, and the present engine
Twin drive the last three sets. making II
lComplete fftccn-roll mill driven by two
separate engines \ new tcn-ton trav-
cling crane has also been installed ia
move this heavy machinery around and
Is proving great convenience In tho
boiling house u new juice scale, mo-
Ilasscs scale. prcheater, mudprosses,
crystalliZers, automatic sewing ma
chine and bag marking machine have
been added and many minor changes
lmadc.
"Labor-During the past year we
have been fairly well supplied, and at
present 1t looks as though we should
be able to take Off the crop without
interfering to any gcrat extent with the
cultivation and other work.
Tree Planting-Thls work has been
steadily kept going, with the result
that we now have a fine thrifty looking
lot of windbrcaks coming up In differ
ent parts of the place. About 5000
trees In all have been set out this year.
"I.abOrcrs' Quartcrs-During the year
we have erected twenty-five new 2ON2i
feet fOur-room cottages suitable for
European families. These are all
tongue and groove buildings and paint
ed with oil paint inside. Also we have
rcmodclcd Il number of the old style
barracks houses and turned them into
12x2I cottages suitable for Oriental
families II will be necessary to con-
tinue this work until the camps have
all been gone over.
Government I.ands-Seven hundred
acres of land formerly leased from the