The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-05

ct to the laborers while at work.
Mill From Honolulu.
! should have stated that Mr.. Poole
is the manager of the San Jose es-
tate and that Mr.. James Scott is man
ager of the Mindoro company. The
Mindoro company, at the terminal of
the railway, owns a block of Eve
y hundred acres almost in the center of
the San Jose Estate. Under this man.
agement is the sugar mill, the railway,
the hospital, the commissary store, the
electric power plant and ice plant, all
of which, excepting the sugar mill,
are in full operation. The sugar mill
is being constructed and is a mill fur
nished by the Honolulu Iron Works.
1t has a capacity of one thousand tons
of sugar cane in every twenty-four
hours. The capacity of the refinery
depends upon the quality of the cane
and is estimated to turn out from two
/ hundred and twenty-five to two hun
dred and fifty tons of sugar in twenty
four hours, so that it will be seen this
mill is a very large one.
The work on this mill began in jan
uary, 1911. The refining machinery
is already in operation; the millint
machinery will probably not be i1
stalled for six months or possibly
year, owing to the fact that the plan
tation has not progressed far enoug
to make it advisable to install all
the machinery at this time.
The electric power plant was fu1
nished by the General Electric Con
pany and has power Of $50 X. W
The railway is ten miles long an
is of thirty-six inch gauge; 1t ID
good grade and very we'll constructe
running regular trains for freight pu
, poses every day. At this time thet
/ 10 no demand Cor passenger service
( The ice plant has a capacity q
ten tons of ice for every twentyfoui
hours and two tons for cold storageI
In addition to all the above there isl
a machine shop equipped with the
most modern machinery for the pur-
pose Of making repairs in connection
/ with all the plants above mentioned.
Health Conditions Good.
i Before we started from Manila we
had been informed that the Island
was very unhealthful and that there
we're a large number of people dam
4, gerously sick with fever on the plant
alton. Instead of this We found a
p most sanitary hospital in charge Of
81 DR.. Daywalt, well equipped and thor
o oughy screened so that the mosqui-
- toes are entirely shut out from the
= hospital There were few patients in
i the hospital and none of them was
dangerously sick; instead of finding
the large number that had been stated
we found some fifteen or twenty who
were sick from various complaints
=, none of whom appeared to be danger
: ously i'll and in fact think the doctor
stated to us that practically all OF
them were convalescing. In addition
;. to the hospital there are two outdoor
dispensaries where medicines are dis
J, pensed to the employees of the com
: pany and their families. The hospit
al has trained stewards and trained
nurses and is very well equipped II
every way. Ordinarily the number o
= patients in the hospital runs from
- thirty to thirty-five. The death rat
20 at the beginning of the construction
" of this mill was much greater thai
now and on this plantation is very Iii
- tie in excess of the death rate in tn
- City of Manila.
A thorough system of sanitation 4
~ the village has been provided for an
=. every precaution taken to maintai
~ the health of the inhabitants of tn
village and of the surrounding couI
try.
ng The local supply of food is yer
er meagre and for some reason there ha
NO never been much effort made to pr
an duce food beyond the scanty nece
'IHl oltlG0 VI inc udNlNOS anu uOut VI lAG
Try produce food for sale. We notice
-as small market in the village at whiC
les very little food was to be had.
BILE The Labor Supply.
BILE Native labor is brought from Z
is interior of Mindoro, recently howev
lti- they have been seeking laborers
Ich Manila and other Gensely populat
in districts, Most of the laborers tn
ra- obtain from the Island are sickly a
ter underfed upon their arrival in I
by settlement A mess has been est
The lished where board may be had
ON these people, which is ample and S
BAD ficient to build them up. physica
and and fit them for their duties.
csc The sugar mill and the allied m