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

An lnCrcaS" OF capital STOCK from
81, 2OO, 900 to 1000, 900 was decided upon
at the annual meeting OF stockholders
Of Hawaiian Agricultural Company.
held this morning at the offices of
Brewer ~ co The stock will be dis
tributed pro rata, ut the rate OF a
share given for each tw Osharcs held,
or two to one. The plantation Is de-
vClOping rapidly and 100000 IL being
spent in alterations and improvements.
The only changes made in the OFF,
GERS and directors were that ID. q. May
takes T.. H. IlUblnsOn's place as auditor
and +. W Macfarlanc is succeeded rs
director by Il. a. Cooke.
Good crops Tor the next two years
are fOrescCn in the report made by
Manager W. q. IIogg of Hawaiian
Agricultural Company at the annual
O'Clock this morning in the offices Of
| e.. Brewer n co.
Manager J. Munsarrat of the Kappa
pala ranch submits u report also show
ing progress In this branch.
Manager Ogg says In part:
| crop 1911--Owing to an unusually
good season the output for this crop
exceeded our expectations by about p
900 tons of sugar. The total baggcd
up for the season was lG.O19 tons.
| crop l9i2-Wc commenced harvest
ing this crop January .. uut owing To
shortage of ilume water have made but
little progress 80 far. There Is con-
siderable area now in good condition
for harvesting, and unless weather con-
ditiOns change In the near future 20
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 Is
IIOj acres. and from present appear
anccs IT this can all be got OFF We
ought to have li5OO tons of sugar.
| crop lgl3-The plant cane and part
of the ratoons for this crop are well
advanced and In good condition, but
owing to 50 much of our 1911 crop be-
ing taken OF late. considerable of the
ratuons are rather behind. However,
should the coming season prove ia
vorablc. the average yield should he at
least equal to the crop just harvested.
The total area intended for this. crop
Is: Plant. 10GS.S2 acres: ratOOns, D.
O3T 90 acres, n total of 4l05.Sj acres.
Mill and Boiling House - On the
Recommendation of Mr.. 4. Gartley II
has been decided To spend about $780,
900 ON alterations and improvements
In this department. the main features
OF which are rs follows: Convert our
present ninc-rOll Honolulu Iron Works
Imnl into Il fftocn-rull mill by install
ling u new Puuncne housing rs the
last set and moving one set from our
present st Louis mill in front, adding
10 diamond roll on top. 4 new engine
land gear train will drive the first two
sets of rolls, ana the present engine
win drive the last three Gets. making "A
lCumplctc fifteen roll mill driven by two
separate engines 4 new tcn-ton tray
cling crane has also been installed to
move this heavy machinery around ana
Is proving u great convenience. In the
boiling house new juice scale, mo-
lasscs scale, prehcater, mudpresses,
CrystalliZers, automatic sewing ma
chine and bag marking machine have
been added and many minor changes
made. Al the present writing, much
at the preparatory work ON these I'm
provemcnts has been done. but only a
few of the Installations have been com
pletcd. The juice and mOlasses scales
have been In use for several months
and are operating very satisfactorily
Also the excelsior filters have been In
operation about half the season and
I are showing very satisfactory results
In the way of reducing the quality oi
our waste molasscs. Portions of the
new crystalliZcrs and mudpresses have
arrived here and most of the founda-
ton work put In. The new Puunens
mill Is all here and partially erected
also the engine and gear train for OPP
Grating the first two sets OF rolls have
been put In place, The work of erect
ing and hitting up the fifteen rolls and
attachments Is being pushed with all