Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-29
aaA HOLDS
ANNUAL Meeting

The special ANNUAL meeting OF the
stockholders of olaa Sugar Company
Ltd, was held in the company's board
, rooms in Bishop q Cos building,
Bethel street, at 2 O'Clock this after
noon It's stated business was the re-
ceiving OF the fourteenth annual re-
ports and the election of officers.
The election resulted as follows: L.
A. Thurston, president; w. f. Dill
| bingham. first vice president: E. A.
Mott Smith, second vice president; A.
wv. T. Bottomley, treasurer; A. w.
! Van Valkenburg, secretary; ]. Harris
Mackenzie and Robert Cation, addi-
tional directors; Audit Company of
Hawaii, auditor
Only routine business was transact
ed. Since the preparation Of the re-
ports, as already reported in the Star
Bulletin, John Watt resigned as man
ager and C, F. Eckart was appointed
in his stead.
Manager j. Watt reports that the
crop of 1912 was harvested from
5S04.55 acres and yielded 22,253.1
tons of sugar, an average of 3,S337
IONS per acre. On account OF the
shortage of water for the fumes, 522
acres had to be left over to be har-
vested with the 1913 crop. The yield
was a slight decrease from the 1911
crop, that being 3.87 tons per acre.
For the crop of 1913 the area to be
harvested is 6S25.95 acres, being
1223.63 acres plant and 5562.32 acres
ration. Mr.. Watt estimates 4 pro-
duction OF 229,464 tons of cane, or
about $500 tons OF sugar. Grinding
began January 9Th and the average
sucrose in the cane to date March 81
is 1901 per cent. against last year at
even date 1906 per cent. The Demer-
ara 1135 cane planted at Mountain
view CLIO acres) and Nine Mile sec
ton GIGS acres) has grown fairly
well, but it has rather low sucrose
content compared with any tests made
in past years.
The dry weather of last year kept
on until well into October" tho man
ager says. when we got a heavy rain.
The cane started off with a heavy
growth, and this fact accounts for the
low sucrose In cane. / estimate that
it win take nine tons OF cane to make
ton of Sugar .
For the crop of 1914 the plantation
will have 720.50 acres Of plant cane
and 465S.94 acres OF ratoon cane, a
total OF 535s.44 acres. All of this
cane is in a good state of cultivation
and looks wen at the present time.
There VIII be a total area OF about
690O acres for the crop OF 1015. Three
hundred acres VIII be planted at Olaa,
besides What may be planted by land
owners, and about l40 acres in Puma.
lnree-roiIer mill complete has
Deen added since grinding stopped in
October, giving the plantation a
tweiye-rolier mill. and Mr.. Watt says
tney are Well satisfied with the
cnange various other improvements
IN the mn are mentioned, and the
manager remarks We are now in a
posltlon 10 grind about Do tons of
cane per nour, and do good work.
hererring to general conditions, Mr..
watt tells OF % new steel cane cars,
SWING the plantation 62 altogether.
winch Win two 2V-ton locomotives
ieave no diIficuity IN handling all the
cane that mas to be got IN by rail.
aome Oh the cane for the 1913 crop
Is nearly twenty-five miles from, the
mn. a new locomotive mouse has
Deen Duiit at cost OF $l6,S74.S1,
when mas concrete foundations and
PITS;