Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-11
RAID WORK Done
ON San CARLOS
new SUGAR Mill.


Rapid progress Ii being made on
the erection Of the big modern sugar
mill at San Carlos, Negros. Philippine
islands. project In which much local
capital is invested.
Alfred ID. Cooper, promoter Of the
enterprise, said this morning that the
mill Is nearly finished. He has set
of photographs showing the work In
various stages. When the San Carlos
Milling Company began its develop
ment work at the port, including the
construction Of long wharf to deep
water, the government became inter.
ested and has now made San Carlos
first.class port, as II Manila, the
order being issued last July.
The Iloilo Enterprise Of September
Is says of the construction work:
The erection of the new modern
mill al San Carlos. Negros, Is fast
nearing completion. An army OF
workers Is busy on both railroad and
min. and with the arrival on the s. 8.
zafiro on Sept. Sd Of the last piece
Of machinery. there is no doubt that
everything will be In readiness to re-
ceiye thescane now growing so luxur-
iantly in the San Carlos valley.
The San Carlos Genital and the
planters who supported it. met with
many obstacles, and negotiations be-
tween the planters and the Honolulu
capitalists lasted over several years
before a satisfactory agreement
could be arrived at This was only
,sat,,rnI - s,otfkx- r,a~t., bn..,, A.
other The planters had to guard
against being exploited by some UNI
scrupulops promoters and the capt.
falists had to guard against placing
m Investment In q country with
which they were not familiar without
first seeurihg protection for the In
yestment.
One not acquainted with the mod
ern process OF sugar manufacture can
not realize tile enormous amount OF
money required to build and equip q
irst class central MILL If an the:
cane land IN the San Carlos valley
was sold for 400 pesos per hectare,
the amount expended would not equal
the amount expended BY the Central
company In conipletjng their present
plant s.
"A central mill must therefore be
q mutual inyestment to be q success.
No legitimate company or Individual
will even consider investing 10000
pesos in community without ample,
protection from the contracting plant
ers, and no planter should even think
of contracting his land to q central
company without first definitely
learning that the central company is
Z legitimate company and that 1t is
prepared to erect and operate first
class mill. Sugar central mills like
any other commodity, vary in price.
You can walk into q store and buy
q suit of clothes for 10 pesos or one
for so pesbs and not be cheated In
either purchase. The same obtains
with the sugar machinery, some are
built to sch, some are built to do the
work and continue to do It year after
year
1T takes an expert to tell the diff ]
ference even under inspections but
there is & great difference and also !
the difference In price.
The San Carlos planters took no !,
chances. they took their time to In
vestigate and contracted with people
who had had lifetime experience In /,
The manufacture Of sugar and for a
irst-class mill In every respect.
To-day they have mill in San
Carlos Of which they or any district
ln the world may point with pride
10 and say sour Central Not only
have. they q mill for grinding their
sanes but they have q railroad,
lock available for freight or for en- /
,aflring their families on steamers.
In ice and cold storage plant, q tele-
phone system, physician and bet
er steamer service. Also the price
4 the land has increased at least 30
,er cent in the last year, n6twith-
Itanding the low price Of sugar.
I The mill win be equipped with 4
line SRsx5S" rollers superseded by {
evolving knives, and two crusher
OILS, all driven with caststeel gearing
" "a $50 horsepower engine. The
,oilers are I'VE In number and can r
Ievelop 1876 horsepower They are
upplied with bagasse fuel by means
4 machinery direct from the mill.
uC Gritty H6 uCpnl lAuCuI 10 CquAppOu
nth Howe scales for weighing the
uice, lining tanks, settling tanks,
mud presses and filters. The clear
uice is boiled under vacuum in
uadruple effect with copper calan-
rias and then delivered to the two
acuum pans where It IL boiled by
team until q SO degree sugar is OBJ
aimed. There are 13-40n centrifugal
for extracting the molasses
riven by 125 horsepower Corliss
ngine. and another similar engine for
irving the vacuum pump
The buildings are entirely Of steel
eight of so feet The sugar ware
ouse is 66x400 feet, with a carrier
INNING the entire length. And there
, molasses storage tank holding
OF, 900 gallons The actual mill has
- "a. $3.50