Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-15

was 33,252.88 tons sugar, which, to-
gether with 219695 tons manufactured
from cane bought from outside plan
tatiOns brought the total output up to
33,472475 tons. exceeding the estimate
given in last years report by 2472.475
tons. The quality of the cane juices
was very good, and equal to that of
the previous season. The average
yield was 7.35 tons sugar per acre,
requiring an average of only $50 tons
of cane per ton of sugar. The high
est yield was from 355 acres of plant
cane. which gave 1895 tons sugar per
acre. Excellent work was done in the
factory; the extraction was good, and
the losses in manufacture less than
during any previous season.
For the crop of 1918 there are 626.S7
acres Of irrigated plant cane, 1898 un'
irrigated plant cane, 1919 irrigated
long ration cane, $3.50. unirrigated
long ratoon and 256.20 irrigated short
ration cane, making total area Of
427430 acres.
This crop has been seriously az
iected by the drought which prevailed
throughout almost the entire season.
The cane is Ghort and considerably
lighter in growth than usual; the
juices, so far, have been comparative
ly low, owing to the rain which fell
during last December, and which had
detrimental effect on the ripening OF
the cane. The estimate for this crop
is $4,000 tons sugar, and from the re-
turns obtained from the fields already
harvested, there is little prospect that
this estimate will be exceeded.
The harvesting and milling OF this
seropssWas commenced on the 9Th of
last, December, and to date (January
Both, 5000 tons of sugar have been
manufactured and shipped"
For the crop of 1914 there are now
under cultivation 4453.46 acres, of
which 3622.19 IRE irrigated long ra-.
toons. Although the weather has
been, dry" says Mr.. Bull. "the young
cane looks very promising, showing a
good stand, in healthy, vigorous con-.
ditiOn, and should, with favorable
weather from now on, give good
yield in 1914
The total area for the 1915 crop will
be about the same as that for 1914.
The total expenditures for the year
for permanent improvements and re-
placements, including two assessments
aggregating $150,000 paid on the stock
of the Waiahole Water Co., amounted
to 1852, 1855. Most of the expendi
ture was on the mill. TWenty-one new
dwellings for laborers have been built,
and numerous engagements and i'm,
r-rn nfC RI I'll A
new reservoir with a capacity of nine
million gallons has been built at Wal
pic, and the reservoir of Hoaeae en-
larged to more than double its orig.
inal capacity. Beyond replacing four
boilers at pumping station No. s, there
are no unusual expenditures contem-
plated for this year
Mr.. Bull concludes ais report with
the following description of the great
water project which is going to add
three thousand acres to the cultivated
area of Oahu Plantation:
The most important transaction
Consummated by this company during
the past year, was the requirement OF
all the water rights of the Waiaoholo,
Waikane, Waianu and Kahana streams
on the Koolau side of this island, to-
eether with all the necessary rights
Of way for tunnels and bitches through
which it is intended to convey the
water from these streams, to the lands
Of this company. The organization of
The Waiahole Water Company, for the
purpose of developing these water
sources, was recently completed, and
work on the proposed aqueduct will
soon be commenced, under the dlrec-
ton and supervision of Mr.. H. K. Bish-
cp, c. E.. who has been engaged as en-
Sineer in charge.
The minimum aggregate flow of