Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-08
HAWAIIAN COML.
SHOWING EPOOR
FOR YEAR 1918
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price of sugar was low, the crop har-I
vested was small, and We passed
through another year Of drought,
From the records you will note that
it rained more in 1912 than in 1913
at Honomauu and Keanae, which
places are right in the heart Of the
ditch country. However, the rainfall
was greater on the plantation in 1919
Crop Of 1913. VI
Grinding was comm enced for this
crop on December I'd, 1912. and was
on June goth, 1913. with the
result that We bagged 50,31o tons or
sugar. FL
The total weight OF cane was &c.,
4S3 tons, and it took 100 tons OF cane
to make a ton of sugar. Had the
juices been as good as they were for
the 1912 crop. when it only took Csc
tons of cane to make ton OF sugar
the 1913 crop would have reached 81
$40 tons. However. the drought in
1912 was the principal reason for the
small crop, and as predicted in last
years report, the crop Of 1913 lost no.
less than 5000 tons of sugar on &C,
count of dry weather.
Crop Of 1914. .-~
Milling was commenced in Noyem-
Der 18th, 1918. TasseIing was unus-
ually late. consequently the cane was
slow in maturing, and it was decided
to run only one mill until the middle
of December, after which two mills
have been in operation.
Up to date We have harvested 2650l
acres of cane. which have yielded 49,
1876 tons of sugar; with 1895 acres yer
to harvest, it is safe to say that we.
will bag $4,000 tons of sugar for the
crop. r. T.. r y .s5s
This would have been another ban.
ner crop had it not suffered from lack
of water during the summer and fail
of 1912 and during most of 1913. There.
is no question but that we lost 1000
or 5000 tons of sugar on account Of
drought.
Crop of 1915.
Planting was commenced on March
10th and finished on the 18th of Aug.
ust The total area of plant and RAJ
ICONS is as follows:
Plant cane ..... 2, 1852 acres
Short ratoons ..!....... POO acres
Short ratoons .........-4 1868 acres
Total 1925 acres
We have never had a crop under
better cultivation The ratoons are
hilled-np in good time and the crop.
as a whole, in spite of the dry fall,
has had very fair start, and If ia
yored with good growing conditions
during this year, should give US big
yield.
During the last two months heavy
rains have fallen o nthe plantation,
which have greatly benefited the
young cane. -
Crop of 1916.
The steam plows were started on
the 18th of October nearly a month
earlier than usual, and. up to date. we
have first plowed 100 acres.
We are clearing off algaroba trees
on about $50 acres Of land. which we
expect to take in for this crop. Each
year we have taken in some of this
land that has lain fallow for many
years, and the results obtained have
been excellent.
Sugar Factory. - 4
On account Of the small crop har-.
vested last year, it was not necessary
to crowd the mills. The average tons
of cane ground per hour was 96.05, as
against 103 tons for the previous crop.
During the next off season it has
been decided to install six additional
crystallizers. to replace the old hous.
ings on the first set OF mills with "Pu-
housings, to add fifth body
to our evaporator., making it a quin.
tupln effect. and to install two Hersey
dryers. These are much-needed i'm
~.
Pumps.
After an unusually busy season, the
pumps are now being thoroughly over
hauled and will soon be in good re-
pair for the coming pumping season.
AS the old Worthington pumps at
Well No. l, Kihei, have about outliVed
their usefulness, We have decided to
replace them with new, up-to-date
centrifugal pump, driven by a Diesel
engine, which will be operated with
California crude OIL This change will
cut down our fuel bill at this station
very considerably.
We are enIarg;ng the ditch, leading
from the outlet of this pump to the
Camp Six reservoir; this ditch will be
lined with a plaster coat, reinforced
with chicken wire.
bitches.
All of the tunnels on the New Hal
ku Ditch have been completed, with
the exception of Nos. 10 and AZ; and,
although there are only 800 feet left
to dig, it will take several months TO
finish the work, as the material TO be
removed is unusually hard.
At the end of the year, 21,467 feet
Of this ditch had been lined, and as
the work is progressing nicely, it is
expected that by the end Of The pres
ent year, water will be running through
the entire length of the ditch.
1t will be necessary to do consider
able work on the "Lowrie" Ditch this
year, as the concrete on both the in
takes and outlets of the pipes is in
such a condition that immediate re-