Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-18
Tunnel Will ADD
10000 Tons TO
OAHU SUGAR CROP
WaiahoIe Bore Expected to Be
Ready Early in 1916, Man.
ager Bull Reports

| When. the Waiahole tunnel is fin
ished early next year it will increase
the annual yield of the Oahu Sugar
Company plantations to 45 900 tons 9
year, according to the report present
ed by E. X. Bull, manager of the com
pany, at the annual meeting of the
stockholders this: morning. This viii
be an increase of from 10000 to 1906
tons; a year.
Mn bull estimates that the main
! tunnel will be completed in August
and the entire project early next year
The amount still left to- be done is
about $4,000 feet.
/ For the plantation itself Mr.. Bull
reports that the 4407 acres cultivated
yielded, 32,S15. tons, an increase OF
1000 tons over the estimate. The work
done in, the mill, he says, was better
than in any previous year. the average
extraction. being $500 per cent and
the losses in manufacture being re
duced to- 1851 per cent in sucrose in
cane. The cost of, manufacture was
below the average for previous crops
Drought Hits. 1915, Crop. ..-
For 1915 1o43 acres are under cult
Yation!,, =.
"As already mentioned the drought
of last summer affected this crop
quite seriously" he reports, the
cane tasseled to a greater extent than
usual in all the fields, and any ma.
terial additional growth during. the re
mainder of the season can hardly
therefore be expected. The crop Is es.
timated at 2S,500 tons sugar., but may,
with good quality OF cane juices, go
higher" = - - r. II.
The principal improvement made in
the factory during last season was the
introduction of special grooves in the
feed and discharge rollers Of our mill,
an invention made by our mill super.
intendBnt, Mr. Messehaert.- This sim.
pie system of roller growing has eff.
fected a. much higher extraction than
was formerly obtained, and, has in.
creased the capacity of the mill from
10 to Is per cent in, addition to re,
ducing the moisture in the bagasse
considerably.
A labor saving system of convey.
ors, with elevator. and bin for bag
ging the sugars has at very small
cost been installed in our sugar room.
This apparatus, works very we'll and
saves the laborsof more than six men
per day, -, o. ~
All of our sugar bags are now sewn
in the mill from imported jute cloth;
this, we hope, will also prove a say.
ing in the manufacturing cost.
WaiahoIe Project.
Following is the report on the Waia
hole tunnel:
During the past year we paid an
assessment of $500, 900, being so per
cent on the stock of the Waiahole Wa.
ter Company, which with previous pay.
ments covered the entire capital OF
81 100000. In addition to this sum
we have advanced the water company
$310, 847.86, and. estimate that about
$500, 900 more will be required to COM
plete the project, build three large
syphone pipes, and bring the water to
our land, It will be necessary to ex-
tend our railroad system, build ditch
es, and additional reservoirs, and
camps; this with the cost Of the cul-
tivation and care of the new areas
will REQUIRE considerable funds, but we
are assured these can be met with the
large credit of 81, ,240.45, in the
hands of our agents, the realization of
all or part of our investment account,
and proportion of the profits we are
warranted in. expecting under prevail
ing conditions. Part of the new areas
should be yielding returns, which will
be available to meet expenses on
areas planted at later date, SO that
the whole burden Of providing for the
new lands will not fall upon us in q
short time, but will be spread over a
considerable period.
THE following figures show the
progress made on the aqueduct to Jan
uary 81 of this year:
Total Made to Unffn.
length date ished
feet. feet feet.
Main tunnel ...14,434 1913 2,525
Side tunnels, Wa
iahole-Waikane. 1921 14,1SS 1873
Side tunnels, Wa
ikane-Kahana .. 5000 1864 1886
Side tunnels, Wa
hiawa .........19,211 1921 .....
open bitches,
. Waipio .......17 1000 963 16,637
Twenty-one thousand three hundred
and seventy-three feet of side lining,
partly of reinforced cement plaster,
and partly of stone masonry, as well
as 1927 feet of concrete arching of
tunnels have been finished
In addition to the foregoing work
on the aqueduct proper, three special
tunnels for water development have