The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-29

| ~ tHe HelRhDOfno0d OF bl4O acres, a
special effort having been made dur
ing the past several years TO bring the
even and oddyear crops into adjust
ment by 1913 foi Obvious economic
reasons. This adjustment h being &c.
complishcd by short ratooning odd
year cane into even years, and by
gradually taking intnew land for the
evenyear crops. The outside planters
will show an extension Of practically
500 acres for 1918, of which approx
mately 800 acres will be in the Pahoa
section and l40 acres in the 0laa sec
ton. -. ia. so. ~. =. r..
New Shredder and Evaporator
''witb the greatly increased crops
which the plantation has in sight ID
has become imperative that the ca.
paeity Of the mill he increased at. least
so per cent. This will be accom-
! plished during the present year
through the installation of All new
standard quadruPle evaporation, Scar.
by shredder, and additional filter
presses #." $'H .'l'
The standard evaporation will have
10000 square feet heatingi capacity,
thus being somewhat largerAthan the
present "Lillie" effect, which will
be left in place and run in an auxil-
larry capacity when required. The pro
| rOseed shredder win be Of the larger
type, AZ feet by 70 feet, and run by a
| 300 horsepower steam turbine of the
Kerr pattern. The capacity OF the mill
| will be increased by the addition Of
this new machinery to at least IS tons
cane per hour, whereas at present 80
| tons cane per hour can be handled
4 with difficulty, and only under special
" favorable circumstances. IT,.
steel Cane Cars *. ',E'--.
"The present railroad equipment
will he increased by one 50-ton Ball.
win locomotive, 100 steel ears, 4300
feet of permanent track and 2640 feet
of portable track. This will material
ly strengthen the railroad transporta-
| ton system so that when huming
operations are retarded during periods
of drought, larger supplies Of cane win
be available for the mill than for!
lmerly. ~ .f". .s|s'
cit is very important that the plan
tation stock be kept up to an efficient
standard, since inferior dranght AMI
mails add materially to the field costs
in spraying, eultiyating and blowing
operations. Last year the plantation
purchased 80 mules, and the year be-
fore, 80 In January Of this year 80
more were added to the general stock,
so that the average quality has been
raised considerably during the past
few years.
Fumes and Water Supply
At the end of the 1916 harvesting
operations one mile of ingot iron
fume will be installed between the
Kaumana tunnel and the Kaumana
road, and tho corresponding stretch
of present wooden hume will be dis
carded. The Kaumana fume carries
the main supply of water for fuming
purposes and is now very old and in
parts is past repair. 1t is proposed TO
substitute from one to two miles OF
iron fume for corresponding length
of wooden hume each year until the
main supply of water is carried entire
ly bv the iron type.
"The. lhume. known as the IS Mile
branch Of the Olaa system will be torn
down at the end of the 1916 harvest
and a flume with double the capacity
will be installed in its place. This
stretch of fume. which is practically
four miles long, is employed In taking
off the Mountainview cane, and it is'
figured that a gain of about one month
in the harvesting Of this area can be
effected through DETECTING larger
supply OF water into this particular
channel. The Is Mile 'flume has
reached very much the same state as
the Kaumana flume, and the present
repair requirements are very costly
foThe estimated cost Of the improve
ments to which reference has been
made will amount to approximately
$l5O,OO0, and will in most part be
chargeabIe to the capital accounts OF
the plantation.
Must Garry" Planters
"The extension Of the outside plant
ers areas in the Pahoa and Olaa sec
lions, together with the increased cost
Of fertilizing material and other sup,
lilies furnished the contractors, Will
materially increase the advance
planters account for the cdrrent
year. While an increase in these ad-
vances to cane planters represents
merely an increase in the amount
placed as loans with them, it is an
item which naturally makes an i'm.
IFeSSlOn Oh INC
the plantation at the end of the fiscal
wear in which the increase occurs.
Allowing for the smaller area from
which previous advances will be re-
turned as compared with the larger
area on which this year 8 advances wall
be made, the total increase in this ac-
count will be in the neighborhood OF
$95, 900 for the year 1916. The extra
earnings from that part of the increase
due to the extension of the cultivated
area will be reflected in the financial
balance of 1918. ssR
Potash Prom MoIasses
Arrangements have been made with
the Western Grain and Sugar Products
Company to take over the molasses
output for ther19l6 crop, beginning
with April of this year, and for the
crops of 1917 and 1918. In exchange
for this material it will return to the
plantation the total quantity of the
contained potash in the form Of ear.
bombed distillery lees. The plantation
will in this manner obtain ample pot
ash supplies to meet all the fertilizing
requirements of its own fields and
those of its outside planters.
This exchange of molasses for dis
til1arv laes will nacessitate the con