The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-29
ELECTION HEtDAT
/. ANNUAL MEETING
Board Hears Report Of Manager
Adams and Notes Many
improvements

Kahuku Plantation Company held its
annual meeting yesterday, for the cleo
tion Of directors and Objects for the
ensuing year. Manager Andrew Ad.
ans reported that financially the crop
OF 1919 was profitable one although
the tonnage per acre and for the plan.
tation was lower than in 1914 and
cost of production higher.
The crop Of 1916 Will be smaller than
the one just harvested Glinding com
neneed a month later than last year.
The sucrose and juices to date are
about normal but the manager fears
there may be a falling of later ON nc
count of the tOTrential rains early this
year. ~
Pineappies Do Not Jibe With Cane
2" Planting for this crop was finished
early and the young cane had all the
advantage Of the god growing wealth
er last year. Some Of the ratoons
were taken under cultivation late.
This was owing to the fact that nearly
fifteen per cent Of the laborers left the
plantation during the busiest season
OF the year for work in the pineapple
harvesting fields. The cane grew well
during the year.
The lslSscrop area will be less than
for 1915 a.
II is proposed planting areas larger
than experimental pllts with several
of the most promising varieties of cane
other than Lahaina and Yellow Gale.
donin.
Many improvements
.Kahuku has installed Searby shred.
der The manager stated that this
installation made other improvements
at the mill necessary. The per cent ex.
traction of sucrose in cane for the crop
Of 1915. was $500. The extraction this
season Is averaging $40 per cent. A
furnace has been constructed under one
of the standard horizontal tubular boil.
ers at the factory for burning molasses
This furnace is designed to both save
the potash in the mOlasses and to gen
crate steam for use in the boiling house.
Two additional crystaILzers were in.
stalled in the boiling house and sew.
eral labor saving devices in the sugar
room, 8.'.
Can Remove Machinery When Lease
Expires
Excepting very few acres, all the
land occupied. by this company is
owned by the estate of the late James
Campbell. This company holds under
suitcase from the Oahu Railway
and Land Company.
In November payment Of $50 ,00o
was made to the trustees of the
Campbell estate, in consideration of
extending to the expiration of the sub.
lease AMI agreement made in 1891 to
expire in 1920, granting to the Kahultu
Plantation Company the right to re-
move from the demised premises any
machinery or railway plant which it
might have placed thereon.
Physical Condition Good ,,t %.
"On January /, 1915, the aggregate
book value of the mill and machinery,
railroad and pump which, this company
had placed on the estates land was
$442, S52.53. The extension Of the re.
moval agreement increased the value OF
the above named plants, since they will
never revert to the owners of, the land.
The 100000 payment made in eonsid.
Grafton Of the extension was therefore
included in the improvements of the
year. #.4.F.
Cutting Production Costs
Advantage was. taken of the high
price of sugar to substitute concrete
for wooden cOnstr uction i'm many field
inmes and waterways, 70 make great,
er expenditures for improving storm
and drainage bitches and to reduce
some of the grades and straighten
some of the railroad lines. MANY
other alterations of a similar nature
were mate to reduce annual operating
| expenses. ...
"Th"re was very little sickness
among th" employees during the year.
A labor bonus amounting to $4,000
was paid to the employees