Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-21
January Storms Did Serious
Damage to Big Sugar
Property on Maui ..


1915 by the Waikiki Sugar Company,
practically half a million dollars more
than the net profit of 1914, which was
s378, 929. These and other interest
ing figures are made public today IN
the company reports, which were sub.
mitted to the shareholders at their
annual meeting. ........,.. 81
Dividends last year totaled 20 per
cent, OF 100000, and the balance car
ried forward is S1,161, S9S, of which
approximately $4,000 was cash on
December 81. The company has 4
yield OF 19,177 tons, though the est.
mate a year ago was for only II, 250.
In 1914 the yield was 10000 tons.
Properties stand on the books at
$2,595,662, and depreciation was fig
ured at 1886. Last year 1885 tons
Of sugar was produced daily, and the
yield averaged $50 tons of cane to
one ton of sugar. -.
Manager H. B. Penhallow's report
follows, in part: .. rs so
Crop 1915. :s.:. -..-s
The output of this crop was 1917
tons Of sugar, by far the largest ton
mage produced by this plantation, and
very much in excess of the estimate
made for last years report. Further
improvements In the mill and boiling
house work accounted for about $40
tons of this increase; better quality
OF cane and higher yields gave the
balance. srsla ~, -. ssr#gsa.s
Crop 1915. e r. :-ess:s5efs & ..ls=sg
I'VE commenced harvesting Decem-
Der 81. up to the present time unusu-
ally stormy weather has been expert
enced and has prevented continuous
operation of the mill, hut the quality
of the cane has been better than ex-
pected for this time of the year and
has remained good In spite OF the wet
weather. The damage done to this
crop by the heavy kona storm which
started January nth makes it diff
cult to make an estimate but believe
it safe TO expect an output of 1900
tons Of sugar. stgl.f1gs
Crop 1917. 81
This crop, although 1t experienced.
an unusually dry summer, was we'll
advanced by the endeef the year and
presented a fine appearance. Since.
that time it has received q severe set
back by the recent storm, though 1t,
Is hard to say what thesresulting dam-
age will be-. With favorable weather
from now on the crop should come up
to thesarerage In 1915 the customary
area will be put under cultivation.
Mill and Boiling Hoase.
There was further Improvement
in these departments. !, The total
amounted to ybut s7.S per cent which
is fthe best work so far done here, the
gain over last years crop being 3.s1]
per cent.
"A set OF five 40inch centrifugais
have been installed to give greater
capacity in handling low grade sugar:
these are in operation for the 1916
crop. Two sets Of Ramsay mascerat-
ing scrapers we're added to the mill,
one during last crop and the other for
1916. In addition to the above, more
recording instruments have been IN
stalled with the idea of producing uni
form results by having a definite
check on the work. A feed water fill
ter was also installed to insure clean
water at all times for the boilers.
Minor alterations have also been made
in the arrangement of apparatus
which. taken with the additions emu
merated above, should enable US to
continue the good showing made for
the 1915 crop.
General. i.
"At the time the recent kona storm
overwhelmed us the plantation was in
fine condition. When 1t abated the
lands were strewn with wreckage from
Waihee to Waikapu. Culyerts and
storm bitches, which had proven their
value previously, were in every case
Inadequate to cope with the deluge
which struck the plantation. lao
stream plowed new bed for itself
through the canefields in the valley
bottom, swept away part of one camp
and seven of its occupants to death,
and finally taking out the railroad
bridge back of the mill
Besides the II laborers' houses
which were destroyed, much Of the
property belonging to the plantation
near lao bridge on the road to Waiheel
was damaged when the river over.
flowed the bank there. Numerous
gulches ordinarily dry were filled with
raging torrents Considerable cane
was buried under silt deposits where
not entirely wiped out, and new
gulches we're cut through six fields
besides the damage done to the cane
by the lao stream, amounting in all to
about 50 acres.
''The big reservoir at Waikapu was
damaged when the Waikapu stream
overflowed the road A breach six
feet deep was cut in the reservoir
bank but it held out until the water
subsidized. . -. .....@
There were numerous washouts
along the railroad, which, however,
were in general not of serious nature
and quickly repaired. Every ditch was
put out of commission. r.. ~
Supply Pipe Washed Away.
The first period of the storm last
ed three days-from January II to 10,
inclusive. We were able to start the