Ookala Sugar Plantation shows modern cane mill and rail systems
The Ookala Sugar Plantation Company details its extensive plantation work, labor contracts, and high capacity milling facilities. It describes nine miles of fumes roads, a large mill with 60-70 tons per day capacity, three vacuum pans, multiple centrifugals, and a steam driven plant with electric lighting. The system includes a rail and wire rope cane transport, a dockside loading setup, and a 12 ton overhead crane. Manager W. G. Walker notes extensive labor contracts and planned improvements while listing officers and key staff.
Hamakua Mill Co Limited Cane Plantings 11000 Acres
The Hamakua Mill Company reports an 11000 acre plantation area on windward Hawaii with 2100 acres planted to cane and 100% acres rated. Current plowing covers 2010 acres by contract with Rose Bamboo and Caledonia as primary worts. Cane is grown at 160 to 2000 feet elevation. Charles Notley uses a railroad view. Cane transport uses wagons to rail, then overhead crane and derrick with steam power. The company operates 261 paid workers plus contractors totaling 826 on payroll including cane fields. The mill has two steam engines, twelve-car cane trains, an endless carrier, Rowe cutter, and a nine roller mill. Output averages about thirty tons of sugar per seven months from three and one-half tons of cane per acre.
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