The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-04-06
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1851.
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A GREAT sUGARRETNERY.
A. I,,,ortaut Addition TO San Franciscos
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4 Ccrnn,pv. will he one Of the very best ap- 4
,N,;n,eS and equipped sugar redneries IN the 1
yvorl6. The excavation for the building is now |
-,;n- on AZ a point Of land projecting into /
San Francisco BAY, just beyond the new Gas |
works M the Potrero. The building Will oe-
.rr, the entire space between Delaware ana
I .,p;siana streets in South San Francisco. IL
viii ba fully four hundred feet long, with an
average Of one hundred and fifty feet IN width,
aud will be ten stories high, including deep
basement; surmounted by tower thirty ieet
in birht The roof Of the man building wall
n, one hundred and ten feet, and the ROOT 81
he tower one hundred and forty feet above
~, ,-roun6 thereby making longer as wei
as higher building than the Palace hotel IL
will pTesent The appearance Of an enormous
fortress to those approaching San Francisco
from across the hay.
The water in the hay at this point is suitl-
GENTLY deep to enable the largest ocean yes
ssls 10 approach a wharf, which viii De
erected for the use Of the Refinery. The wharf
will be 400 feet in length, covered throughout,
and will be supplied with overhead tramwAIs,
As well as many other oonvenienoes not usually
appur,enant to wharves. The raw sugar a. II
Is brought from the Sandwich Islands, VIII De
landed AZ this wharf, thereby saving immense
expense for warehousing and drayage. lhe
nrsssnt Refinery requires constantly seven
four-horse trucks 10 carry sugar to anG from
the Refinery. After the raw sugar Is landed
AZ the wharf. it will be passed along a tram
way to the warehouse, which Is TO be erected
inst across the street from the Refinery. IL
will be a separate and distinct building, liS
feet long hy - feet wide.
The sugar will be melted in the warehouse,
thus leaving the Refinery free from all Vapor
arising from boiling sugar. From the melting
mans in the warehouse the liquid sugar Will he
nurnped into tanks on the upper story o. the
Refinery building and thence passed through
the haC-flters, receiving Its first clarlhcauon,
and from thence again elevated 10 tanks IN the
tower. From these tanks the liquid sugar viii
mass 20 charcoal filters 10 feet in diameter and
20 feet high, having capacity OF 10 tons
each These are called high-pressure hitter
tanks. Thence the sugar gravltates to receiv-
ing tanks in the pan room Of the capacity oil
5, 200 gallons, the liquor being forced to the
receiving tanks by heavy body OF water
turned in from above. From the receiving
tanks the liquor passes to the vacuum pans,
where, the pressure Of the atmosphere beng
removed, the liquor boils at a temperature
averaging less than li0 degrees Fahrenheit
instead Of at 2l2 degrees as is usually Ie-
0uirei. There will be two vacuum pans, the
larcer one being IL feet in diameter inside, ana
IS feet in hight with capacity TO boil eS,ooO
pounds Of sugar al one time, said 70 oe the
largest vacuum pan IN the world. Inc otneF
will he u feet in diameter and 20 feet high,
and will boil 40 coo pounds at one charge
The sugar, when discharged from the
vacuum, passes into cooling tanks, and from
thence Is let down into mixers over centrifugal
machines. From these mixers 1t passes into
tie centrifugal machines, which, revolving
RAPIDLY, press the syrup against the screens
q. the side Of the cylinders, and by centrifugal
force throw the syrup through these screens
and leave the sugar dry in the machine. These
machines are OF the Hepworth patent, the
baskets 81 inches in diameter and 80 inches
deep. and holding 1000 pounds Of pnrget
sugar each From the centrifugal machines
tie sugar Is discharged through gates IN the
bottom and carried BY elevators TO The press
and dry grauulating machines, aud also to
other portions OF the building.
The hard and grauulated sugar will be To-
Gated on the sixth floor OF the Refinery, and
these and the various other grades ofsugar viii
mss from this floor to tile third floor, where
they viii be packed into barrels and sacks
and such other packages as wall be found 10
be exue6isnt: and from this floor the sugar
will be delivered on the second or delivery
floor. Al whose doors the railroad cars pass.
The reason for building the Refinery build
ings so high. and having SO many stories. is
that thereby the rehandling OF the sugar is
saved. The building will be well anchored,
and will be as near earthquake proof as TWO
story house would be- That portion Of the
main building in which are the charcoal tanks,
and known as the charcoal house. where the
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tank. will be built mainly Of iron, the floors,
girders and braces being Of iron, and 500 tons
of iron will be used N this portion OF the
building alone. The whole building rests on
a solid stone foundation, and is built IN the
most substantial manner.
Ii is given out that there viii be no Chinese
employed in this Refinery, and the wages OF
the operatives will be the same as they have
been for ten years past, averaging from so
to SEQ per month.
The plans Of the building were prepared by
S. 5. Hepworth S, Co. Of New York, they hav-
ing drawn the plans for the largest house in
the East, situated at Brooklyn. Tive hundred
and fifty men will be employed in this Refinery.
P. A. Smith will be the Superintendent and
Charles Watson the Chief Engineer Of this new
and important enterprise.
Persons well informed in such matters assert
that this Refinery viii by all means be the
best in the world, and that it will with less
expense refine four times the quantity of sugar
that the present California Refinery has the
capacity to refine. The reason for the con-
strucfion of this gigantic Refinery is simply
because the demands Of commerce require 1t,
il being necessary and needed adjunct to
our sugar trade. In other words, there are
not now on the Pacific Slope nearly as many
sugar refneries as are needed, and this one is
being built with all the modern appliances and
machinery to supply long felt want. The
total expenses attendant on the building of
this Refinery, the warehouse, the wharf and
the other buildings which will be required for
its operation, will exceed 81 100000. 1t will
be built by one Of the most energetic firms or
this continent, and it would be good thing
for California if we had few more such
energetic and courageous firms as Spreckels 8
Co. The same energy, business foresight and
intelligence which has enabled this firm &c
achieve position where the judicious ex-
penditure Of so vast = sun is problem easily
solved, will no dOubt enable them with The
greatly increased facilities, not alone to &C
ouire great wealth, but to retain an advanced
position in an important industry, and possibly
10 WELD the scepter of the sugar kings. f
BuLein, March 9Th.
Interesting Revelations in Census Reports
The work Of the staff Of officers appointed
BY the Superintendent Of the Census to collect
statistics relating to the industries and manu-
lectures Of New York city will show somt
singular industries. II was found, for instance
that some use was made Of old shoes, but ex-
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