The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-07-30
BARRING 1aeeas. Direct from the Rons.

EDrruE GAzrrrE:-We wish TO state some facts
and thoughts relating to the above subject, hope
ing thereby to elicit some information from those
in possession Of other facts in relation 10 the same
subject. From reliable information / am con-
Vinoed that the Furnace used at the Lahaina sugar
works is the bat ~ The 'r3yls for burning grnsi
frusL.
Mr.Iurton, Set, gives the Jarvis patent attach
Tnent the credit for its success. But 1 will ask
any one that can answer. How credit can be given
TO the JARVIS, when the burning of green trash,
after the setting by Mr.. JAryis's agent, n sad
faiiHrs and, far as hear, failure has followed
every boiler setting superintendent by Mr.. Jarvis
agent. At least none has come up 10 promise or
pectatiun-eIoept the DahAina and that not until
the hrebo1 was rumodeled and horizontal CRATE
bars put in.
In fact the SpreekelsEiIle furnace headed the
list OF green trash burners here, until the LaEnl
IA remdleing was completed.
II must be admitted that the Lahaina furnace
is a supreme success vhsn considering its achieve
ments, but we are at a loss 10 know Bow much
credit s due the CRATE bars, and how much if any,
is TO be given to the Jarvis patent, and how much
for the arrangement of the boilers for its sucuoss
The Jarvis at Bahaina without the horizontal
bar was q failure And the SPreckelsvllle furnace
with the bar and without the JARVIS attachment as
only partial success, when compared with the
LAhAina. But as noted below, the boilers are
set different at the two places which may account
for some Of the difference in the effective working
Of the furnaces.
No idea from Mr. JARVIS was worked in while re-
arranging the furnaces ut LAhaina. It seemed a
neoessity-a discovery.
The works shnt down because steam enough
could not be made with green trash and they had
neither dry trash, coal or wood
The cane was ready TO crind-and a Large harvest
to deal with, something .iHsi h d1Hs and no one
knew what The wet trash choked the CRATE bars.
No way that we could feed it. were we able to pre-
vent the choking. But fdct had been discorsid.
One Of the frebo1es had been arranged TO burn
coal, the CRATE bars had been cut into IN the mid
die, and 50 placed that there vas a drop Of 4 few
inches in the middle Of the grating, ana this drop
could not be choked, and Il was observed that this
FIRE done toerable well, and Mr. Dunn the engineer,
said be could cut the bars IN the other two CRATES
and places them as this one. and thought the
works could then GO ahead And 50 far as our
recollection serves, this was the only alteration
determined on, vheuthe works shut down.
The next morning the Waikiki works was to
start up, and with the Jarvis furnace. The writer,
passing Waikiki a few hours after II was sup
posed 10 start, promised TO report the success Of
the furnace dc but unfortunately they broke
down soon after starting, and after looking
around and seeing nothing TO recommend to the
BahainE people, lpassed on TO spreckelsvile, and
took = look at the furnaces thert and wrote back
10 IAhainh advising them TO send over a competent
man to examine the arrangement Of the grating
AT Spreckslsville, there a drop to every bar
and II was impossible to choke that kind Of graf
ing dc. -,
the horizontal crate bar placed in the ahaina
furnace; and the result = becoming Notorious
and Rs other furnace ever done well in the
burning Of green trash 50 far as have heard It is
probable that a happy combination Of boiler
setting" Jarvis patent and Horizontal crate
bars" necidstfiy sfunibicd Hpol had brought out
this valuable discovery, which has been aimed at
these many years, but uaEer before attained.
These boilers are siI in number, set tandem side
By side and ineosed with their SIX foot square fire
boxes, in heavy mason work. The fire passes
ssser the boilers and back fir0HgA them. a dis
tAnce Of near eighty feet before 1t enters the
araoks stack. / am told that at the end Of the
boilers, forty feet from the freboI, the flame is
9eArful pouring out from SIX to ten feet.
f'au told also that about O'Clock IN the morn
inc the central fire is shut Of Yet the heat is so
great under the two side boilers as to keep the
steam up all day IN the middle boiler. and at
O'Clock IN the morning, after the works have been
shut down l. hours the heat great in the FIRE
Dor as 10 start up fire immediatly after the green
trash is introduced, no dry kindling wood or
match Is required. and Mr. Iurton states there Is
about days trash left at the end of every week
after doing every thing about the works requering
the uue of stezrn Jyo.M HoHNrI