The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-07-30
Burning Megaa. Direct from the Rolls.

EDrroR GAzETTE:-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 TO tho
subject. From reliable information j am con-
WINGED that the Furnace used at the Lahaina sugar
works is the bert IN the 'rorl9 for burning green
trash.
Mr.Turton, see, gives the Jarvis patent attach
ment 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.. Jarvis's agent, was a sad
failure and, 80 far as hear, failure has followed
every boiler setting superintendent by Mr.. Jarvis
agent at least none has come up to promise or ex-
poctation-eIoept the Lahaina and that not until
the fireboI was remodeled and horizontal CRATE
bars put in.
In fact the spreckelssille furnace headed the
list of green trash burners here, until the Lahai-
IN remdleing was completed.
II must be admitted that the Bahaina furnace
is supreme success when considering its achieve
ments, but we are at a loss TO know lNw much
credit is due the CRATE bars, and how much if any,
is 10 be given to the Jarvis patent, and how much
for the arrangement of the boilers for its succNs
The Jarvis at Lahaina without the horizontal
bar was a failure. And the Spreckelsville furnace
with the bar and without the Jarvis attachment as
only partial success, when compared with the
LRhaina. 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 at Lahaina II seemed a
necessity-a discovery.
The works shut 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 grind-anda large harvest
TO deal with, something must be done and no one
knew what The wet trash choked the CRATE bars.
No way that could feed it, were we able to pre-
vent the choking. But fact had been discoreyd.
One of the freboXes ha0 been arranged TO burn
coal the CRATE bars had been cut into in the mid
md an MIA lint flara ,F Fa.r
inches in the middle of the grating and this drop
could not be chOked, and it was observed that this
ire done tolerabe we'll and Nh. Dunn the engineer,
Said he 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, whenthe works shut down.
The next morning the Waikiki works was to
start up, and with the Jarvis furnace The writer,
passing Wailuku few hours after il was sup
posed TO start, promised TO report the success of
the furnace, DC. but unfortunately they broke
down soon after starting, and so after looking
around and seeing nothing TO recommend to the
BHhaina people, passed on to Spreckelsvile, and
took look at the furnaces there and wrote back
to Lahaina advising them to send over a competent
man 10 examine the arrangement of the grating
at Spreckesville ns there was a drop to every bar
and II was impossible to choke that kind of graf
ing, DC.
The result WAS Mr. Turton sent over man. and
the horizontal CRATE bar was placed in the ahaina
furnace; and the result Is becoming Notorious,
and no other furnace ever done so well in the
burning of green trash, so far rs have heard, il is
probable that happy combination of boiler
setting" Jarvis patent" and Horizontal CRATE
bars" aoeideJitly stumbled upon had brought out
this valuable discovery which has been aimed at
these many years, but naFer before attained.
These boilers are six in number, set tandem side
by side, and nclOsed with their six foot square fire
boxes in heavy mason work. The fire passes
under the boilers and back through them, dis
tAnoe Of near eighty feet before it entors the
smoke stack. am told that at the end of the
\ boilers forty feet from the firebo1, the flame is
Nrful pouring out from six to ten feet.
Issaa told also that about O'Clock in the morn
ing the central fire is shut off, 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 4
o'clock in the morning, after the works have been
shut down II hours the heat so great in the FIRE
box as 20 start up fire Immediately after tho green
trash is introduced, no dry kindling wood or
match is required, and Mr. 1urton states there is
about two days trash left Mt the end of every week
after doing every thing about the works requering
the use of steam JSo.M. HoRNTR