The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-05-04

moved, and the skin mostly taken off by
pairing machines. When freed from the
skins il is placed in a chute, from which it
is fed into the slicing machine. This con-
sists of an iron hopper holding about a
buShel of taro. On a circular iron disk are
placed two knives at opposite sides. This
is revolved at high rate OF speed, and
works so rapidly that the contents OF six
teen large gunny bags have been uniformly
sliced to the required thickness in less than
ten minutes. The sliced taro is from here
conveyed to the second floor, where it i
spread upon galvanized iron wire trays
These trays are slid into the eyaporators on
stats, holding small rolls. Four endless
chains with dogs or brackets are so
arranged that they come under each tray
and by gearing are hOisted up, lifting the
tray and supporting it on its journey up
ward A fresh tray is introduced in from
eight to fifteen minutes, and so continued
until the evaporation is full; then q tray i
removed from the eyaporator within taro
dry AT the top or third story and fresh tray
is introduced at the bottom or second
story. until the days work is com
pleted From here, the third floor,
the dried taro goes into a bin,
from which it is passed. through
chute into the mill below on the second
floor. This mill stands about seven feet
high. and is of the latest device, known as
the stevens roller mill, corrugated steel
rolls. As the tarO passes into the hopper
it is crushed by corrugated rollers, moving
against a corrugated plate, into particles
about the size of a wheat grain. This falls
onto steel rolls, nine by eighteen, one run.
ming much faster than the other where it
is crushed into flour This falls into a round
cylinder lined with fine cloth. On the in
side of this is a spiral brush revolving
This brushes all the flour through the
cloth and the balance, or tailingS, like mid
dlings, passes to the end of the cylinder
and out into q cOntaincr. The good -four
falling from the wire cloth drops into a
small frame, where sheet-irOn cOnveyer.
in a spiral form, worms it to one end,
where elevators of sheet-irOn on an endless
belt convey il to the -four bin, from which
place it Is bagged, at our convenience.
usually in tive-pOund packages. These are
again placed in burlapS.
Bananas are peeled or evapOrated whole
as desired, going into and out of the evap-
Grating chamber similarly to taro, and
when taken from the evaporator are
packed in boxes containing an area of l2xl2
x24 inches. All fruits can be evaporated.
some OF course requiring longer than
others.
The Company Is now manufacturing Poi
from flour superior to any ever before seen.
4 series of trays, with canvas Innings, are
arranged one above the other, with space
OF about four inches between. Steam is adj
mitted at the bottom and follows 4 straight
course under and over the trays, coming in
direct contact with the -four, which is
cooked in from one to one and a half hours
From here the cooked mass passes into a
circular container, where wheel weighing
some two hundred pounds Is Tevolyed by
gearing running over the mass, which Is
constantly kept in position under the
wheel by Scrapers until il is worked to the
consistency necessary TO make good Poi
Ii is then placed in containers ready for
distribution. AS the entire process j,
mechanical. it will be readily seen il must
be as free from outside matter as it j. pos
Sible to have it.
The factory is located in the central part
Of the beautiful town of Wailuku, Maui.
near its principal thoToughfare.
The Company intends to supply Homo
lulu and other parts of these Islands with
Poi, where regular communication can be
relied upon.
The following are few OF numerous adj
yantages of the COmpany's Poi, in com
parison with the ordinary Poi made nv
hand:
Poi, As commonly made, can scarcely be
free from impurities OF various kinds, some
OF them OF a most deleterious character.
owing to the filthy process OF handling and
the latent diseases prevalent among ma
tiyeS and Cinnamon, who are usually en-
ployed to pound and manipulate the same.
BY the substitution Of the machinery above
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