The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-27

moved, and the skin mostly taken of BY
pairing machines. When freed from the
skins 1t is placed in chute, from which it
is fed into the slicing machine. This con-
sists of an iron hopper holding about
bushel of taro On circular iron disk are
placed two knives at opposite sides. This
IL revolved ut a 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 is
spread upon galvanized iron wire trays.
These trays are slid into the evaporators 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
trey. and supporting It on its journey up
eight to fifteen minutes, and so continued
until the evaporator is full then tray is
removed from the evaporation with the taro
dry at the top or third story, and fresh tray
is introduced at the bottom or second
story until la the h.r days work tkrd i S sOm
the dried taro goes into. 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
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 round
cylinder lined with fine cloth, Ow the in
side of this is spiral brush revolving.
This brushes all the -four through the
cloth, and the balance, or tailings like mid
dlings, passes to the end of the cylinder
and out into "a container. The good -four
falling from the wire cloth drops into
small frame, where q sheet-irOn conveyer,
in, spiral form, worms 1t to one end,
where elevators of sheet-iron on an endless
belt convey it to the -four bin, from which
place it is bagged, at our convenience,
usually in five-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 evaporation are
packed in boxes containing an area of 12x12
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
A series of trays, with canvas Innings, are
arranged one above the other with space
of about four inches between. Steam Is ad-
United ut the bottom and follows straight
course under and over the trays, coming in
direct contact with the Hour, which X
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 revolved by
gearing running over the mass, which Is
constantly kept in position under the
wheel by scrapers until it is worked to the
consistency necessary to make good Poi
1t is then placed in containers ready for
distribution. AS the entire process il
mechanical, il will be readily seen 1t must
be as free from outside matter as It is pos
sible to have it.
The factory is located IN the central part
of the beautiful town Of Wailuku, Maui,
near its principal thoroughfare.
The Company intends to supply Homo
lulu and other parts of these Islands with
Poi, where regular communication can he
relied upon.
The following are few of numerous adj
vantages Of the Company's Poi, in COM
parison with the ordinary Poi made by
hand:
Poi, as commonly made can scarcely be
free from impurities Of various kinds, some
Of them Of most deleterious character,
owing to the filthy process OF handling and
the latent diseases prevalent among ma
tives and Cinnamon, who are usually en-
ployed to pound and manipulate the same
BY the substitution of the machinery above