The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-03-21
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For your
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Honolulu Electric Works.
Starting of the Machinery.
Everything Works Well.

INFORM our reaueTS ullaJ JUG lSuVihS
of Honolulu 10y electricity is almost
en- tatt dccompH. Everything has
been in readiness for some months
past except certain machinery which
had to be procured from America.
This consisted of turbine wheel
manufactured by Leffel & Co., of
Springfield, Ohio, and certain neces-
Ssary piping and valves which were
made by the Risdon Ironworks of
San Francisco.
After great delay these arrived
by the last Australia, and no time
has been lost by the Superintendent
of Electric Works, Mr.. Faulkner,
and his assistant, Mr.. cassie, in
pushing on the work of setting up
the wheel and fixing the valves and
connections. This has been q work
of great labor and anxiety, and was
really only brought to a completion
on Monday night. Some days pre-
vious to that the Waterworks staff,
under Mr.. Acting Superintendent
White, had laid the necessary piping,
bringing the water into the Electric
building, and hearing that yesterday
morning the water was to be turned
into the new wheel for the first time
in these islands, we despatched our
reporter to the Electric Light Sta
ton in the Valley and are now able
to lay before the public the result Of
his visit.
On arrival there at about
O'Clock, he found assembled a group
of gentlemen small in number, but
in knowledge and experience great,
including His Excellency Minister
Thurston, Mr.. Wilson, Superintend-
ent of Water Works, Mr.. White, his
deputy, and Messrs. Faulkner and
cassie. The water was at this time
running through the pipes (having
been turned on at the main further
up the Valley, but past the wheel,
the valve, which should admit it to
the wheel, being closed. Every
thing being declared ready, the
valve last mentioned was slowly
opened and the valve in the waste
pipe through which the water had
been running was very slowly
closed, aud amidst an almost breath
less silence each settled himself to
see what would happen. Eagerly
Mr.. Superintendent Wilson scanned
his guage and his pipes; slowly
and calmly his deputy carved huge
plug of tobacco and did ditto;
anxiously did Mr.. Superintendent
Faulkner view the belts connecting
the wheels with his pet playthings,
the dynamos, wondering whether
sufficient power would be generated
and all his busy planning turn out
right. The Minister even looked
thoughtful. Would everything go
off all right and The success of the
electric lighting prove to be a plum
in the ministerial pudding for next
session of Parliament. The most
philosophic of the group was Mr..
cassie, who has put together the
machinery, and who wore an air of
quiet content as much as to say to
the machinery, "You've had lots of
labor and calculation bestowed upon
you, and if you don't go now it is
not our fault"
After lapse of some little time
Mr.. Faulkner suddenly awoke from
his musings and in an electrical man
ner rushed for the nearest belt, one
sharp pull and the whole of the
machinery in the building was for
the first time in motion, and not
only in motion, but almost without
sound and certainly without jar.
Suddenly as the sun emerging from
behind n cloud brightens and glad
dens the face of nature, did the
turning of that wheel brighten and
gladden. the anxious intellectual
mirrors of the assembled cogno-
SCENT. The work and anxiety of
the last few weeks was at an end.
The wheel was success. All the
piping and valves stood the pressure
of the water without a groan. The
water itself seemed quite at home
in the pipes and machinery, and ac-
customed to their torUuous COURSES,
and did not attempt to leave its
artificial channels otherwise than by
its appointed exits. Congratulations
were freely exchanged and the only
question left TO he decided was,
whether the wheel and etcctras
would stand the extreme pressure
Of 1875 pounds to the square inch,
which it was required to do. Slowly
pound by pound the pressure was
increased until the maximum was
attained and still everything worked
as smoothly and quietly as ever.
The next work was the testing o.
the dynamos and lamps, and as this
is in Mr.. Fanlkner's department il
may be well to say here before pro
! ceeding that the erection of thu
machinery has been almost entirely
Mr., Eassie's work. cor course HI
has had the advantage of Mr.. Faux
ner's advice when required.) An'
: it certainly does him very grea
: credit The work to be put togethe
was heavy and cumbersome and i
) required much thought and engnu
ity to make both ends meet as the!
! should in many cases. lie has ha'