The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-01
EWA's PUMPS.
Graphically Described, Giving
Their Cost and Capacity.

On Wednesday party of business
men were enabled through the kindness
of the O. r. & L. Co. and the plantation
agents, to take a run down to the Eva
plantation. The mill which was made
the first objective point, has already
been described in these columns. 1t is
being rapidly pushed on to completion,
and will be ready long before the cane
is. The whole party devoted itself
principally to the examination of the
pumps which are to put the water on
the fields.
There are twenty-five ten-inch wells
on the Eva plantation, and three large
pumping stations. The smallest OF
these pumps is used to raise the water
from two finely flowing wells and is now
watering $50 acres of cane. The pump
ii worked twenty-five hours day will
raise from four TO five million gallons Of
water sixty-eight feet. This is fifty per
cent more than the average daily water
consumption of Honolulu. The whole
plant cost So, 900 which includes build
ing and foundation, piping and small
reservoir. The furnace consumes about
two long tons OF coal for each day OF
TWENTY-FIVE hours, and the coal can be
laid down at the furnace doors for about
81 per ton. If this single pump-the
smallest in the plantation were trans
planted from Eva 10 Honolulu, the
water famine would be over, and people
might water their gardens twenty-five
hours in the day"
The above pump ike all those on the
Eva plantation is the product OF the
Blake Manufacturing Co. 1t runs very
smoothly, so smoothly that even the
engineer one day forgot In a mo-
ment of Observation-Disclosures that the
powerful and noiseless engine was in
motion. He got in tine way-just with
one fnger-and did not notice the col
lision until he saw his finger-lying in
the dripping pan!
Pumping Station No. is now in pro-
cess of construction, and, when COM
plete, will be one of the " sights " of this
island. There will be nothing to beat it
on this side of the Rocky Mountains.
Two large pumps will lift the water from
twelve artesian wells-one to height OF
1877 feet, the other to a height OF l67 feet
above sea level. Deductlng 80 feet, the
height OF the natural flow, we have a
straight lift in the two pumps OF lO5 and
135 feet respectively. The ordinary
OF these pumps is, together,
twenty million gallons per day, but they
have a maximum capacity of about ten
more. Yet the ordinary daily
of coal will probably not
exceed seven tons. This very moderate
OF coal will be due in a
great part to the use OF tubular boilers
which, it is claimed, will furnish about
twice as much steam per pound OF coal
as the best boilers of any other pattern.
These climax tubular boilers were made
at the Clombrok Steam Boiler Works in
BROOKLYN, n. Y. The whole work OF
the foundation and erecting
the pumps is under the personal super
vision of Mr.. Bunge, a courteous gentle
man as well as skilful mechanic, who
has been sent here by the Blake Manu-
featuring Company for this special pur-
pose.
The total cost OF this great pumping
station, including the wells and the pip
ing will be in the neighbourhood of
100000.
The total capacity of the twenty-five
artesian wells, with the four pumps |
at their maximum capacity, will |
be not far from fifty million
gallons per day. This is an astonishing |
igure, but it gives only correct idea of
he power of these splendid pumps. |
There will be water enough to irrigate, if
4 900 acres of cane, and at the
working capacity OF the pumps,
here will be abundance OF water for
700 acres. Enough water will flow in
he once thirsty deserts of Honolulu to
upply city of 100000 people.
After doing more than justice to an
bountiful and generous re-
,ast, the party rode through the cane
ields to convince themselves by personal
Inspection of the magnificent condition
# the crop.
The condition of the plantation is a
lighly gratifying one and its prospects
right, even with sugar at the present
Ow price. Everything which favor
ble situation, q surpassingl y fertile soil
nd appliances of the most approved
can do for any plantation, ma
ure and man have done for Eva. The
Tells have not been in the smallest de-
rec affected by the severe drought OF
be passing summer.
The plantation has passed the expert
Mental stage, and the stockholders may
ly, as flattering unction to their souls,
he observation of one OF Honouliuli's
sading business men-an observation
lade after careful personal inspection:
The plantation appears to be very care
lilly managed. Everything seems to
ave been thought out beforehand.