The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-11-02
THE EVA MILL.
Account OF the Trip to see the
Plant.


Plant.
A party of gentlemen more or less
interested in the sugar industry of
the islands, through invitations by
Mr.. J. N. S. Williams, manager of
the Union Iron Works, paid visit
of inspection to the Eva plantation
Saturday afternoon. A first-class
Pullman car, headed by the iron
horse "Kaala," left the railway sta
ton in Honolulu at $50 O'Clock, the
following gentlemen being seated in
the car: VIM. G. Irwin, G. M.
Cooke, W. O. Smith, iona. Austin,
f. NJ. Swanzy, +. W. Holdsworth,
Jos. Marsden, F. A. Schaefer, Senior
A. de Souza Canavarro, j. o. Carter,
H. Warehouse, W. A. Bowen, Cap
tain II. w. Mist, B. f. Dillingham;,
Thos. May, w. f. Frear, Robt.
More, Il. f. Evans, H. M. Whitney,
II. KIuegel and the representative of
the BULLETIN. A stop was made at
the Moanalua station, when Hon. 5.
NJ. Damon joined the party.
The train was run past Pearl City
to a point where an artificial fish
pond is being dug. After brief
stay of few minutes the train was
run back to the main track and the
trip to the great new sugar estate
was resumed, Eva plantation was
reached in little over an hour after
} leaving Honolulu and acres and acres
of as fine cane as one could wish to
see greeted the view.
The train stopped near the mill
and all hands alighted and passed
through the plantation store into the
building which is a monster in itself,
and was constructed entirely of cor
rugated iron on the outer side, the
rafters and other parts of course be-
ing of wood. Entering the main door
the first things that catch the eye are
lG centrifugals on an elevated plat
form, and above these centrlfugals
are two monster vacuum pans,
through which the sugar passes to
undergo the drying process. The
cane slicers are on the mauka side of
the building. They were given q
run and surprised all by their speed,
doing no less than 240 revolutions q
minute. Passing through these cane
cutters the cane is carried on an in.
clined traveller into the upper story,
where there are % diffusion battery
cells. After undergoing the diffu-
sion process the chips are let out at
the bottom to moving platform and
are carried to the maceration rollers.
The maceration rollers were in mo-
ton on the occasion and worked
satisfactorily.
Messrs. Kopke and Hughes, engi-
neers, attended to those inquisitively
inclined and were very accommodate
ing. Messrs. j. n. S. Williams and
Robert More, manager and superin-
tendent of the Union Iron Works,
also gave descriptions of the work.
ings of the different machinery. On
the makai side of the building is the
cooling room, which is partly finished
and still in the hands of the work
men. The chimney, which is OF
brick, is on the seward side and
stands ID feet. In the construction
of the mill economy in the different
processes has been in view. For in
stance, after all the sugar juice is
taken out by the diffusion process, a
watery liquid is left to run out
through pipes as an irrigating ferti-
lizer.
only a part of the mill was fin
ished, but it was sufficient to give an
idea of its capabilities. After going
through the mill a lunch of salads,
sandwiches and liquids was had in
the dining room, where the party
were altentiveIy served by Messrs.
More and Hughes.
The start for home was made
shortly after noon, and the town sta
ton was reached about / 80 o'clock.
On alighiing Mr.. j. N. S, Williams
was congratulated on his having
brought home industry to such a
high standard, the Union Iron Works
having constructed every piece OF
machinery with the exception of the
multiple effects and few other
articles.
1t is believed the mill will COM
mence grinding in January.