The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-20
Sketch of the Development of the
Enterprise.
FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT.
An Undertaking Which is Credit to
HonoluIu-Three Powerful Engines
in PIace-Dynamos For 5000 Six
teen CandIe-POwer Lamps.
Communicated.


was originally organized in October
1891, with a capital stock of $4,000
The electric plant was located on
King street and had capacity Of
about eight hundred Is G. z. lamps,
with a number of motors used during
the day time, and was worked up to
its full capacity. A bill granting a
franchise to erect poles and run wires
IN the streets of Honolulu, was passed
by the Legislature of 1892 and signed
just one year ago. This franchise was
offered at auction and purchased by
w. w. Hall for the Hawaiian Elec-
trio Co. In May of last year the
company was reorganiZed and the
capital stock increased to Sl50,OOO
and the following officers elected:
sWm. CT. Irwin, President; Alex.
Young. Vice-President; VIM. w.
Hall, Treasurer; z. o. White, Secre-
tary; and Thos. May, Auditor. since
then Mr.. May has resigned ana Mr..
Godfrey Brown was elected 70 take
his place. The stock has all been sold
and 20 per cent. has been assessed
and paid in.
Four lots have been purchased on
the Esplanade, on the north side OF
the new market building, corner of
AIakea and Halekauwila streets.
Upon this property, measuring 100 by
200 feet has been erected one of the
largest and most substantial brick
buildings in town, and well adapted
for the work for which 1T Is intended.
This building is OF brick, set on
stone foundations 8 feet deep by feet
thick, built on the coral rock. Inc
roofs cover separately the two rooms
formed by the dividing brick wall,
and are of galvanized corrugated iron,
and for the purpose of light and venti-
Iation each roof has ventilator the
whole length of the building, COM
posed partly of glass and partly OF
iouvres. The roof trusses are made
heavier than usual, for the purpose OF
lifting the heavy parts OF machinery
during erection, examination or re-
pairs. The walls have been built with
q view to second story wnen re-
uuired in the future. The dividing
wall between the rooms has been SO
placed that width of 50 feet in the
clear has been given to the dynamo
and engine room, while the other
room, devoted to the boilers, coal
storage, ETC., is only A feet wide In
the clear. The steam boilers are
placed at one end of the room, and
when completed will consist OF four
multi-tubular steel boilers, 20 feet by
z feet, the tubes being inches; capa-
of I2O pounds to the square inch. They
are of the ordinary type-fred under
and returning through the tubes. The
smoke stack is feet s inches in dia-
meter and about 10 feet high. 1t is
built of 1-inch steel plates, and, after
being well painted inside, is lined
with brick and so protected by an an
nular cap at the top that no moisture
is allowed to get between the steel
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but two of the boilers are in place,
these being considered sufficient for
present requirements; the foundations
only for the other two being Quilt, so
that they may be added as soon as
needed. The steam pipes are led across
the boilers into and along the wall of
the engine room. the whole being of
ample dimensions for full capacity of
the four boilers. The steam pipe for
each engine branches off just where
required. The steam engines at pres
emit in place consist Of:
One cross compound condensing
Ball engine of 200 II. z.
One cross compound condensing
Ball engine of $50 II. p.
One Arlington & Sims single en-
CINE of 100 III. p.
(Tbe horsepower given Is for nom
condensing.)
The exhaust pipes are so construct
ed that the engines may be changed
from condensing to non-condenslng
i'm a few minutes or vice-versa, but
whether condensing or not, all the
exhausts have to pass through a
counter current feed-water heater be-
fore reaching the condenser or being
exhausted into the atmosphere. The
condenser is of the ordinary shower
type, and takes its injection water
from series of five 10-inch artesian
wells drilled in corner of the engine
room close TO the condenser and air
pump. The air-pump is an ordinary
direct-acting Blake's vacuum pump,
IA in. steam cylinder, Is in. air cylin-
der and "a in. stroke. Besides the air.
pump, a small Blake's service pump
is used to drain the exhaust pipes and
bottom of feed-water heater. The eX-
haust pipes, feed-water heater, con-
denser and air-pump are of full capa-
city for all the power ultimately to be
developed by the four boilers.
The water supplied by the artesian
wells is almost fresh, and, in case of
accident to the city water pipes, is
intended to feed the boilers. All the
foundations for boilers, engines and
dynamos are built of ample dimen-
sfons and on the coral rock, the lower
part being of stone and the top of
pressed brick, so that notwithstand-
ing the high velocity of engines and
dynamos when in motion, not a jar is
to be felt: in fact, these ponderous
machines, when doing their work,
make as little ado as so many family
sewing machines. The plans for the
building were prepared by Mr.. &. 3.
Ripley, the brick and stone work done
by Mr.. r. Lishman, the carpenter
work toy Mr.. a. Petrie, the plumbing
by Messrs Emmeluth & Co, the
boiler settings 10y Messrs. Harrison
Brothers, and the plans for the ar
rangement of the machinery and
foundations, together with the steam
machinery itself ami connections,
We're furnished by the Honolulu Iron
Works Company, while the dynanos
and all pertaining to the electric in
sfaIafinn were furnished by Messrs