The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-01-16
The ELECTRIC AGE.
Installation Of Plant Of Hawaiian
Electric Company,
Splendid. Exhibition Of Engines and
2.
nynamos- Description Of The
Various Machines.

fractions yesterday evening, many
people responded to the invitation
Of the Hawaiian Electric CO., to view
the Inauguration Of their lighting
plant. There was a perfect atmos-
phere OF light in the spacious dyna-
mo room, fully forty incandescent
lamps being aglow. Besides heavy
machinery described below, there is
an elaborate arrangement Of gauges,
meters, switches, etc., all OF exceed
iugly beautiful mechanism, a de-
scription Of which would require a
large treatise on electrical science to
be made generally intelligible. The
company is not quite ready to sup
ply power. When il is the BULLETIN
will be again printed by electricity,
as il was for more than a year until
the breakdown OF the old company's
plant n few weeks ago.
The Hawaiian Electric Company
was originally organized in October,
1891. with q capital stock of $4,000.
The electric plant was located on
King street and had . capacity OF
about eight hundred 16-c. p. lamps,
with number OF motors used dur.
ing 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 Electric Co. In May OF
last year the company was re-organ-
lied and the capital stock increased
to $4,000, and the following oili-
GERS elected: Wm. q. Irwin, fr.e;.
dent; Alex. Young, Vice-President;
Vim. W. Hall, Treasurer; L. o.
White, Secretary, and Thos. May,
Auditor. Since then Mr.. May re-
signed aud Mr.. Godfrey Brown has
been elected to take his place. The
stock has all becn sold and 20 per-
cent has been assessed and paid in.
Four lots have been purchased on
the Esplanatle, on the north side OF
the new market building, corner Of
Alakca aud Balekauwila streets.
Upon this property, measuring loo
by 200 feet, has been erected ono Of
The largest aud most substantial brick
buildings in town, and we'll adapted
for the work for which IL Is intended.
This building is OF brick, set ON
stone foundations 4 feet deep by 2
fect thick, built on tho coral rock.
The roofs cover separately the two
rooms formed by u dividing brick
wall, aud ara Of galvanized corru.
gated iron. For tho purposes Of light
and ventilation each roof has n ven.
tilatm the whole length of the
building composed partly Of glass
aud partly 81 louvres. Tho rooi
trusscs are mado heavier than usual
for the purpose Of lifting the heavy
parts Of machinery during erection,
examination or repairs. Tho walls
have been built with y view To o soc.
ond story when required in the
future. The dividing wall between
the rooms has bnen so placed that q
width OF 52 feci in the clear has been
given to the dynamo and engine
room, while tho other room deys.s !
to tho boilers, coal storage, etc. ii
only II feet wide in tho clear. The
steam boilers are placed at one end
Of the room and when completed
will consist oi four multi-tubulal
steel boilers, ~ feet by O feet, the
tubes being 1 inches; capable o
sustaining a working pressure OF IN
pounds to the square inch. They
are OF the ordinary type-fred undel
and returning through the tubes.
The smoke stack is 5 feet 8 inches
in diameter and about ITO feet high
1t is built OF l-inch steel plates, ant
after being well painted inside il
lined with brick and SO protected b,
an annular cap at the top that NJ
moisture is allowed TO get bet
the steel plates and brick lining. A
present but two OF the boilers ar,
in place, these being considered
sufficient for present requirements
the foundations only for the othe
J two being built so that they may b.
added as soon as needed. The steam
: pipes are led across the boilers int,
/ and along the wall Of the engin
} room, the whole being Of ampl
, dimensions for full capacity of tn
, four boilers. The steam pipe 10
: each engine branches off just wher
required.
The steam engines at present il
) place consist OF:
: cross compound condensing Bal
engine OF 200 h. p.
l cross compound condensing Bal
: engine OF l5O h. p.
l Arlington n Sims single engin
, OF 100 h. p.
(The horse power given is for non
= condensingl
, The exhaust pipes are so con
: structed that the engines may b
, changed from condensing to non
condensing in a few minutes, or ric
, rersa, but whether condensing or no
all the exhausts have to pass throug
= a counter current feed-water heate
3 before reaching the condenser or be
= ing exhausted into the atmosphere
. The condenser is of the ordinar
8 shower type and takes its injectio
3 water from series OF ten-inc
Y artesian wells drilled in corner c
5 the engine room close to the con
3 denser and air-Pump. The air-pum
T is an ordinary direct acting Blake
D vacuum pump, l4-in. steam cylinde