Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-12-01
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The Hawaiian Carriage Co.
have just completed at their works
on Queen street three plantation
cars. that reflect credit on con.
structors and designer. Nothing
but the very best material both in
wood and iron enters into their
construction, all joints and exposed
surfaces are treated liberaily with
carbolineum, the floor and ends
are secnred with button headed
bolts, aud it is safe to say that
those cars both in regard to work.
manship and as a labor saving
machine have not nor cannot be
excelled. Several plantation
managers have inspected them,
and all are unanimous in ther APP
proval of them. The measure.
ments of these cars are, III feet q
inches from inside to inside Of
ends, q feet 10 inches from inside
to inside Of sides, stakes 4 feet
from floor to top, These dimen-
sions are we'll within the angle
OF stability. And plantation
managers can see how easily five
tons of cane can be loaded on a
car with the dimensions named.
When loaded to their full capacity
the construction of the car is such
that the whole truck carries the
load, there being no unequal
strains on any part of the car.
The evolution of railroading or
transportation facilities should be
the same on " plantation as on
, train line, the same rule governs
both. Experience has proven be-
yond the possibility of doubt that
it is cheaper to have 10 cars car
rying 300 tons of freight than to
have so cars carrying the same
amount, and whereas 10 years ago
ten ton freight car was the gen
eral rule, today few cars are being
built with less capacity than 40
tons. This innovation which has
greatly reduced expenses on
railroads will do the same for
plantations when they adopt a
large capacity car, fewer men,
fewer cars and fewer locomotives
being required. The construction
and carrying capacity of these
cars are only minor points. There
is the tipping feature mention of
which has been made some time
ago and which was tested on Eva
Plantation where it worked
smoothly and gave entire salts
faction, Mr.. Lowrie the manager
bearing favorable testimony to the
Car in its entirety.
Since then some very important
improvements have been made,
notably in stake pocket arrange
ment. All plantation men are
well acquainted with the stake
pocket as it exists today,
the faring of stakes when
car is loaded, the injury to car
sill by foot of stake, the amount
of work necessary to get stake out
of pocket and the continual de-
mand for new stakes. With this
new stake pocket all this is relegat-
ed to the past. BY simple and
reliable arrangement the stake
can be taken out with one hand
when the car is loaded and in cars
fitted with doors the door is sus-
pended from the ends and when
car is in the act of tipping door
opens automatically.
The proprietors of one of the
largest car factories in the United
States seeing the many desirable
features of these cars, have q rep
resentative of their firm here,
who has arranged with Mr..
Hughes for the exclusive right of
building these cars for here and
the United States. The facilities
this firm has for this kind of
work and the enormous amount
Of it they do have enabled them to
build these cars at bed rock
prices. Figures will be furnished
on application to Mr.Hughes. One
consignment of 30 cars is on the
way here, most of them to order,
and it is the intention of those in
terested to be in a position at all
times to meet any demands for