The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-30
NEW ROLLING STOCK.
Additions TO Plant of Oahu Rail.
way Company.

Additions TO Plant of Oahu Rail
way Company.
Business in the car department of the
o. r. e. L. Co. is very brisk just at the
present time, and from the indications
now, there is a prospect that it will
remain just as it is for some time tC
come. a large increase in freight traf-
| fic. incidental to natural development
the starting up of the new plantation
and bright outlook for the future OF
the road has necessitated a large in
crease in the rolling stock.
The first addition to the present
equipment is five box-cars of 10000
pounds capacity, all thoroughly started
two weeks ago. Mr.. Hughes, the mas
ter carpenter. expects to have them in
service in three weeks time There
is an air of strength and stability about
these cars, patent to the most casual
observer, which makes it appear that
they could be rolled down a mountain
side without mourning much damag e.
The body of the car is so trussed that
1t is capable of sustaining a load OF
90, 900 pounds The lumber in the cars
is principally Nor'west, with some of
the wood of the Islands to give them
an Hawaiian touch The wood is all
thoroughly seasoned and treated liber-
ally over covered and exposed surfaces
with carbolineum. The cars will be
equipped with storm-proof doors. and
the Westinghouse automatic airbrake
and everything connected with, the
trucks excepted. have been made at
the o. r. & l.. shops.
Immediately after the five cars men
toned above have been completed.
work will begin on 10 6O.OOO-pound
platform cars. 1t is the intention of the
General superintendent to have the
cars so constructed that they will carry
80 tons of coal or other material to
plantations and take the same amount
of sugar back, thereby saving the ex-
pense of hauling empty cars. It
speaks very highly for the Officials of
the o. r. & L. Co. that they ore being
built for operation here. They can
prove nothing but a success
With an eve to the future NJ. Dill
linsham has taken advantage of some
of the latest improvements in railroad
Improvements that diminish ex-
pense-and has ordered the trucks for
all the cars from the Missouri Car and
Tramway Company. at St. Louis. The
trucks are what are known as the
American steel foundry truck. and al
though it is only a few years since thew
were first introduced, the manner in
which the States are adopting them
prove their superiority over all others.
One large road had number of them
in service, and during four years not
one cent was spent on their mainten-
ance. The principal feature about these
trucks is the entire absence of wood.
cast iron. steel and wrought iron en-
tering principally into their construc-
ton. Even the brake beams are iron.
The principal, or carrying member, is
made of basic steel. which has a ten
sile strength of $4,000 pounds to the
square inch, and in case of distortion
by wrecks, it can be heated and re-
stored to its original shape.
1t is the intention of the company to
erect larger shops soon; also. a planning
mill, as the present condition of trade
will demand a large increase in rolling
stock during the next few years.