The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-12-17
Expansion Of The Oahl Railways
Plant.
THE TWO NEW LOCOMOTIVES
Heavier Than Old Ones-Irnproved
Pattern-New Steel Laid-curves
Reduced Bridges.

Oahu Railway and Land Company. is 1
Characteristic Of the sh1ewd and tire
less man 81 the head Of the corporation /
NJ. B. F. DiIlingham's remarkable en-
1e-pirse has rather become a feature OF
the city. but new instances OF it are be-
ing brought into evidence as each year
rolls around. Those who knew the
Oahu railway when it was on paper,
and who saw II actually maIerialize.
are scarcely yet prepared TO give full
credit for what has been accomplished.
Within the past few months-sinee
the construction Of the line beyond
Waianae has been in progress, i'm
provements in the equipment and roll
ing stock have been made with g dash
and expenditure that would seem al
most reckless to the ultra-eonservative
but those on the outside are beginning
10 see thai each new movement is fully
warranted before Il is launched.
The bark Nuuanu brought the finest
Baldwin locomotive thai the company
owns. and duplicate Of this new iron
horse IS being taken from the ship
Spies Both these new engines have
six drivers as against four on the old
machines They are capable Of greater
speed and have more power than the
cid locomotives. They weigh 80 tons
each This size seems small when
compared 10 broad guage engines. but
il remarkable as narrow guage locomo-
tives 90. One Of these new machines
Is already in use and the men who
are familiar with such things are de-
lighted with II It was erected in the
newly built machine shop Of the COM
pany under the supervision of Master
Mechanic Henry Roberts and was more
than 9 success on the trial trip. 4
locomotive brought out for the Oahu
plantation was also put together in The
shop Of the Railway Company. The
railways engine has not yet beer
named 4 number OF the employee;
desire 10 honor the general manager
in this case. but have not yet obtained
his consent. He is partial 10 native
names for the locomotives
The Spies had as portion Of lis cargt
eight and one-half miles Of rails tina
viii be laid for the extension around
Kaena Point Much new steel Ia:
been laid by the company during n:
past few months. lighter rail being re
placed. There is now Ssh. steel al
the way from Halawa, near Moanalua Il
Waianae- The Peerless Preserving
Paint Company has Just finished paint,
ing Il miles OF rail 10 protect il from
rust
About the middle Of the summer the
Railway Company decided TO remove
all the old bridges on the entire line
and put in new ones. This was q bis
job. requiring many thousands Of fee
Of heavy lumber and an immense
amount Of work This task was en-
trusted to Jas. Carter, the company
chief carpenter. The first thing he
did was 10 devise 3 pile driver that
could be used all the time without
forcing trains 10 stop. He fixed up 9
trestle arrangement that is strong
successful and ingenious and that has
saved a lot of time and bother and
money Within 2 really short space Of
time % new bridges have been put in
without ever stopping work on given
job during working hours or flag
ging q train TO halt Few indeed are
The railways in the United States thai
can show any achievement OF this
sort
i number OF curves have been
Strengthened out 10 insure greater safe
y and TO permit q higher speed sehed-
ule. The notable curves reduced with
in the past few weeks were at waipio
Halawa and Cape Horn" This work
was undertaken al 2 season when there
was not an extraordinary rush Of traf-
nc on the line and has been carried
through without waits OF accidents
The plan is the same that has been
adopted but just recently by leading
railway lines in the United States
Around the depot and wharf in the
city the railway people are carrying
on q large amount of work Consider
able numbers of men are being
employed and much money i:
being expended. 4 small dredgel
is deepening the wharfage room
at the new scow landing. Thi;
landing is 10 feet long The mud
brought TO the surface Is dumped on
cars and used in filing in basins mean
the depot and shops, where still other
buildings are 70 be erected Within