, 1898-11-16
PROSPECTIVE IMPROVEMENTS IN
HAWAII.
CLou;.iona Planter, l5sh. Oct.)

Editor Louisiana Planter: The nnnexa.
4ion of Hawaii TO the United States has had
a most beneficial effect on the sugar pia"I"-
lions IF this country, and most al Oh '"o
planters are rejoicing ut tnelrgooi FORTUNE:
Now that IL feeling Of security IN re Eu'u'0
i, folt "a prrot increase Of business with
Am.,icn NAV be locked for il the near future,
and most Of this business will consist OF p"F-
chases of new and up-to-d0te mach'neryt'or
sugar plantations AMI cane mills.
There nre evidences everywhere OF coaf-
d.nce which annexation has brought TO tins
land. and everywhere one sees signs OF
progress and improvement ana enterprise.
This Improvement il not confined IT, the
sugar industry, but embraces many thing.
The greatest changes will be sen III tho
sugar mills, rs many Of th"m are behind tue
times. and have been so for many years, N
rousroueuce Of the unsettled. Goa itiOn Of
The governments; but nnnexation' WILL change
nil This. and | don't consider it too much
to coy that now almost every mill on tho
islands will ho put in frst-c!nSs order and,
cOntain all the modern improvements.
The majority Of the Hilo, llamlkun aud
KohaIN mills already contain ninc-rollor
rlantp. and by the end Of the year quite q
lumber moro will be put in place. The quad
ru0le effect is fast coming into favour, and as
it Is u much needed Improvement where the
nine-roller mill is used, we may soon hope to
see them in every mill on the lsl"ndS. The
Doming system Of Qualification is also grow
ing in favour, and quite q number will be
MT into use this year. Water-tubo boilers
nre also coming in Use and are spoken of
highly Ly some of the engineers that have
used them. The nine-roller mill, Rnd better
extraction 00ve brought the fuel question
into prominence Hgain, and its d very nice
point 20 make. both ends meet without buying
extra fuel, but ID fortunately can be done
in most mill6. But to get the best results
from maceratiOnn etc., quadrnple effects. are
necessary with ID very careful use OF the
steam exhaust, etc. Another very important
thing will be the settling of the rollers,
for ! find that when % three-roIler mill is.
imperfectly set it will need double the power
and double the steam that it does when 1t is
set right.
The setting of the turn plate is also q very
important matterj for the why IN waich
this is done will often not onIyt determine
the quality of tue grinding, but the power
that is necessary to do the work rs well. 1t
ia the improved method of settifg the turIsO
TSlate and rollers which has made the nine
roller mill such O success pnd nabl"d the
work to be done with the trash alone rs
fuel. The new method of setting the bot
tOm~>. oilers closer together rs found TO be
an MINER improvement and will save no
end OF trouble aud expense. Some OF the
new imported mills are not, regret to say
turning out very we'll, as one Of the shafts
rot loose in one seasons grinding, and q
large blow hole was found in one of the
~rolIers, which was filed up With putty. This
kind Of work is not calculated to give con
tidenoe in imported mills, or likely to lead TO
many orders.
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