The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-27
SlnS With ElRetie Power for
Pllpilg at Waialae.
WATER GIVES INITIAL FORCE
Cheap, Certain and Plentiful Is the
EnerN-The PIant-other Sugar
Estates WIN Follow Example.

Jldslns from Developments within
the pas few months, IL would seem
that electricity is destined TO be the
chief power On the various sugar es-
2ssS throughout Hawaii.
One q the nsatest Improvements
Imaginable wzs recently installed al
w2iazze plantation. on this Island.
Already It's success has been demon
S-rate5 and il Is also known thar the
plznt, which eozt il the ne;shbo-hood
Of s13-oo0. VIII pay for Itself IL 5 little
more ch2n . years tine
David Center. the popular manager
q Wziz1ze. Is responsible for al this
While he VAS positive that the scheme
Was feasible. this was not the casa
with the Owners Of the plantation.
Eowevs-. they had the greatest con
6Gs2cs IN Mr., Center, and allowed him
sTery latitude II making the expert
uaaL
Nh Center. wtth fozce of workmsn.
vent high Up in the Wai2n2s noun
t2iES where they drove tunnel for
distance OF $50 feet \ large yOlums
o. water issued from this hole. which
wsS carried in funis for : distance
OF nineteen hundred feet, 10 the sum
hit q : lofty hill Here the water
EzS SGrrs,5 into large tank. 81 the
bottom * which IS connected { -
inch pipe This pipe leads down the
steep incline OF She hill 10 the power
house. The w2ter has drop OF $50 feet,
being driven through : ncELls, TWO and
o1e-hzlf inches in diameter
Al the present time : dynamS with
: capacity Of one hundred and fifty
horse power Is IN operation There Is
sill space to- { similar dynamo, which
Etu give : total capacity Of $40 horss
power The power is transmitted
from the dynamo house, along wires
10 the pumping plant, three miles dis
canL II requires but IS horse power
20 operate the pump Only three PEI
cent OF ths poEsr Is lost in the uans
mission
/ The pump ~aS : steam one In max,
ing The change the steam piStOlS auC
valves were removed II was aISS
Necessary 10 change the 4! wheel Il
: rope pulley which Is attached 10 /.
e0gnEsE shaft thai Is driven By rh'
/ electric motor
McC2adIsSS Brothers are now Ell
gagged IN boring more wells on wsia
1zs plantation When they have &C
eoupliShs5 this. Manager Center vii
put more land under cane cultivation
An elseEElc plant vas Installed OF
Z OlO%Gla plantation last July II Ia
I done s5sclIvs service and up 10 DAT:
{ has aOc e0St fifty Cents for repairs
The plant has 191-ho-se power and /:
I managed 6y two japanese, one al II;
I Mill and one II the pump
Proprietor August Dreier Of ElesIc
i Plantation On kaasi. %iII inr0due;
Z electricity u his place, not only fol
his pumps but for Al electric railway
- vel The cars for the railway 81:
How bs5as Constructed
Manager George Weight OF Kzhuku
ms been greatly encouraged By tht
SlcceSs Of ths Wsialze plant H;
EIll so0a begin tuanslliag the mpun
tzils hack OF kzhQku for power water
Manager Theodore Hoffman. OF the
Hawaiian Electric Light Company, pu
II the plants. both at Wziznze and
OlO~zIl
I OF he Installation Izss ~ssk Of :
~zcsr EhssI Il HIl0, the Tribune says:
The 1e% Pzllaa ~zt=- wheel for ths
s-sczrzc light works i How il pIzcs
and running like clock EOrk II Is II
1S-t0o- ~h=sI and Is the sacold largest
P=llOl ~hssl il the World This ~hasl
FIJI b lsad for the power OF the ics
Plant The Lighting department vii
b hereafter rU1 separately and N:
Old ~hssl %ilI BE- usei for this The
Pumping machinery Is propelled b!
Sill zzo-hsr. making II AL three ~zts.
~he=I= q various sizes Esed a. thi:
Plant