The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-04-28
A GREAT PLANT
MMSlGr Buildings Ilr The Homo.
lllu Iron Works.
KAKAAKO SITE IMPROVEMENTS
Esier,N Aiaiiioasl ElulrmeEt 90 Eeeirs
Cranes =. Comrressed Ar o. Many
New Tools,
KAKAAkO SITE IMPROVEMENTS

The whole town was surprised and |
pleased when 1t was published in this
paper several months ago that the Ho--
nolnlu Iron Works Company has ac-
pulre,l a large tract Of land in the ka-
kaako district and would establish Its
plant on the new acreage. 1t was
then stated that the business OF the
concern had outgrown entirely the old
stand on Queen street. A few weeks
ago the news was given that the Iron
Works Company was putting up tent
porary building on the new site. This
structure is now finished and is occu-
pied Much material Is taken to 1t
direct from ships. During the past six
months the ground in Kakaako has
been prepared for buildings.
The buildings for the new home of
the Iron Works will be of iron and
steel and will come from Milliken
Bros, New York. This Is the firm that
iurnished the buildings for Oahu plan
tation and that has the contract for
waianae plantation houses Shipment
IS TO be made to the Iron Works In
june. The Iron Works will have one
Of the largest and most complete plants
10 be found anywhere and will be cap
able Of handling about anything that
comes along. The company now builds
mills and boilers complete and has had
some important contracts for ship re-
pairs. The new home and the new
equipment will greatly increase the
capacity and efficiency of the plant and
will mean the employment of a still
larger force Here is an incomplete
list Of the most important buildings
and equipment:
Boiler shop-300XS5 feet.
Machine shop-30Ox9O feet.
Foundry-3O0xSS feet.
Blacksmith shop-ll0xiS feet.
These and other single story build
ings of the plant will be between fifty
and sixty feet in height and for the
loads 10 be carried from the upper
works will ge OF truss construction.
Pattern shops-Two ctories, 200 feet
front and 60 feet deep.
Suitable Offices and draughting
rooms.
Extensive dipping plant for the APP
plicatiun of tar or composition to water
pipe.
Sheds for storage Of general material.
Stores for material in constant use or
demand.
A tram system reaching every part
of the grounds.
Engine room, tool room and boiler
ronm-l20X35 feet.
Sand house.
Coke house.
Coal sheds.
Two cupOlas.
Brass furnaces.
4 number of ten, fifteen and twenty
ion cranes, in addition to those already
in use in the present shops. Several
of these will be electrical travelling
cranes. IN the machine shop alone
there will be two travelling cranes and
one that will be stationary.
Drills and hammers with compressed
air as power.
The electric plant will be a large
one and will include beside the power,
the necessary lighting dynamos.
Mr.. II. Hedemann, the superintendent
for the company, is now in the States
placing orders for additional equipment
for the new shops. Some OF the tools
already ordered will require ten months
for building at the factory.
The whole plant is to be enclosed
by a high board fence. The new site
Is but a short distance from the har-
Dor channel. None Of the gentlemen
connected with the company will say
anything about plans for dry dock,
but 1t is believed that the company
will move in that direction so soon as
the arrangement OF the harbor Is set
lied by the United States.
At the Iron Works at resent there Is
The greatest activity. The concern is
patronized extensively by new and old
plantations and is doing satisfactory
work. The stock of the company was
recently increased. All the new shares
were taken by old holders.