The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-14
A BUSY RDAU
The o. Il. & l.. Company
Rushed with Work.
An ideai Machine Passenger
Cars 10 a Ncung Eusr IN
doubted prospsritS.

On. of the bus.os, sections og the
city today il down among the shops oil
ne Oahu Railway a Land Co Ther,
the hum OF industry Is at ils loudesl.
NcW cars. new engines, new macniu-
vIy al, aA UeIHs pa together. "a,
nuIRlAh uuuts nave UyeA s.Is,uHtu 90
"a auu "A Hait lu some % Inc u-pdIt-
ACNE, ANA ,nC Nmpioyes, Iussvau %
JuytCAne, ItyulCC ina, suuA lu a't 10
aoC,ssaI!. IL IS a sure syn 81 pros
perity.
au interesting feature OF the many
now ana recent innovations Ii a iitn,
machine. inns i the particular prIu,
~ Harry koDGrts, masvvr mechanic OF
he machine shops. As he dwelIs upon
It's merits and shows how powerful ana
yet now easily controlled 1t Is, one can
not help but become Interested.
The machine Is really remarkable
one. II is o double spindled lathe,
Il pie geared. II combines two lathes
IN one; a medium size for the common
range Of work, and large size with
ample power for handling heavy wOIk
up 10 the full swing. II is remarkable
and about ideal.
The head il extra long and rigid, and
IL well supported. The rail spindle has
very long travel and is provided with
4 tightnut to take Up wear. The cross
feed Is operated in a very simple man
ner by means Of movable pin that is
pushed in to engage and pulled out to
dispngage. The gearcd feed Is ar
ranged 50 that very fine or coarse
feeds may be obtained Of the screw by
using the regular change gears.
]. T. McCrOssOn, who was here a
short time ago and who obtained the
contract for the boilers TO DE- put IN al
the KaiIhi pumping plant, was sur
priscd to- find an agency for this ma
chine IN Honolulu. Repeated efforts
have been made by different San Fran
CISCO firms to obtain an agency In that
city, but they have never succeeded.
harry Roberts had done what the big
firms Of san Fr1HcigoO have failed to
do.
Foreman Hughes, Of the car shop,
Is another busy man. He has the
whole building flied with cars in var
iUUs stages OF completion. He has Just
finished five first class passenger cars,
which are as nicely finished as could
j." found anywhere. These will be
used for the first time next week.
The number OF freight cars being
built Is very large. Ten nave just been
turned out that comply with all the
specifications of the standard freight
car New orders are coming in con-
stantly which nccsE.ita'n longer work.
ing hours
The new engine has at last been
completely put together. It was found
when IL was nearly completed some
time ago that certain parts were MS
ling. Later 1t was learned that they
had been dropped in East River, New
York, by a shipping firm. They landed
here few days ago, still covered with
East River mud, but in good condition.
The engine Is q monster, weighing
about sixty tons. II will be taken out
in a few days for its trial run, with
Harry Roberts at the throttle.
Superintendent DenisOn now flies
along the line on the patent gasoline
tricycle., which was ordered some time
ago. 1t Is a beauty and more than full
ills the claims made for It. On the
first trip it reached a speed OF twenty
four miles an hour, which Is fast trav-
cling for so small machine. The gas
Oline consumption Is very small, and Is
a great deal cheaper, Mr. DenIson says,
than foot power.
The road IL undoubtedly prospHrIng,
and today Is one Of the best equipped
Of the roads ~ the country.