The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16
F0UNDR|ES BUSY
Pressure Of Plantation Work and
Large Orders to Fill.
Importation of 800 Car Loads of Raw
Material-Pumniag Plants and
Iron Pipe.

comes the periodic pressure Of bust
ness upon the local foundry establish
ments The wave of Hawaiian indus
try, in fact, reaches both San Fran
cisco and Eastern fOundrymen, as is
evidenced by the activity shown in
their local agencies. The rapid in
crease and development in plantation
work since annexation has, indeed
taxed the local foundries to their ut
most. This increased demand for plan
tation machinery has caused the local
plants to largely increase facilities for
| handling both the present and future
work Of the numerous plantations on
the Islands, which, of course, results
in the employment of a largely in
creased number of skilled mechanics.
Inquiry at the various Honolulu es-
tablishments and agencies shows great
activity to meet the demands The
! following is some of the work lately
completed and finishing in the Homo
j lulu foundries and the Risdon Iron
plantations:
The Honolulu Iron Works. the larg-
est and oldest foundry in Hawaii. is
now shipping to the Makee Sugar Co.
fine nine roller mill, thirty-four by
seventy-two inches, with engine OF
| twenty-eight by sixty. They are also
! shipping to the Ookala Sugar Co, a
similar mill. 80 by CO. with engine.
| "A by 81 and gearing complete. An
eight foot vacuum pan and three of the
largest sized mud presses, with a large
number of water tanks are also being
| sent TO this plantation. Honokaa plan
| tatiOn is also to the front with two
| fine three roller mills, 80 by so, with
engine complete, % by A. Hamakua
j Plantation is now receiving a 10-foot
vacuum pan together with an eight
foot single effect with mixers and cen
trifugals: and Waianae is having
shipped three roller mill, 80 by 90
complete, with engine, 90 by AZ inches
Besides these there are nearly finish
ed an eight-fOOt vacuum pan complete
for the Waiak Mill Co., and a SINH
lar pan for the Pepeekeo plantation
\ quantity of machinery has also lately
been shipped to Kekaha. Besides the
above heavy list Of machinery the
same firm has made and shippel this
year one hundred and fifty-thousand
feet of large water pipe ranging from
twenty to thirty inches in size.
In regard to the latter item it is es-
timated that duplicate order at the
present time would cost the plantation
men, owing to the late advance in ma |
terials, at least 100000 more Taking
this and other facts into considera-
ton the Honolulu Iron Works has /
lately placed in the East a heavy order |
for material aggregating 5000 tons |
fl ON Islands for raw material and will |
load 800 cars in its passage overland |
to San Francisco. The Iron Works has |
made a special contract with the rail
way company for transportation and |
expects that the big order will begin ar
irving here in January next. Owing |
to the large increase of trade in all |
directions the Iron Works is constantly |
increasing its capacity for turning out
work rapidly and satisfactorily and is
at present working between five and |
six hundred men, in night and day
shifts. to keep even with the incoming
orders.
Close to the Honolulu Iron Works
comes the old reliable Risdon Iron
Works of San Francisco, whose agents
here have lately moved into their fine
new offices on Nuuanu street near
King. The Risdon company reports
that the new plant for the Honolulu
Sugar Co. is progressing favorably ana
will be finished within the coming year
The new pumps of seven and a half
million gallons capacity daily have just
been started and are giving entire salts
faction, pumping, in fact, more water
than can be used at the present time.
The set Of pumps for the same COM
pany Of eleven and a half million gal
Ons daily is stated to be nearly ready
for delivery. The large pump for the :
American Sugar Company Of Molokai
s also we'll under way in the shops st !
San Francisco and v II be ready for
shipment within the next six months. :
The large set of powerful pumps for the
<ihei company of Maui are we'll under
way and a large force OF men are al
'eady on the ground sinking shafts for :
heir reception. The manner in which I
hese pumps are being put in is a new
departure in these Islands, and will I'M
loubtedly interest those connected
With plantation plants and work.