The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-30
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY
Offers IT'S Defence
I.AIMs MACHINERY ORDERED
LAST MAY ONLY ARRIVED
WITHIN A WEEK.
Peak Load Of Holiday Business 10
Now Past and Better Service 10
Prenisec-lishsfng Capacity Is
Soon to Be Doubled.

Electric Company which has been the
/ subject of so much adverse criticism
Of late for its failure to give ITS pa
irons a sufficient service for their
money. feels somewhat aggrieved over
the structures not infrequently admin,
istered by The Republican The com
pany claims to have good defense Of
/ which the material component is that
/ the machinery that was ordered away
last May has only just now arrived.
The company is the sole agent for
the " estinghouse concern" said Man
ager A. Gartley yesterday. and vet
with that tremendous prestige we have
been unable to have our order hurried
through ahead of its turn. The ma
chinery was ready on the floor when
il was bought. but it was necessary to
make an alteration in the matter IL
shaft To do this it had to take its
turn along wi,n the other orders The
| shipment was not made from Pitts
burg until October 18th. and has
reached here within a week"
Mr. Gartlev went on to say that the
company. with the best of intentions,
and with extra holiday lighting on its
hands. was compelled to add to its old
| lighting capacity by the use of all its
other power machinery The peak
load in this case was forty per cent
additional.
The COMPANY he saws. is spending
prove its system, the total amount TO
exceed sl65.000. Much OF this is for
machinery and the completion of the
mower house. but a considerable DOR
ton goes to the new Office and store
building on King street.
| Among the improvements in the ma
chinery line that Mr.. Gartley points
| out is a rotary transformer of 3on
| horse power. which is a novel bit #
mechanism running without a belt. 1t
is simply power machine and will
supply $50 volts The large engine
unit of 500 horse power will soon have
another of 500 horse power alongside.
| which has been turned out bv the
Union Iron Works Of San Francisco.
and the manager claims that it's dura-
hilitv and general makeup will be nj
| the same order as the great marine
engines made nv that COMPANY for the
ba'tleshins Oregon and Wisconsin.
Tho journals. bearings and cross-head
guides are all water cooled. The lin
irps Of the bearings are Of Parsons
uuiremepts The Dicton rods and nins
are of sneciallv hardened steel: cvlin-
| ders are steam iacketed to prevent
condensation. and the pis+ons are built
M p yer. fine and light quality of cast
steel
The present plant includes four
boilers of 200 horse power each. car
rving an average of 135 pounds of
steam. Five more boilers are soon 10
be installed and their horse power
will run from 2S0 to 900 each. The
manager boasts that the new 75-ton
ice machine is the finest in this part
York Manufacturing Comnapv and is
being put in by Mechanical Expert NJ
w Smith. who is in the employ Of
that establishment
When the new plant is all in shape
with the Union Iron Works vertical
cross comDonnd engine. which will at
tain the velocity of 100 revolutions
per minute. things will be different.
saws Mr.. Gartlev The supply will be
sufficient for all immediate use. For
regular power service the company is
installing the 300 horse power rotary
transformer. sometimes called a dou-
BILE current generator. from which the
direct current will be $50 volts and
which the manager says has been
found to be best suited for power uses
Probably ninety-five per cent of all
electric power supplied from stations
is of $50 volts" said Mr.. Gartley. This
is the kind of current. he says, that is
best suited for street cars
The company is putting in two con-
densers of a combined capacity Of J.
500 horse power, and one of 300 horse
rover for the ice plant. The walls of
the boiler house are up and the roof
is soon to. be put on.
An entirely new switch board is be-
ing put in and extensive alterations
in the transmission lines are under
way.
We are practically doubling our
lighting capacity" said Mr.. Gartley.
The present lighting capacity is 5000
lights of sixteen-candIe power. With
the new plant in operation We can
supply $4,000 lamps of that size. The
new machine is rated to furnish 5000
but has a capacity of fifty per cent
overload. making really 5000. and If
necessary it can supply 5000 lamps
with ease"
The accident that caused the shut
ting down of lights for such a provok-
ing length of time on an evening be-
fore Christmas consisted of the break.
ing of small bolt in the end OF an &C.
centric rod The rod whirled over.
struck the floor. and soon resembled
the letter So
The length of time before every
thing is in operation depends on the
time required BY the local manufac-
tnrers TO turn out a certain pulley
which was omitted in the shipment.
Meanwhile the pressing need has in
measure died awav for the extra holt
dav light orders have been filed and
the harm thew brought through an IN
sufficient plant has been done. The
from the failure of main |
land manufacturers To I'LL machinery
orders of all kinds and especially cleo
trio machinery are quite general