The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-11
ON NEW PLANS
The Hawaiian Electric
Stock Increase.
Manager Gartley Goes East to Pur-
chase New Machinery As
sessment Levied.

Manager Gartley OF the Hawaiian
Electric Company left in the Nippon
Maru yesterday for the East where he
goes in the interests of the local cor
poration. Ever since the present board
went in the directors have had under
consideration plans for the betterment
of the electrical service in Honolulu.
After going over the needs of the plant
and making a careful study of the best
means of supplying the many deficien-
cies it was decided at the last meeting
of stockholders to call in the final as
sessment of 10 per cent on the capital
stock and increase the capital stock by
500, 900. The increase and assessment
will make the total capitalization
$3.50 900. The present stock paid up is
1925. 900. With the $l25 900 to be real
lied from the assessment and increase
the improvements decided upon by the
directors will be carried to completion.
In an interview yesterday Mr.. George
r. Carter the treasurer of the COM
pany, said
THE plant is 10 be entirely rearrang-
ed. The way the machinery is now
placed il gives one the impression OF a
Chinese puzzle. The plant is nOt a du-
plicate one in any respect so that 4 any
of the machines become disabled that
part of the works must stop until re-
pairs are made. Under the new pro-
ject we propose to have duplicate sys-
tenn so that unnecessary delay will not
be occasioned in case OF a break down.
The company at present manufactures
more kinds of electricity with a small
er plant than any other company in the
world The great increase in business
has caused the plant to get in its pres
ent condition. Manager Gartley has
carefully considered the situation and
evolved a plan for the betterment OF
the service and for placing IL when the
| improvements are made in condition
where it may be added to conveniently
when the time arrives and the needs of
the public demand Under the present
plan however the electric company
when the improvements are made will
be in a position to supply any demand
| for electric service that the future de-
velopment of the city may in reason
call for in the next three or four years.
with the new system Installed
there will be a 6000-horsepOwer plant
| in operation in the present building
and the voltage will be increased from
| 1000 to 1000 volts. The stoTeroOm and
Offices now in the companies building
will be moved to an uptown location
where a display of our electric goods
may be had. The new directors figure
that a good system will be appreciated
by the public of Honolulu who are gen
erous in their response to endeavors
| to aid in their comfort. We found dur
| ing March that the electricity We were
manufacturing brought us but one
third the income il should. For cur
rent that we sold at % cents per 1000
watts we were getting but s 1-3 cents
per 1000 watts. This meant loss of
about GO % per cent of what We should
have been earning. The system of
lines and poles will be entirely re-
modelled and we hope that when this Is
done the great apparent leakage will
he stopped. The improvements about
to be made are very general. The light
and power plant and ice mandatory
will be more than doubled. New ma
chinery for the lighting plant includes
one 900 n. W. alternating generator
and an engine for same; a new switch
board of latest pattern with improve
ments up TO date. The power plant
will have added one 100 X. W. 500 volt
generator transformer and some addi-
tional motors, a direct connected en-
CINE and switchboard and one $50 X.
W. 500 volt generator. The ice plant
Wa. be enlarged by the addition of
seventy-fve ton refrigerating machine
and ,en-ton ice tank; besides thirty
ton boiling plant with 200-horsepower
condenser together with ammonia con-
densers and coils. At the station a
3OO-horsepower boiler and 500 horse
power condensers will be added and a
new deep well dug and the piping sys-
TEN entirely rearranged.
The new stock will be apportioned
to the stockholders pro rata at par
valuation and the Improvements will
be begun as soon as the machinery can
be delivered here. Mr.. Gartley has
full power to rush things to an carly
completion of the plans