The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-04
RAILWAY
Waiting for Engines to
Begin Traffic.
Superintendent Lambert Pushing
Construction - Carshops
And Foundry.

1t is probable that by June 1 next
people of Hilo may have an opportunity
to travel on the Hilo railway between
Waiakea and the Olaa Sugar Co.'S
headquarters at nine miles and make
the distance in less than a half hour.
All that is wanted now is the construc-
ton engine, with which the track lay
ing will be completed.
Through misunderstanding,
said Superintendent w. II. Lambert |
yesterday, ''our engines have not ar
rived. They were ordered through w.
G.. Irwin IL Co., agents for the Baldwin |
Locomotive Works, and our purchas- |
ing agent at San Francisco, Mr.. Daily, |
was notified to look after them. When
the engines did not arrive by the Falls |
OF Clyde | wrote him regarding them, |
and upon inquiry he found they had
been in San Francisco about three
weeks. 1t is probable they will come
down on the Rodefick Dhu, though ev-
cry inch of space on that vessel had
been secured by shippers, but if ar
rangements can be made to hold over
some of the goods, room will be made
for the engines.
will be put together first and used for
construction work; this should be
ready within a week or ten days after
arrival and while the tracks are being
laid to nine miles the passenger en-
CINE a 70-ton one, will be put in readi-
| ness for hauling. This will require a
| couple of weeks and by that time the
| line to the plantation will be complete.
We have everything in readiness now;
| the road bed is made and the material
is on.the ground. Track is already laid
for a distance of three miles in the di-
rection of Olaa and besides there are
two spurs from the main line; one
leading to the wharf and the other be-
tween the shops
About 400 yards mauka of the depot
at Waiakea a large force of workmen
were engaged laying foundations for
the buildings.
This one" said Mr.. Lambert, point
ing in the direction of an oblong foun-
cation. will be a machine shop, Ask
1870, and will contain a 50-horse-power
Corliss engine, two lathes, "A large drill
press, bolt cutter and all the modern
appliances for doing the work usually
done in such places. Opposite this, on
the other side of that spur, will be the
! car construction and woodworking
shop, and it will be 9Ox13O feet. All OF
our cars will be built here and en-
pioyment will be furnished number OF
white mechanics. John Hughes, mas
ter car builder for the o. X. az l.. Co.
is expected to come up and start the
work as soon as the building is ready
Mauka of these buildings where those
men are digging, will be a nine-stall
round house and turntable; makai OF
that will be a 45x60 blacksmith shoI
with steam hammer, etc, and opposite
the blacksmith shop will be a large
paint shop where the cars Will bt
D painted. The company will also erect
} a 50x200-foOt car shed, but the location
OF the building has not been decided
\ In connection with these We viii have
a foundry 30x40, which, next to the
Honolulu Iron Works, will be the mos
complete on the Islands. There will b,
a force of artisans who will be able L
} make such repairs to mill machiher!
as now have to be made in Honolulu.
you know" continued Mr.. Lam
bert, that when a piece of machinery
breaks on any of the plantations OF
this Island that it has to be sent to Ho
nolulu for repairs or to have a dupli
cate made. When this foundry is fin
ished such work can be done here a
4ess expense and with less delay thai
by sending by steamer to Honolulu.
I'VE have here the material 70
twenty boxcars, twenty flatcars AM
four passenger coaches, and they viii
be built as soon as the buildings ar
ready. They will be equipped with tn
Miller Couplers and the usual safet,
appliances. BY the time the first GRO
of sugar is ready for shipment we viii
have our main line built to the lon
\ wharf and run our cars on that struc
ture so that sugar may be put directl
into the holds of vessels which tie u
to the wharves or into the scOws, a
the case may be-"
y A warehouse near the wharf is file
' with material for the various shops an
on rails in the vicinity are a numbe
q Of sets of car wheels. Everything tina
4 goes toward building car in the com
a pany's shops is on hand ready for tn
< wOrkmen. Mr.. Lambert has had thiI
x ty-fOur years experience in railwa
y work and, as an officer of the cOmpan
y remarked, can build a shop, set up
4 locomotive and run one and can bull
q a railway" He has done a great de-
4 Of work since his arrival and will hay
4 charge of the road when it is in opera
< ton. Cloud Kinney is the cashier {
< the company in Hilo, with Offices Z
= Waiakea. Mr.. Brown is the master m,
Y chanic, and John Spencer, a vetera
y engineer, win pull the throttle on Ii
\ first engine to go over the line. NJ
q Spencer was the oldest engineer
4 point of service on the o. X. & l.. G
4 Since operations began here Mr.. Xii
< ney has disbursed SOL, 17S.40 for labC
x and supplies. This does not incluC
Z any of the money expended away fro
Y Hilo, and it shows the benefit to be d
Y rived from new enterprises.-Hawa
q Herald.