The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-06
IMPROVEDHECTR|G PLANT
HORSE AND LIGHT CAPACITY To
BE MATERIALLY INCREASED.
Patrons Will Have 10 Purchase New
Motors as Company Proposes Calling
in It's Machines.

Within short time the users of
electric power will be able to get in
creased voltage at a considerable re-
auction. The Hawaiian Electric Com
pany is at present installing one of the
hnest ice making plants to be obtain
ed anywhere and by the end of tba
month work will begin on the instalIa
ton OF an addition to the electric power
plant.
1t VIII be necessary however for the
users Of power to change their motors
Tor the kind that are constructed to
receive the increased voltage the COM
pany intends TO add TO it's power
Nearly all of the motors now in use are
owned by the company but a. Gartley
the general manager says that in fu-
ture the company will not provide pa
irons with these machines and thew
VIII have to be controlled by private
ownership. The cost will be nominal
ne says being about $40 per horse DOW
er for machine
In speaking of the intended improve
ments which involve a cost of SI2O 900
Mr.. Gartley said this morning:
Ihe long promised improvements of
the Hawaiian Electric Works are now
nearing completion. Like everything
in Honolulu, the articles required first
were the last to be received and the
Electric Company has been disappoint-
ed IN not vet receiving all their cleo
| trical machinery. We are making
! very extensive Improvements and at
| the present time are installing a 20
ton ice machine new ice tank and
condensers complete. The new 300 h.p.
! boiler purchased from the Sterling
| Boiler Co. is now completed and con-
nected to the largest stack in Homo
! lulu, which is feet inches in diane
ter and las feet high.
! In order to give a thoroughly salts
| factory power service independent of
| q a OIL fRV
! Electric Company is installing a 500
volt direct current power machine of
| 200 kilowatt capacity, that is about 275
| hp. The power previously supplied Of
| 100 volt current is very unsatisfactory
| in so much as the district to be sups
piled has greatly increased in area and
the current at 100 volts is not practi-
cal. The 500 volt machine will furnish
! the best power that can be supplied.
| for all railway services use current of
this voltage Different motors are re-
quired on the 500 volt service from the
present 40. Almost all the motors in
town belong to the Hawaiian Electric
! Company and these they propose to
/ call in in a majority of cases, and it
4 will be necessary for power users.
therefore, 10 purchase 500 VOtt motors.
This will be some additional expense
at the first installation, but the cost
Of current on the 800 volt service Will
be considerably reduced over the pres
ent cost of current and the saving
which will be effected by the use of
the 500 volt service will more than Off
set the first cost of the motors.
ITO supply the additional lighting, a
300 kilowatt alternating machine is
being installed capable of supplying
about 1000 additional lights The in
stallatOn of this new machinery will
practically double the present capacity
of the plant"
Already 80 horse power has been
contracted for and "A further call upon
the power is anticipated. The machin-
cry. was shipped ilom San Francisco
on the Archer on the 10Th of last month
and is expected here about the same
date of the present month. Its INSTALL
, alton will require about two weeks
more.
When the new switchboard is in oper-
alton the present momentary shutting
, down of the lights about IL o'clock
every night will be obviated. The
cause for the present trouble is that
old style switchboards are in operati ton
and it is dangerous for the operator to
change the switch on the various cir
cults without first shutting down the
. force of the current.