The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-13
ON NEW PLANS
The Hawaiian Electric
Stock Increase.
Manager GartIey 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 plan,
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
$350000. The present stock paid up Is
1925, 900. With the $125,000 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
II. Carter, the treasurer of the COM
pany, said:
The plant is to be entirely rearrang-
ed. The way the machinery is now
placed it gives one the impression of
CulucSt puLLlt. HS plant 10 NV q W.
plicate one in any respect so that # 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 a 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 it 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 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 6000-horsepower plant
in operation in the present building
and the voltage will be increased from
1000 to 1000 volts. The storeroom 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 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
brought us but one
third the income it should. For cur
rent that we sold at rs cents per 1000
watts We were getting but 1-3 cents
per 1000 watts. This meant loss of
about &C 2-3 per cent of what we should
have been earning. The system of
lines and poles will be entirely re-
and we hope that when this is
done the great apparent leakage will |
be 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 300 X. W. alternating generator |
and an engine for same; new switch
board of latest pattern with improve
nents up to date. The power plant
will have added one 100 X. ". 500 volt
generator transformer and some addi-
ional moIors, a direct connected en-
CINE and switchboard and one $50 X.
". 500 volt generator. The ice plant
Ma. be enlarged by the addition of
twenty-five ton refrigerating machine
md ten-ton ice tank; besides thirty
on boiling plant with 200-horsepower
condenser together with ammonia con-
lensers and coils. At the station
'00-horsepower boiler and 800 horse
,ower condensers will be added and
lew deep well dug and the piping sys-
EN- entirely rearranged.
THE new stock will be apportioned
O the stockholders pro rata at par
'aluation and the improvements will
10 begun as soon as the machinery can
e delivered here. Mr.. Gartley has
ull power to rush things to an early
ompletion of the plans"