Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-08-19
NEW UNION FEED MILLS
MISS IRMGARD MCFARLAND
PRESSED BUTTON SATURDAY
Mrs. N. Porter Boyd ChriStens Ma
chinery With Bottle Of Wine
MANY Business Men
Witness Start.

longing to the Union Feed Company
and recently completed at a cost OF
nearly 100000, were opened Saturday
afternoon and the machinery set in
motion with impressive ceremony.
Some two hundred invitations had
been sent to as many Of the leading
business men of the city to inspect the
rJan and hear the first whirr of the
smooth running machinery.
1t was a few minutes past / o'clock
when the visitors were shown into the
neat engine room. Steam was on and,
the Corliss engine was ready to per-
form its labors. Miss 1rmgard Mac
farlane opened the valve that gave the
steam access to cylinders and the
whole began to revolve. As the shin
ing piston had registered its first half
stroke, Mrs. w. Porter Boyd broke a
bottle of wine across 1t. The work had
commenced. The buildings hummed
and for the next hour the visitors went
in and out through the various depart.
ments noting the labor saving up to
date appointments of the place.
No part Of the extensive plant was
omitted. The warehouses, the stables.
the whole establishment was shown
to all the guests. On the floor of one
OF the large hay bars, had been spread
q most tempting feast. When the tour
of inspection had been made, the hosts
and guests gravitated In that direction
where delightful refreshments were
served. The officers OF the company,
led by President w. +. Allen and Man
ager +. w. Macfarlane left nothing I'M
done to make the guests welcome.
Around the table the company stood
and drunk to the health Of the officers
and stockholders Of the Union Feed
Company. and to the prosperity OF
their enterprise. Toasts were propos-
by p. c. Jones, Manager Macfarlane
and Z. r. Swain the architect OF the
buildings.
The buildings are on ground re-
claimed by filling in with dredgings
from the sea. The company holds 30.
year leases to the site from the Bshor
Estate and what has been accomplish.
ed shows what should be done with
large areas of swamp ground in Ka'
kaako and Kewalo. The cost of thu
new plant will be between 800, 900 ant
100000. The mill capacity is 20Ol
sacks OF barley per day. The grail
warehouses have a capacity Of 100 .OO
sacks. A coal yard, which is the lates
hnCinapp 40 lao
about 5000 tons Plans are alread,
made for complete wood WORKING
plant.
The machinery with which the mil
Is equipped was made by the JOSEPH
Wagner Manufacturing Company o
San Francisco. This firm was giver
carte blanche by the Union people. Tn,
result is the finest feed mill on the Pa
clfic ocean. II Is more than twice al
large as the largest feed mill in an!
OF the Coast States. The mill wa.
erected under the personal supervision
of A. Hallett. He was assisted by II
r. Spalding, C. NJ. Young. w. l.. Irver
and 7. T. Trainer. The machinery Il
such that the mill when running a
full capacity requires the labor of onl,
ten men.
The Union Feed Co. is at present Off
cered by the following gentlemen: w
i. Allen, president; E. D. Tenney, vic,
president; F. w. Macfarlane, manager
and treasurer; Southerd Hoffman,
secretary; F. Klamp. auditor. The d.
rectors are w. +. Allen, +. d. Teny
Geo. II. Robertson. II. Il. isenberg, +
Il. Vida, F. W. Macfarlane
The warehouses are in charge of +
X. Vida who is assisted by Wade Arm
strong.
The Union Feed Company grew o.
a partnership formed in 1885 between
John II. Patty, A. J. Cartwright and G
w. Macfarlane. In October of that year
F. w. Macfarlane secured a controlling
interest in the concern and Incorporate
ed, associating himself with W. +. Al
len. Castle e. Cooke, Brewer & Co.
and II. Hackfeld & Co. The capital a
that time was $4,000. This has beer
increased from time TO time until al
present 1t is capitalized at Sl5O,O0O. A
meeting will be held shortly to con.
slider an increase in capital to cover the
| new nlant and warehouses;