Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-30

engine room are the machine shops, where
all repair work Is done. Adjoining the ma.
chine shops is the 125.light General Electric
lighting plant, where power Is generated
by an automatic engine to supply the mill
and grounds with electric lights. The mill
has a capacity for turning out fifty tons Of
raw sugar in twenty-four hours, while the
average mill extraction is about 30 per cent
of the sucrose In the cane. The residue
from the mill or cane trash Is conveyed by
an endless carrier to the furnace room,
where 1t is dropped upon automatic trash
feeders, and conveyed direct to the furnaces
where It falls on step.ladder crate bars.
Water for the mill for steam and other
purposes Is obtained from several cisterns
The condensed vapor from the triple eff.
feet is conveyed outside Of the mill to a Sc.
ries Of cooling floors and returned again to
the mill to be utilized.
At this mill three grades OF sugar
are manufactured and known as the A, u
and G graues. The sugar room is a capa.
cious AFFAIR. where In addition to sacking
the sugar there Is large storage capacity.
From the mill the sugar is conveyed BY
teams to the landing or shipping point u
short distance away. where has been erected
a most complete system for receiving
freight Of all kinds from the steamers, as
likewise the shipping of sugar. The system
consists of a double incline tramway some
200 feet In length and constructed on an
incline Of from forty-fve to fifty degrees
at the bottom of which Is a large concrete
landing constructed upon a solid ledge OF
rock. Upon this landing have been erected
two large Risdon cranes with swinging
boOms. and having capacity equal to lift
ing ten tons. The crane is then loaded
with ten sacks Of sugar having, q combined
weight Of 1850 pounds which Is swung di.
rectly over the freight boats from the
steamer manned by natives, and in this
manner conveyed to the steamer. BY this
method 5000 sacNs are loaded into the
hold of the steamer in day. The platform
cars are loaded at the top Of the incline
with fifty sacks Of sugar at time and con.
trolled in their descent and ascent by the
aid Of cable and drum driven by a hori.
zontal tandem steam engine which was
erected also by the Risdon Iron Works If
San Francisco.
BY this same crane system passengers
are placed In large heavy frame box and
lowered into the boats. Connected with the
landing is large warehouse. where can he
stored. II necessary. fully $4,000 sacks of
sugar. through the center Of which runs
the railroad track for expediting the haui.
ling of sugar. as likewise freight
Mr.. j. Glib. the manager of the Pau.
hau Sugar Plantation Company has been
identified with the sugar industry of the
Island of Hawaii for the past thirteen years,
and for period of fully twelve years was
identified with the Hilo Sugar Company.
near Hilo. but accepted the position Of
manager Of the Paauhau Plantation On
March LIST OF this year. succeeding the fo.-
mer manager, Andrew Moore.
Following is the list of officers Of the
above plantation:
w. q. Irwin. President
Albert Never. Vice President.
Daniel Never. Treasurer
IL. w. Thomas. Secretary
w. u. irwin Co.. Honolulu Agents.