The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-19
OPEN BIG
WAREHOUSES;
.NeWPlant
Feed Company
Started.
ENTERPRISE
IS TOASTED
Machinery Set in Motion by Fair
Hands Of the Managers
Niece.

The fine new warehouse plant of the
Union Feed Company just completed in
Kakaako near the seashore was opened |
with ceremony and good cheer which
was participated in by a large number
of Honolulu's solid business men. Short
ly after l o'clock the guests were led
by Manager Fred. w. Macfarlane to the
engine room. Mrs. w Porter Boyd and
Miss Irmgard Macfarlane the latter the
niece of the manager, Were also present,
charmingly gowned, and to them is due
the credit of starting in motion the
machinery of the finest plant of the kind
in the Hawaiian Islands and which is
| said to be second to none even in Cali
| fornia. The nickel-plated wheel which
| regulates to machinery was turned by
Miss Macfarlane with a motion SO gen
tie that it surprised the onlookers when
| the pistons began to work and the fly
| wheels to revolve. At the same instant
a bottle of Mumms was broken upon
| piston by Mrs. Porter Boyd and the plant
| was declared formally opened.
The guests We're then personally con-
Quoted by Mr. Macfarlane and Southland
Hoffman over the entire aggregation OF
buildings including the stables located
a quarter of a mile further along the
beach There were endless belts running
from entrances upon which bags of grain
We're deposited to begin their devious
winding journey to the sections where
they were piled up. These belts form one
OF the most modern features of feed
warehouse plants. Belts We're crossed at
right angles by others and from any en-
trance a wagon can discharge its load
upon belt and know that it will reach
its destination without further attention.
. From floor to another is a series of
endless belts provided with brackets so
that the sacks are carried upward as
we'll as horizontally. Sack leaders were
shown the visitors in operation with a
( fine exhibition of sack sewing a dis
= charge tube to wagons outside was
shown, where the loading is regulated
o from any interior point inside. Sections
for barley, corn, oats, and hay are com
modious with a capacity for 10000 bales
of hay and about $1,000 sacks of grain OF
l all kinds
n In a large store room near the office the
Y manager with the assistance OF Manager
Allen of the Hawaiian Hotel. had pre-
pared an appetizing luncheon of salads
$ and sandwiches topped off with much
champagne p &c. Jones, glass of water
in hand proposed a toast of long-iife tc
the institution, and was followed by
Manager Macfarlane. Edward r. Swain
the architect of the buildings, and others
The guests who numbered about seven
ty-five persons, remained around the
festive board for about half an hour,
III. nsay-fy- u-ar
taken to the new stables erected on the
, most approved sanitary plans, and where
the animals will be provided win as f1ne
quarters as can be found on the coast.
The Union Feed Company was started
| in October, 1885, prior to which time II
was partnership concern composed OF
the following persons: John H. faty'
H. A. Cartwright, Col. G.. w. Macfar-
lane Fred w Macfarlane succeeded to
the interests of those in the partnership.
The concern was Incorporated, Mr. Mac
farlane taking into the same w. f. Al
len, Castle & Cooke, c. Brewer q Co..
H. Hackfeld & Co., the capital being soo'-
900. The stock was increased at various
, times until it is now practically capital
, lied at 100000 The present location was
chosen last year and the site, which was
then a parcel of land filed with water
was redeemed by filling in with coral
taken from the harbor and raised high
above the sea level. A lease OF thirty
years is held by the company from the
! Bishop Estate, commencing January l.
1899 The stables have a capacity Tor
about thirty horses. The company main
tains coal yard having about 5000 tons
on hand The coal business is TO De
added to the hay and feed line in a snort
time They also intend adding a saving
mill plant, the plans for which are now
being made.
A meeting of the directors will be call
Ell next week to decide as to the amount
to be issued for meeting the expenses
connected with the new plant ana 'he
contemplated additions. The capital may
then be increased 100000. 1t Is prop
able brick warehouse will be erecteu
for general storage purposes. Inc mn
machinery in the feed plant was MISTAKEN
by the JOS Wagner Manufacturing Com
pany of San Francisco under the super
vision of A. Hallett The mill capacnty
is 1900 sacks rolled barley per day. ne
lengine is of the Corliss pattern OF ninety
horsepower.
The present officers of the Union ecu
Company are: w. F. Allen, president
E D Tenney. vice-president; F. w
Macfarlane, manager and uiei ;
Southland Hoffman,, secretary; r kiaHip'
auditor
The directors are: w. F. Allen r "
iTenney Geo n. Robertson, b. A. lseh-
berg, F. r. Vida and F. w. MacIariaio
F. r. Vida is the warehouse supei1h-
tendent. assisted by Wade Armstrong.
The Union Feed Company Is one Oh
many of the largest concerns OF homo
lulu which have sought the kakaaKo 10
cation. The Honolulu Iron WORKS ias'
year erected a fine, commodlous piah''
and the Union Feed Company mace d
similar choice soon after. The ne" SCI"
ar n,,,o,, station with its fine stone
building is located III the section near
the sea shore and it is understood that
more of the marsh lands will soon De
filed in to accommodate other lnsttu-