The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-04

FOR CANE
Machines Which In
Use Save Much
Labor.

Labor.
Df the many typos OF labor saving
niathlusry which have been brought to
abe front iu connection with the hand
Hug Uf sugar cane. there have now been
Installed iu Hawaii two of the original
Iurrrs OF came urluadtfs. These are the
AialIof- Buul,Y machines, aud those put
.utl place and working order az Olaa
ana Mnlukea have been installed by
che inventor James Mallon. ~ New
Orleans. Some idea of the value Of the
Invention is gained from the fact that
where from seven 10 ca dozen men have
been needed 90 carry on the Work OF
unloading from the cars 60 the convey
OF. the mechanical appliance does the
work with one, or at the most two
men. Not only this but by reason OF
the rapidly Of its working it often ac-
complishes "a material Increase in the
capacity OF the mill by supplying the
cane to the fun capacity OF the crusher
rolls.
The machine is the invention OF Mr..
Mallon, and has been In use In Louisi-
ana for the past six years, and owing
TO its original completeness there have
been very few improvements on the
nrst models. An interesting point
comes up in connection with the ma
chine. 1t was conceived TO meet an
emergency, when Mr.. Mallon had been
employed to devise a plan FOR harvest
ing a crop and carrying it across the
Mississippi river. He planned a barge
transfer, which carried "A dozen cars
at one time, and to make this faster
had his cane loaded into carts which
were themselves provided with trippa-
BILE slings. whereby, using a derrick
with q mule, he succeeded in unload
ing from carts and putting into cars
one load "A minute II was when the
cara arrived at the mill that he saw
further need Of speed, and then devised
his unloader.
The machine consists OF an arm,
made of steel pipes. of width equal to
the length of the car, fitted with end
less chains which have attached to
them blunt grabbers. which. as the
arm is lowered. draRs the stalks of cane
from the cars to the conveyor. The
arm is hinged at one end and reaches
across the conveyor to the cars on the
track beyond. II is so arranged that
one man, seated on an elevated plat
form, moves the train OF cars under
| the unloader, lowers the machine until
II has dragged of the cane, raises 1t
and moves another car into position.
| The train is kept intact, the whole be-
| Ing attached to a power arrangement
above the track which places it entire
ly under the control OF the operator.
The unloader is made in sections,
when the lengths OF the cars vary, SO
that the operator may lower just suffi-
cient width to clean the car. There
may be cars of ten and thirty feet in
the same train, but by lowering only
| one section, the smaller car may be
cleared and with other sections the ex-
treme length may be handled. The use
here OF cars with stakes at the sides,
| instead of doors, necessitates the use
| OF another man, who removes the
stalker and replaces them when the I'M
loading process Is finished.
The power Is taken from the main
shaft of the engine by means of a
| sDrocket wheel and an endless chain,
or a separate engine Is used, the oper-
alton of the machine being by a series
Of lifting ropes and levers so that there
Is no great demand upon the man at
the platform.
In discussing plantation methods
here MIR. Mallon said that the greatest
loss of time seemed to be in the load
ing of Oane. The cane here, he said,
was much longer than in Louisiana,
where there IL standing offer for a
ten foot stalk. The quicker loading
there, he said, was due to the use of
| light derricks, which with short sweep
worked with higher speed than can be
attained in the long arm derricks here.
Mr.. Nallon will remain here for some
time, making his headquarters with the
Honolulu Iron Works. his agents The
opinion of Manager McStocker of Olaa
as to the unloader is shown in the fol-
lowing letter:
| Olaa Sugar Co,
Olaa, March &C. 1902.
Mr.. james Mallon, Honolulu.
Dear Sir:-I am pleased to state that
the unloading machine erected by you
is working in a most satisfactory man.
ner and is superior to any that | have
vet seen, and l am pleased to take
this opportunity to commend the un-
loader to all requiring the services OF
such a machine.
The construction is very solid anc
the work rapid, the feed being entirely
, under control and the whole operation
under the direction of one man.
Yours very truiy,
OLAA SUGAR COMPANY, LTD.
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