The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-02-14
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HANDLING OIL

IH the construction Of the great
80 tanks which are to comprise the
storage plant Of the Union oil Com
pany Of san Francisco. which concern
has the contracts for the supplying VI
oil to those Hawaiian plantations which
viii very soon change over to the use
of that fuel.
The storage tanks viii be each Of
81 500 barrels capacity, will be five in
number, and will be parked on the Twill
ei lands Of the oahu Railway and Land
Company, close to the wharves. The
tanks viii be placed on the newly
made ground waikiki of the oahu pris-
on and will be 80 close to the wharf
which will furnish berth room for the
on-carrers that there viii be no ma
Chinery needed except that which Is on
the ships.
The tanks will be placed at such ele-
walton that there will be only one
pumping operation necessary, that Of
filling the tanks from the ships. The
vessels will carry pumps which will be
able to unload their entire cargo with
in a day and a half at the most, prob
ably in thirty hours Of work, This will
give hasty despatch for the ships and
there will be possible "A laying down ~
supplies at the rate Of close to $1,000
barrels a month using only the sailing
ship and the tank tug which are no"
i'm the course of building al san Fran
cisco. In addition 10 these, however
It is probable that there win be at least
a few trips made here by the vessels
at present in commission, in the sery-
ice of the Union oil Company. It is the
intention of that company to hold in
storage here about 100000 barrels Of oil
all the time, 80 that in the event u
any trouble whatever there viii be on
hand a sufficient supply to prevent any
danger of a shortage after the fur
naces have been converted to that fuel.
The transportation of the oil from the
storage tanks to the plantation tank
age, which viii be close to the pumps
where it is to be used, and the mills,
will be carried on in tank cars. These
cars will be of the type familiar in the
East where they furnish means Of
transportation for vast quantities Of
oil, both Illuminating and fuel. They
will consist merely of an iron cylinder
placed on the regular trucks of the rail-
road cars of the present equipment.
| The cylinders for these cars, of which
there will be not less than a dozen from
the very first, are now being built at
San Francisco, and will be sent down
here as soon as they are completed.
| The cars will carry close to 1870 barrels
| each.
BY placing the storage tanks at a
sufficient elevation above the tracks at
this end of the line there will be Il
saving of handling by power, of the
nil until Il ig n1apn1 Ia mr.
mace where It is to be consumed. The
filling of the cars will be accomplish
/ ed by gravity, and the sidings which
viii permit the running of the cars di-
rect to the tanks at the pumps and
mills, will be elevated so that the oil
will flow by gravity.
/ 1t is the intention of the two oahu
plantations which have contracted to
use the oil to have furnaces for its
consumption placed in the various en-
Sines which are in service on their
internal railway lines The plan is to
have this form of fuel as an added in
Isurance against fires, which have caus-
ed such great devastation i'm the cane
fields everywhere. The oahu Railway
also is planning to have the furnaces of
the engines of the line changed also,
not only that there may be eliminated
any possible danger from fire among
the cane fields, but also that the dust
and dirt of travel may be lessened For
the latter purpose it is also proposed
that the roadbed shall be sprinkled with
oil. and thus the dust laid and the
weeds killed at the same time.
Already there has been inquiry as to
the use of the oil in some of the local
industries, where a considerable amount
of coal is employed, but it is not prob
able that anything will be done in that
branch Of the service for some time
or until the arrangements have been
completed, and the service of the oil
has been commenced to the planta-
tons.
Before the end of the month there
will be work begun upon the storage
Plant and the plantation systems, and
, the result will be that everything will
be in readiness here by the time the
} hrst carsoes of oil arrive. The govern
|ment has approved the selection of the
site for the storage tanks.