The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-03
.UNL0ADER
FOR CANE
Machines Which In
Use Save Much
Labor.
ONE MAN DOES
WORK FOR MANY
James MaIlon, the Inventor, In
stalls Two of His
Appliances.

of the many types of labor-saving
machinery which have been brought to
the front in connection with the hand
ling of sugar cane, there have now been
installed in Hawaii two of the original
forms OF cane unloaders. These are the
Nallon- Bodley machines. and those put
into place and working order at Olaa
and Waiakea have been installed by
the inventor, James Mallon, OF New
Orleans Some idea of the value of the
invention is gained from the fact that
where from seven to a dozen men have
been needed to carry on the work OF
unloading from the cars to 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 rapidity OF its working it often ac-
cpmplishes a material increase in the
capacity of the mill by supplying the
cane to the full 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 it's original completeness there have
been very few improvements on the
first 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 barge
transfer, which carried dozen cars
at one time, and to make this raster
had his cane loaded into carts which
were themselves provided with trippa-
BILE sings, whereby, using a derrick
with a mule, he succeeded in unload
ing from carts and putting into cars
one load a minute. 1t was when the
cars arrived at the mill that he saw
further need of speed, and then devised
his rnloader.
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, drags 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. 1t is so arranged that
one man, seated on an elevated plat
form, moves the train or cars unuer
the unloader. lowers the machine until
it has dragged of the cane, raises II
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
Iy under the control of the operator
The unioader is made in sections.
when the lengths of the cars vary, SO
that the operator may lower just suffl-
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 De
| cleared and with other sections the ex-
IRENE 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
stakes and replaces them when the un-
loading process is finished.
The power is taken from the main
shaft of the engine by means or a
sprocket wheel and ar 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 al
| the platform.
In discussing plantation methods
here Mr. Mallon said that the greatest
| loss of, time seemed to be in the load
| ing of cane. The cane here. he said,
was much longer than in Louisiana
where there is a standing offer for a
| ten foot stalk. The quicker loadins
there he said. was due to the use OF
light derricks, which with short sweeI
worked with higher speed than can De
attained in the long arm derricks here.
Mr.. Mallon will remain here for some
time, making his headquarters with the
Honolulu Iron Works. his agents. Tne
opinion of Manager McStocker OF Olaa
as 10 tbefunloader is shown in the fol
| lowing letter:
| Olaa Sugar Co.,
OIaa. March 26. 1902
| Mr. James Mallon, Honolulu
Dear Sir:-I am pleased to state that
$500 -----s-, -..-- $780, - - @-