The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-18
PLANTERS
CONVENTION
Machinery and Labor
Saving Devices
Discussed.

Ma chinery" and "Labor-Saving De-
vices were the two general topics that
occupied the second days session, yes
terday, of the Hawaiian Sugar Plan
ters' Association. 1t would be inpossi-
BILE in newspaper space to give even
a synopsis of the elaborate reports
presented on these subjects, coming in
as they did in pamphlets of Is and &c
octave pages. respectively, and copi-
ously illustrated with engravings and
diagrams.
The report of the Committee on Ma
chinery embodied papers as follows:
c. Hedemann. chairman, dealt with
a complete new factory erected on Ha-
wi plantation, the enlargement of the
evaporation Of the Hilo Sugar Co, the
installation of complete nine-roller
mill by Paauhau Plantation, the same
thing on Kahuku Plantation with a
Wicl1s cane unloader and a Krajewski
crusher, an additional large pumping
conversion of Oahu Plantations nine
roller to a twelve-roller mill, the con-
version of Koloa's two-roller into a
three-rcller plant and the replacing by
Kilauea Sugar Co. of its old three
roller with new 32x60 three-roller
mill; also new machinery installations
Do
mills.
James Scott of Kihei contributed an
exhaustive paper on Fuel OH replete
with tables and diagrams, which elicit
ed one of the most interesting discus
sions thus far of the sessions. Oil
seemed to hold it's position in the end
against all objections.
Juice Weighing Machinery was the
subject of thesis by j. n. S. Williams
of Pioneer Mill.
Mr.. Heden1ann, besides the main re-
port already noted. embodied in the
an essay on Progress in
containing a table as wide
rs four pages showing average results
obtained in the three seasons 1862, 1908
and 1904 by fourteen mills in the Ha-
waiian Islands.
Max Lorenz. consulting engineer of
f. Hackfeld & Co., furnished the con-
Guiding paper of the series, on Cen
raj Condensation in Sugar Houses"
LABoR-SAvING DEVICES.
James A. Low of Honolulu Planta- |
ton Co. as chairman of the new Com |
nittee on Labor-Saving Devices, pre-
;ented a profuseIy illustrated pam |
ohlet as the result of the committees
Investigations.
In the Introductory remarks the re-
port speaks hopefully of the possibility
If the advent of successful cane load
,rs and cane cutters. Labor saving
levices that have come under the COM
nittee's observation are mentioned as
ollows:
Wicks cane unloader in use at Pub
rene. Maui, has been "a perfect sue
,ess.'' "A machine for sewing sugar
,ags at the same place has been SO
that a second one was or
Tered The saving is not in labor but
n Irvine. One seasons savings on this
core will pay for a machine.
An overhead Juice-WeIShing Howe
'eam scale on Honolulu plantation has
,iven perfect success. An electrical
egister of mill data has been installed
n the same mill. A new vacuum pump
,uilt by the Honolulu Iron Works is
avorably mentioned.
Cuts are given of a simple automatic
weir reporter placed upon the dis
harges of all of the high duty irrigat-
ng pumps of the Honolulu plantation
The great advantage to the manage
nent of this device is the daily record
btained which gives a check upon
he exact running time Of the pumps
md shows the least change in rate
If discharge, due to such causes as
ow steam or poor valves, etc
The Wilson Webster eane-loader