The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-22

at the Experiment Saonyouh have have you not Mr. tad:
Mr. oodae-I think some the lands Waipahu resemble
Waaa lands Mr. Bull is here and probably ne coud give
us some information about it.
Gfard-I think, Mr.. Chairman that when report IS
about to be made up from the results OF experiments On Inc
feent sub-station Mr. Eckar will have Voun0uS report "
make.
The Chairman Has planter from Kauai or Hawaii any
Mr. Scott may state President under natural rainfall
inches month When have less the cane shows it.
and have than that it really more than the
Mr. Morrison during his LIE
compared the irrigation OF three inches week with the
rainfall of the Hio district
The Charman-Are there any further remarks?
We will go on with the machinery report.
Mr. Smith that the letter be received and printed with
Mr. Kay second the motion,
The Charman-t has been moved
received and printed with the irrigation All those
in favor signify the same by raising their hands-eonrary
The next in order is the reoprt of Machinery
of which Mr. c. c. Kennedy the Chairman Has that been
printed
The Chairman Mr.. Kennedy would like to have the
bs come forward as his voice little weak hence would ask
that you gentlemen come forward
And hereupon Mr. c. Kennedy read the Report of the Com
mittee on Machinery as follows:
To the President and Members Hawaiian Sugar Planters
Association, Honolulu, T. H.
Gentlemen Through unavoidable absence from the
Territory of the chairman and several members OF Com
prehensve has been the heretofore but have pre-
pared the following for your consideration:
1t has been privilege to have resided in this
May, 1877 and during that period have been
less intimately connected with machinery especially that
of the development which has place
in that time would indicate small degree the various
steps by which we have attained to Our present high standard
of efficiency.
The year 1876 first year in which enjoyed the
benefits OF the Reciprocity Treaty and through that treaty
impetus had been the sugar ndusra steady
improvement having been the rule since then every depart
of the business. AT that time dreamed that
than roller mill for crushing
and extraction not often mentioned criterion of eff
cheney. What did hear often was How many
you making ooh, about p and mark you this refer
whole days work, although compe1s the adj
miss Rutc
ly it is vast from tons OF per enhour day,
to as as 100 800 tons in day.
which accomplished OF larger planta
tons.
When cent sugar became past experience all
cations foretod still lower price became obvious that
we would have to get more OF the sugar which was in the
in view made in the year 1880 when tworoller mill
placed behind the existing 3roler mill at Sprecke1sve
Maui This could be called successful experiment.
great difficulty experienced getting the 2-roller
mill take the feed and therefore drier grinding which
the object of the additional MILL of the question
This difficulty did prove insurmountable one, how
for in 1884 2roller mill installed Waiakea
which had patent feeder the invention OF Mr. Alexander
Young then manager of the Honolulu Iron Works.
This combination einently successful the results be-
ing far beyond any expectations The percentage OF erac
ton raised from the seventies eghyfve and ninety
This such large increase in extraction that doubts
were expressed as to the accuracy OF the repo Chemists
from Honolulu 20 verify them, and did Even then
doubling Thomases rife and fine morning the S. S.
"Lkelike arrived IN ilo, with lot of megass bags
put with fair amount of maceration through the
roller mill Waakea The engineer of the plantation send
ing the megass came along to see fair play The result of
this special trial conclusive, and the plantation
the Honolulu Iron Works FAST that working
night they could not supply the demand but had send
San Francisco and have made the the original
We called these mills Maceration Mills" of the
used
well remember while they yet how sceptical
many to their necessity Mr. Alexander Young said
a plantation day, standing behind mill,
'Nlr. soandso not getting than 65
extraction with that mill of yours Sir said Mr. Soand-so
"you that again and will have WELL
would like in mill catch what is left. said
Youn and the planter felt badly hurt the implication
He still amongst and be here today, he now
has three 3-roller mills.
Maceraton such decided Improvement, that
combinations mills tried the get increased
extraction. Some had 3roler mill with 2roler
tried 3roer mills and 2roller mill
again three 2roler mills but became
method OF preparing the necessary that
the first mill would take feed steadily and evenly and
discharge blanket of megass, which after duton
feed to the second and third mills without banking.
Rollers which held absolutely rigid could only