The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-01
DEVELOPMENT IS
IN FULL SWING
Electrically Created Prosperity
Aiding Old Industries and
Making New Ones.


to the limit Hawaii ; natural resources,
Advantage is being taken of opportuni-
ties offered and artificial means are be
ing instigated to add to the Territory 5
many industries.
Further data is at hand on the re
cent statements regarding the develop
ment Of additional water on the Me
Bryde Sugar Company plantation. The
building Of several reservoirs Will make
a large increase in the surface and
freshet water rendered available for
the fields, and the development with
tunnels at pump station No. 3 has more
than realized the expectations The de
velopment of eight million gallons per
! day at this station was quite readily
accomplished aud a 100-H. p electric
motor and centrifugal pump were in
stalled to pump this water to the high
: elevations. Evidence of the presence of
McBryde Sugar Company to extend
their tunnels and the installation of a
second l000-H.-P. motor-driven cen
trifugal pump has been completed and
this unit is now in successful operation.
I Its capacity is eight million gallons per
! twenty four hours. More than half of
/ this water has been de- elOped. and It is
anticipated that the balance will be
/ developed in the near future.
! In order to take care of this increased
I power an additional unit has been pur-
chased and the erection is now nearing
! completion. At the plant Of the Kauai
| Electric Company at Wainiha, the $500
| HIP. water wheel has been Installed,
| together with all the necessary trans
! formers and switchboard and the 1900
! X. W. generator was shipped this week.
/ 1t is anticipated that this new unit will
| be in operation by August first. This
viii give McBryde plantation an add
tional capacity of approximately Zoo
! II. ?.
! The only item remaining to complete
the entire plant is the construction of
a new transformer receiving station to
receive the two large transformers,
which are to reduce the voltage from
; R
] have been ordered and are expected to
arrive early in September. When com
| pIeted. there will be at the Kauai Elec-
, tric Company station three l2o0-k- W.
generators each dircct-connected to a
water wheel of $500 maximum capacity
! and at McBryde two 1000H. 7. motors,
/ three 500-H. p motors. one 350-H. T..
motor. and TWO 150-H. Z. motors, besides
several smaller motors IN the mill and
on the landing to operate the conveyors
! used in tine warehouse of the Kauai
Railway Company.
/ The Kckaha Sugar Company : now
! operating a 75O-K. ". water-drlven cleo
/ tric generator for pumping purposes and
! has recently purchased an additional
| unit. Of POOH 7. to be driven by steam,
utilizing surplus trash at the mill for
! fuel Additional pumps may be Install
| ed but nothing will be done until the
return Of Mr.. II. F. Faye, the manager,
| who is now IN Norway.
| The Hawi Mill and Plantation Com
panv has lust completed the installation
| of a water-driven electric generator and
| motor-driven irrigation pump of a mil
| lion capacity against head OF 10
|
| ton plant to be used on Hawaii. The
HiIo Electric Light Company, however,
| has ordered a look w generator di-
! rect connected to a Pelton water wheel,
! together with all necessary switching
/ apparatus and a separate water and
! motor driven EXETER. \ portion Of this
machinery viii arrive on the HIlonlan
and it is expected that the new genera
| tor viii take care of the increasing load
! of the HIo Electric Company IN sue
ces-ful manner.
| Mr. Paul Isenbcrg has installed a 40
/ horsepower motor driven centrifugal
pump for taking water from an arte-
! sian well and delivering the same on
! some two hundred acres of land which
| he intends 70 plant in alfalfa and other
| forage crops for the use of his ranch.
| This pump will have a large capacity
| and will take current from the lines
| Of The Hawaiian Electric Company.
The Oahu College has ordered and
viii shortly install a 30-horsepOwer
/ electric motor connected to a vertical
| trjpleX pump to furnish water for the
college and for irrigating the grounds.
| Water viii be taken from an artesian
we'll recently drilled and the electric
! current viii be furnished from the lines
of The Hawaiian Electric Company.
The Hawaiian Electric Company has
recently installed 500-K.W. rotary CON
verter to take care of the increased
! load on their power service. This in
| stallation IS now completed and in sue
! cessful operation. 1t includes a new
| switchboard, a set of large transform
| ers and the complete rewriting of the
/ station.
! 4 new 1500-K.W. steam turbine gen
| orator has been ordered for the light
! ing service and this machine VIII be
shipped early in July and will be in
! operation for the heavy winter load.
| This VIII include the installation Of an
| entire new condensing and air pump
| equipment, the water sIplv for which
/ has recently been secured by the sink
/ ing of an artesian well on the Queen
Emma property on Richards street.
This water VIII be piped TO the electric
company's station and it is hoped that
/ ultimately II can be used to augment