The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-07-21

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Proud of Protege.
Tom. O'Dowda was one of the most
interested spectators at the expert
ments on Tuesday, for he looks upon
"Jaell" as his protege whose success
reflects credit upon him as tutor of
the young man in the intricacies of the
boiling house. Every revolution of the
machine had its attractions for Tom
and the final result brought words of
praise for the capabilities and inventive
genius of ''his boy
A Practical Education.
Young Kopke comes from engineer.
ing stock; for his father was for years
connected with Lrhue Plantation on
Kauai on which island Kopke, Jr., was
born twenty-seven years ago. The elder
Kopke now fills Irresponsible position
with the Honolulu Iron Works. Jack
went through the intermediate grades
of the public schools in Honolulu and
then spent couple of years under
Prof. NJ. M. Scott who is responsible
for much of the prominence gained by
Honolulu boys. When he left the high
school Kopke went to California and
entered at the Lick School of Mechanic
Arts. After two years In the Lick he
returned to Honolulu and spent a year
in the draughting room of the Homo
lul1 Iron Works following this with a
regular apprenticeship in the machin-
lists department where he served the
time necessary for him to reach the
rank of journeyman and while there
he was made assistant engineer in
charge of the erection of the Waikiki
Sugar Company IS mill.
When through with the mill he went
out to Eva and placed himself under
Tom. O'Dowda to learn sugar boiling
but more particularly boiling ho1se
methods. Much of the progress made
by him there was due to the encourage
ment received from Mr.. o 'Duwda and
George Renton, manager of the plan
tation, combined with a natural skill
in engineering and the techniqle of
sugar Manufacture. After attaining an
enviabla place in the mastery of the
industry, a position which would have
satisfied the ambitions of most men, he
expressed desire to delye further into
the mysteries of the craft and went to
Louisiana where he entered on a two
years course in the sugar manufactur-
ing department of the University of
Louisiana at Baton Rouge, the prem
Ter sugar college of the world His
course had special reference to ch-smis-
try and he was under Mr.. Agee, now of
the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Associa-
ton at the experiment station IN Ho-
nolllu. Before finishing the two years
course he was employed on schemes to
improve the Qualification processes in
sugar houses and one of those he sug-
gested contained many novel ideas. In
Louisiana he was for a season with
Laurel Grove Plantation as engineer
and chemist.
While ut this work he was induced
to accept n position with the Interna-
tional Clariier Company, of New Jer-
sey with whom he remained as engineer
and chemist for eighteen months. On
sevafing connection with this company
he developed the fundamental prinei-
pies of the llopke Centrifugal Clariier.
on putting his ideas into drawings
and preparing his applications for pat
ents he called his father into consllta-
ton, Kopke pere went carefully into
the details and Il was decided % pur'
ehase the necessary machinery on ths
mainland and have II shipped 20 lia.
wall Numerous changes and additions
were found necessary and these were
made at tia lIonoulu Iron Works. Dur
ing tho development other changes had
10 he made before the present results
we're obtained, C0mpias ideas we're
eliminated and tbs resulting simple ma
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