The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-30
BIG DOINGS IN
PINEAPPLE TOWN
LARGE BUILDINGS BEING RUSH
ED UP TO HANDLE
THE OUTPUT.

The solution Of part Of tho sanitation
troubles Of the city is being solved
down at Iwilsi by the pineapple com
qanies. Where at the beginning Of the i
year there were only swamps and |
shaolSs, great buildings are being rush
ed up to meet tho demands of the com
ing season The Hawaiian Preserving !
/ Company started in June on avn inn |
mense new factory, the main building !
of which covers two acres and whore
the juicy pines will be canned during
next month, according to the plans at
present.
Between the two factories the Ameri-
can Canning Company have rushed up
new building in which they have ma
chinery installed that is turning out
cans at the rate of two hundred a min
ute During the season they expect to
make sixteen million in all and at the
present time are already about half way
through with the job. Gradually Iwi-
lei is being transformed and in few
! years instead of the present eyesore the
place will have a new appearance and
maybe a new name--Pineapple Town.
The total output for the whole of the
Territory this year is estimated at
about 100000 cases; it may reach more
; than this, however, as a slightly heavier
/ crop is anticipated. Rain is needed at
, Wahia,wa and if it comes along soon
then the crops should be exceptionally
good. According to Oscar Hoffman, a
! prominent San Francisco broker, who
handles great deal OF the product, the
! demand for the Hawaiian pines is grow
i ing every year and in a few years the
! industry win be fairly on n big boom.
. The canned frnit is also doing a great
! deal to make Hawaii known throughout
5 the world and is one of the best promo
q ton assets that the Islands have.
g New warehouse.
$ The Hawaiian Pineapple Company
3 has big warehouse in course of cree
J ton This is reinforced concrete
d building about eighty by lao feet and
is being used at the present time. The
a Hawaiian Products Company, which is
$ run in connection with the former, has
:, also had alterations made and expects
u to turn out more stuff than before.
IS large production is expected in ev-
cry department and the prospects look
l. good for q fine season. They expect
" to have the factory working after July
" 4, and will employ somewhere in the
q neighborhood of 500 people during the
II rush times. A big boiler plant is being
j, put in for the products company and 1t
l. will now get its power direct from this
N instead of having it come across from
e the old boiler plant.
ie Making the Cans.
a The plant that has been installed by
- the American Canning Company is the
= most up to date that it has installed
"a anywhere. Two "lines' are hard al
!. work aud they are turning out 200 cans
20 every minute This means total OF
sixteen million cans during the season
part of which will be sent across to the
other islands, but the bulk will be used
right on the spot.
The flines'' consist of two lines Of
machinery. The plain sheet tin Is pu'
in at one end and comes out in an
other building the finished can. WheI
TO 1t goes IN at the first machine it ha
h. al round piece stamped out OF it whicl
forms the bottom This is 'fpearled'
10. or turned up at the edges and passe
n along a belt to the next machine. Her
the tin is put in, in strips, caught u
~ by the machine, placed in pOsitio
M and bent around to form the can. TIL
bottom IL picked up when it comes alon
MI and is clomped onto the Hiuin body o
IA. the can. Before it is. however, tn
turned up edge is filed with a sanitar
at preparation Nthat not only completed
"a. stops any air getting in, but keeps tn
can clean. Before the bottom is CLAMP
nu ed on the main body Of the can is so
C. dered up ms it passes on it's way I
where the bottoms are put on.
From there cans go through anothe
machine that tests them out to Sc
ne If they are airproof or not pressur
rs' of fifteen pounds is put inside ther
aud any that have a small leak are II
ieeted by tho machine and thrown int
rs; special receptacle. After they hav
been tested they go onto another bel
SIG and are carried along the platform on
side the building and down under tn
Drt railroad line tn the warehouse wheI
." they are stacked
It is a wonderful sight to see til
huge piles. Already there are SON
at eight million cans in the big heap
20 When the canning factories are in flu
70 swing they are taken direct to whel
they are wanted and the pines ri
1853 placed straight into them. The factor
RS, is the last word in can making an
18th there should be no danger of the car
neries running short during the comm
tn. season.
nj, A Big Job.
'rs, OF all the companies that inten
handling the pineapples at Iwilei tn
ne. season the Hawaiian Preserving Con
"a panv has without any doubt. undertal
airs en- fhe biggest job. Where in the earl
9TH part of February of this year thel
stood filthy swamp land, next mont
they will be canning the sueculer
fruit Of the Islands. It was an emo
ST nous job for any man to undertake, bl
Samuel Evans, a man who has been col
versant with matters of this kind fl
ian many years on the mhfnlund, unde
the took to carry the work through, and .
in to the present time has succeeded fl
has beyond expectations.
va New Ideas.