The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-12-05
LABOR SAVING DEVICES ON
PLANTATIONS DISCUSSED BY
PRACTICAL INVESTIGATORS


the Opfergeh cane loading device; the
Kopke and Lowrey cane loader; the
Hooking cane cutter; the Lewis cane
cutter, and, the Williams cane planter.
The general conclusions of the com
mittee for the yean are;
"The various devices hereinbefore
described cover all ;the propositions pre-
scented to- JUS during the year. Until
June last, almost the entire time and
attention of the committee was devot-
ed to the Improvement of the Wilson
Webster loaler. In carrying out this
work, we made trip to Maui to view
its working. Our conclusions in re-
gard to this device are as follows:
"ID That to get the best results
the type of ear lSnpwn as the "faring
side or box ear should be used.
"(2) That under present conditions
there is no yinducement to change the
present methods of loading by hand.
Great Sum for Experiments.
ga great deal of money, over $685.
600, has been used to bring this loader
to its present state of efficiency. And
this realization of the cost of expert
mental work brings up the question of
how far labor saving devices commit
tee should 90 in experimenting with
the various propositions submitted to
them, for besides the $25, 900 spent by
the committee, there were at least two
other experiments in loading carried
on at Lihue and Makaweli plantations,
respectively, which cost many thon,
sands of dollars, without any marked
degree of success. The question, there
fore, of deciding on any loading scheme
Is not matter OF easy solution'
we therefore desire TO most re-
specuully convey the thought mat III
some OF the instances oil deVices,
Lroueht before us there mas not peeh
suincieht attention PAID TO detaii IN
design or TO aPpneati0n OF design LOT
practical working III the held' rms Is
not because ability has been lacking
on the part of the gentlemen adVanc-
ing these new ideas, but because OF
misconception on their part OF tina
duties OF the committee. We take 1t
that the committee is to consider de-
vices, and not to transform ideas INTO
practicable machines except in snch
cases where ideas have sufficient merit
in the opinion of the committee to
! warrant expenditure for development.
, FINALLY. inventors of devices should
bear in mind that in order to success
fully compete with hand labor, the I'M,
| tial cost, depreciation and overhead
+ charges of machines must not form
too large a portion Of working cost.
Plantation Transportation.
MANAGER Weiuzheimer 3, report. as
! chairman OF the committees on cutting,
loading and general plantation trans,
portation, was read by Manager Ross
I The committee tried out the uihaea
. cane-cutter and found, that At wouid
! not cut cane leeopRDieallyl on We'll Inc
claims of the argsqtt tflIplane convey,
, ing and loaapg machine are stated
without recommendation Auto trucks
! and cateEJnllaHengines are hndlpg gen
n eral use on az PLANTATIONS -.
= Several improvements IN huming
cane nave peer reported 70 your com
mlttee, says inc report' me man
hume stations pave peen cohsioelal ~
improved at floneer mn ana laDor-
saving deNlees adopted ~ one station
three men anu one flule loaded 4oo tons
or cane lnto. ears m ten hours, each
car holding from TWO, and Il nall TO
three tons Forfteriy II TOOK elght men
7 and one 'ihnie 70 load, pt the most, zoo
u tons OF cane per ten hours, each car
I holding an average or four tons. be
L sides, the men were wet throughout the
whole day,''wmie az the new station
c the men are entirety away from the
,, water very simple put ehclent
r hume-switeh, mas peen invented by one
NJ Ken ,"c oapineS !, 'ilpenttN'is VI io"e''
i.,,o ,,,ssy 4, I, 6 ,s, a'
= '.lls. 'A
Alexander Morrison, Tor the commit
y tee on agriehiturai machinery, reported
. on Improvements IN, steam plowlne
:, tackle, homemade lime,spreader and
heavy'duty gangPiow. Inc latter has
Z not been tired IN hawah'
me report of the committee ON for
. estry was read by Nv. .. snith.
g j. VI. Dowsett, commenting on the
I, latter, sad That Act "9I of the last
= Legislature, winch was passed Tor th'
u purpose oil providing support Tor th'
II forestry service ana photographic sur
yey from The money derived from waite
licenses, mad Joker IN It. The Law
D. wall nave to be amended before 1T vii
:. do what was intended, he added.
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