Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-20

the session commenced with paper
by II. McCubbin on milling. Fol
lowing discussion on this paper, an
/ adjournment was taken until a:3O
this afternoon when r. Renton Hind
and James 0gg addressed the engin.
eers on the subjects which had been
assigned to them.
From the first words Of welcome
from ]. q. Sheedy, chairman Of the
Hawaiian Engineering Association.
with which the min engineers are af-
filiated, the convention gave every
sign OF success. Tie Mill Engfneers'
Convention will probably be made
into an annual affair. It was stated
this morning that the plantation own
ers are strongly in sympathy with
the idea and believe that many bene.
fits can be derived from such
annual meetings
The papers which are read at the
convention are to be published Ia
booklet form and distributed to the
millers attending the convention. An
idea of the thoroughness with which
the subjects of interest to the dele
gates are being handled may be had
from few lines in the report OF the
committee which arranged for the
papers:
General Discussion
I'VE first prepared a list of ques-
tions on mill work and from these IS
were selected and mailed out In print
ed form to the mill engineers. From
these answers papers have been pre-.
pared covering all the phases of raw
sugar manufacture and we trust that
they will be of service to the engin. |
eers present in furnishing topics for |
for upon an Interchange |
Oh ideas rests the success of this
gathering" s &. * 3.
1t will be seen from this that thei
meetings are proceeding along the
line of the interIisland civic conven-
ton, one of the profitable and inter.
esting features of which was that a
discussion followed each ad-
1ress. .-.,. f.@ - = = z4s--'.%
In his opening address Chairman
Sheedy touched on the. need of great.
n. efficiency In the sugar industry
here, especially needed in view of the
'eduction In the tariff. Said he:
This seems most opportune time
or the inauguration of policies to
his end. The tariff reduction is with
Is and it is well known that many of
'ur plantations will cease to exist as
sugar producers unless there is a re-
luct1on in the cost of manufacture,
nd the community demands that
'ou, with machinery worth millions
n your charge, work to this end"
McCubbins speech, which was the
ast one on the morning program,
vas heartily cheered. He had worked
pom it until the last minute and had .
eft nothing undone to make Milling" J
ne OF the most comprehensive and
interesting papers yet heard. Is
McCubbin is from the Pioneer Mill I
f Lahaina. He had prepared there
number Of models and designs of t
onditions under which the extrac. {
ion of sucrose from cane is made, {
nd these he used in the course of his a
ak to illustrate the point made. t
You'd Have More Meetings G
1he report OF the mill engineers
leeting committee which was re- a
erred to above, was signed by R. r. t
lind, James Ogg, J. E. Kennedy, H. :
IcCubbin and H. s. Truscott. At the
nd they said: d
I'm concluding our labors we wish a
express the hope that this will be v
forerunner of many such meetings \
future years, for the production of a
lgar today depends largely for its v
tficiency upon the engineers in t
large" IL
Kopke reviewed briefly the purpose v
the meeting and urged that a free
scussion follow the different papers. It;
Chairman Sheedy's address is as e
flows: z.-.. ... .--. .a. ..zss If,
Gentlemen: It is my pleasant duty In