The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-09-11
Where Hawaiian Su-
gar Keeps One I hou-
sand Men Busy On
the Final Process


10 tho point where the southern Paci
fie Overland permits itself 10 be fer
riod across San Francisco Bay. stand |
the fnctpfy and Warehouses; Of tho Cali.
fofnia and Hawaiian Sugar heHning
COMPANY. Together, says a writer w
the Pacific Service Magazine, they pre-
sent an imposing figure, taking up an
area of about eight acres betwcch the
railroad tracks and the waterfront Of
Crerkett, Just below Port Costa.
Here che hum Of industry Is never.
ceasing. Day in, day out, by night and
by day, the great factory grinds on,
while the accompanying stretch OF
warehouses and wharvcs ever presents
busy spectacle. To and from this
point great steamers from the Islands
ply continuously, for hero the raw cane,
sugar that N the chief product OF onr
TROPICAL neit hB0f IS converted into the
pure white commodity that eraces the
breakfast table.
A Modern Factory
The California and Hawaiian Sugar
Refusing Company employs at It's Crock.
EFT plant about 600 men on its regular
staff. When steamers are discharging
this force Is increased to 1000 men or
more. During the past year the com
pany has made very extensive improve
ments some idea Of which is afforded
by the information that it is today in
a position to melt 100000 pounds Of
raw sugar in every twenty-four hours.
The steamers delivering raw singer to
this rlant represent the latest sNill IN
tho shfDbuildinc trade, and cargocs Of
$4,000 tons capacity have been discharg.
A n .. .h.. no
facilities for discharaing and receiving
the sugar are excellent, inasmuch ms
$500 tons arc discharged from one ship
in nine hours time,
Sy Refining Process
The raw sugar is melted and refined
of its molasses and other impurities by
filtration through closely woven cotton
Tagging and then through bone-ehar. It
is then boiled down in vacuum psns to
Capitalization and dried in centrifugals.
After the eentfifugals IL is sent
through large revolving drums, through
which is drawn strong cnrrent Of very
hot air which takes out the last of the
moisture in the sugar, delivering the
dry grains TO the packing room with
not more than three one.hundredths of
one per cent OF moisture. in the pack
ing.room. fhe sugar is sent over screen.
inc devices which eliminate any humps
that may have been formed in the cen
trifugals, also eliminating any dust
that may have accumulated after
the aqnr II dried. and at tho
pame time. sort tho grains, according
To size 10 meet the market demand.
These grains arc then packed in various
kinds and sizes Of containers, from 2.
To- cotton bags and 9Th. cartons to
l00-lb. Rags and S50.lb. barrels.
Intelligent Machines az
Tho small packape machines for PVT.
ting nm the BIB. 5lb., l0.lb. and 25-Ih
packages seem to be endowed with al.
most HUMAN intelligence. Two opera.
tors will All. weigh, sew and deliver
ready for the market. thirty packages
n minute of the smrller sizes, and the
weight win not vary one.sixteenth Of
an ounce from absolute correctness.
The warehouses at the plant Of tho
California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining
= Company are very extensive, as all the
raw sugar is received during p reriod
OF nine months, while the refinery Is
operated during the entire year. Al
times there Is as much as 10000 tons
OF sugar stored at Crockett, represent
$50 conseryatIvely a value of "a, 200,
600. ira I
The natural point of interest TO the
casual visitor, however whom he has
done adrhiring the immense warehouses
and the wharves along which they run
is The big seven-story factory that Is
operating night and day, without eessa.
ton, practically 800 davs - the year
fhe nhnerF prorer CONTAINS ~ iiilpis''St ~
amount OF maenihers On every hoor
IRON basement 70 root
Tremendous Plant
This one building alone covers a
ground area az 300 feet In length by
200 feet in width. aud Is only one of a
group of many buildinos which com.
prise the whole plant. The area cover
Cd nv all the buildings represents about
eight acres, and information is given
ont that the improvements which have
inst been completed are but the beg n.
ming az 4 series Of enlargements that
will ultimately make the refinery al
Crockett one of tho largest, IL not the
very largest in the world. Plans that
are at present drawn, of which the re.
plate n refinery with a--melting eapa,