Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-15


year This includes the idea Of driy.
ing the conyeyor from the opposite
end. Credit for this improvement must
be given to Mr.. Joseph Wyllie, who
was the first to use It. Sketch No.
shows the design used in Cuba, where
the distance between mills is some
times 80 feet.
The following is a list OF the scrap
ers installed last year and also the
orders that have been placed for the
coming crop. These orders seem to
indicate that this apparatus has
passed the experimental stage:
Maui Agricultural Company, 2 sets.
Pioneer Mill Company. 3 sets.
Waikiki Sugar Company, sets.
Kekaha Sugar Company, sets.
Kilauea Sugar Company, set
Paauhau Sugar Plantation Co., ! set.
Honomu Sugar Company. sets.
Hakalau Plantation Company. 2
sets.
Pepeekeo Sugar Company. set.
Onomea Sugar Company, sets.
Honolulu Plantation Company. Q
sets.
Beats inventors Claims.
Mr.. John Ross writes: 1.-The Ram
say intermediate scraper and convey
or, together with its maceration de-
vice, has proved that II Is far ahead OF
all or any claims made for 1t by its
inventor. No one should hesitate in
installing them In preference to any
other form OF intermediate conyeyor."
The following letter written <last
May from Mr.. James Webster brings
out more specifically its advantages:
In answer to your query of the
4th instant re Ramsay macerating
scraper and conveyor. would state that
we have had no trouble whatever in
Installing same. Every part fitted with
|exactitude.
I'VE have had practically no delay
whatever during the three months it
has been In operation; that Is, no de-
lays caused by IT.
Our engineer admits having gained
Is of per cent in extraction through
the system of maceration made pos
sible by the scraper, but am inclined
to think that it,could be credited with
a little more.
Greater Cleanliness.
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alone over the old style conveyor is
enough In itself to- warrant its adop-
ton. Even should the link belt
break once in while it cannot get
into the troubles that the old carrier
apron was liable to, and it is so above
board and open for repair that 1t is
easily accomplished.
THE only chance for improvement
that suggests itself lies In the scraper
part. If this could be made detach-
able or replaceable It seems as If per-
lection had been obtained. 1t is just
possible that this detail has been TAX
en-. care of by the inventor, although
we have failed to notice it.
ITO fully realize its merits one
would have to have the two styles of
conyeyors alongside, where at q
glance the cleanliness OF operation
and the freedom of getting around the
mills would be apparent.
CAS- before stated, consider its ad.
vantages in this respect alone ssuffi
cient to warrant its adoption.
Mr.. Webster writes to the commit.
tee under date of September IA:
Feed 10 More Even.
AT the beginning of this season we
installed q Ramsay scraper from
which we have had excellent satisfac.
ton. It Is and does all that the in
ventor claims for 1t, and is so clean
and gives such ample freedom around
the mill that we would certainly dep
recate return to the previous form
of conveyor. Our engineer, Mr. Wyllie,
changed the. drive from the one end
to the other. BY doing so, the work
on the chain was transferred from q
push to pull The result was that
the feed was more even and the strain
on the chain was much reduced.
'Mr Wyllie also installed a convey.
or of his own make between the first
and second mills. Il Is simple chute
with chain drive much the same as
the Ramsay drive. 1t gives the same
results as to cleanliness and keeping
itself out of the way as the Ramsay,
but as we return the juice from the
third mill as the bagasse enters this
chute, there is ample material for
maceration applied, and while IL may
not reach the inner walls of the fiber
cells, the mass is thoroughly saturat.
ed. This is a cheap and very satisfac-
tory conveyor for anyone who appre-
ciates the comforts accruing from
such an apparatus"
Satisfaction at 0noniea.
The Onomea Sugar Company re-
ports as follows:
1.-TWO Cation, Neill & Company
Ramsay maceration scrapers were in
stalled this season, and have proved
to be what was claimed for them, ex.
cept on elevator chain that pulls the
bagasse forward to following mill.
This has been improved on by simply
raising same IL incnes of the blank.
ct of bagasse. The original position
was too close to the 88-link chain, not
being sufficient to withstand the
strain, but by raising same, reliey-
ing this excessive pressure on bag
asse, the elevator operates much bet
ter now than the previous method,
and no more chain trouble"
No Slush and Dirt. ..s...~...>.s
Mr.. H. P. Faye of Kekaha also re-
ports: 81 wish to mention that we
have during this wear installed thp