The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-06

extracted so that a ton of mixed juice
LAS TO be eyapoTated for every ton OF
cane that goes into the mill.
Balances the MIL
The quadruple effect was installed to
balance up the plant and make boiling
house capacity equal to grinding capa'
city. With all the million units equal,
all operations from shredder to centri-
fugal can be conducted on a more econ.
omlcal basis, without waste of time,
fuel or power. H A perfectly balanced
min can be gspeeded up to it's full
theoretical capacity If the emergency
arises or the OCCASION demands: "A
sugar mill not so balanced can only be
operated at the maximum speed OF its
weakest unit.
Until .Alonzo Gartley commenced his
engineering Investigations of mill bal
ance there was great variation in the
work done on all the plantations be-
cause no one had measured and com
pared the mills, unit by unit, to deter
mine their relative working efficiency.
The field work had been systematized
o fine point, but 1t was not realized
that many finely equipped plantations
were losing money because of weakness
somewhere between the cane carrier
and the sugar bag. %.f'N
Mr.. Gartlcy's Investigations laid
bare some amazing deficiencies. Some
plantations had too little boiler power.
| Others lacked enough vacuum pans,
centrifugals, crystallizers, or evapOra
| .ors, to bring the whole manufacturing
| plant up to finished and complete
! machine capable of doing its work
| Cheaply and efficiently without placing
an overload or strain on one or more
of its departments.
All Plantations Standardtzing
Now that war prices for sugar have
placed the means required at the dis
| posal of the plantations, all are stand
ardizing their mills and boiling houses
Orders for new machinery are being
placed more in accordance with the de
mands of the work to be done, and less
on the say 80 Of those who have new
types of machinery to sell. The whole
industry is getting closer to the line OF
making sugar ON strict business basis
to get out of it all there is in it.
William A. Ramsey, superintendent
of Cation Neih 4 Company stated yes
terday that his company has had 8
very prosperous half year. They have
more WORK in sight for the next sly
months than ever before in the history
Of the company. Their shops are
working full time and overtime every
night to make delivery of new sugaI
machinery before the next grinding
season begins. IN
Planters Looking Ahead
These orders were all placed before
March because 1t takes time to as
semble materials, draw plans and ge
together the full complement of skill
ed workers. The Hawaiian plantation
men are forehanded in this regard Mr.
Ramsay said and are constantly lay
ing plans ahead. The new machiner,
OrleIed last spring will be Unstable,
ready for the next crop during the Of
season and by the first of next Marcl
the managers will know where thei
plants need to be strengthened al,
built up to further improve the work
ing capacity of mills and boiler houses
Managers and engineers are even nov
calling for estimates on new installa
tions to be made a year hence.
With its new quadruple effect read
fol work Maui Agricultural 5 boilin
house and mill win be tuned up to
capacity of neatly 500 tons of mga
per day. The mill does not work a
ma ximum capacity ordinarily, but if a
emergency arises the boiling house ca
take care of every ton of cane that ca
he ground