Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-04-10
Service First

the smallest manufacturing loss ever
sustained by this factory, and Is
worthy of comment considering the
than in any previous year. -:
The notor-drfveR shredders that
were added during the last off-season
as part of the permanent installation
in front OF each mill, are doing excel
lent work. They have not given any
trouble and we are now obtaining e$
per cent extraction and grinding over
110 tons of cane per hour.
The mills have q flexibility here
tofore unknown. Their capacity Is
now governed by the crushers, which
are far too small for the mills.
The new continuous subsiders and
clarified juice filters are giving excel
lent results and the operators are we'll
satisfied with them.
Pumps.
After an unusually busy pumping
season our pumps are now being over
hauled and repaired. At Well 3, Kihei,
the timber lining of the 300-foot shaft
is beginning to give out and we are
patching it mp. removing loose stones
that are pressing against the lining.
We now expect the shaft TO last an
other four or five years. Ill.
"The installation of the 500 horse
power Diesel oil engine and the two
stage sturbine pump Of 100000 gal
Ions capacity was completed In
March, 1915. This unit replaced two
5000, ,000-gallon Worthington pumps,
which were very extrayagant in fuel
and out of date generally. =...
1T took some time for those in
charge to handle the Diesel engine to
advantage, and, due to this and minor
mechanical troubles, there we're a
good many delays One of the prin-
cipal troubles that caused delays dur
ing the first three months was the
failure of the oil filters to clean the
lubricating OIL This, however, was
overcome by using better filtering
system. . ~
The plant was shut down for sew
eral days duEing July when, due to the
breaking of crank box bolt, the
fourth cylinder was disabled. The en-
gine was then operated for six weeks
with three cylinders untilsa new cylin-
der could be obtained from the fac.
tory. %.... .~'< IL -:
'The crank shaft was slightly bent
in the breakdown and therefore we
were not able to get thoroughly satis-
factory results up to the end of last
season. The shaft has now been re-
paired and we have good reason to
believe that the service of this plant
will be satisfactory this year. The
engine burns the low grade of fuel
without delay and the economy is all
that is claimed. ..=
improvements 1915. i. III II.
The statement for improvement ,sx-
penditures for Hhe year 1915 totals
$450, 0,597.17. .-:-.-
We put more extensive improve
ments in3, the sugar factory that was
contemplated at the time of writing
the last years report. This was done
with the object of bringing the factory
up to higher standard. BIT. .-..=.. =.
The mill improvements included
two Searby shredders, three boilers, a
new filtration plant to filter all tie
juice coming into the House, continrl-
Gus subsiders, four centrifugaIs, six
crystallizers and several motors and
pumps. =. Ii -
All the other 1915 improvements
We're taken up in last years report
Contemplated improvements for 1916.
AS we had a good cash surplus at
the end of the year, and as We are
taking off crop of not less than 5S,-
600 tons, for which we will in all
probability get good price, 1t has
been decided to follow last years pol
icy and spend about 100000 on I'M
pr0yeEaeilts.
BY putting in substantial improve
nents during good years we will be
able to keep the plantation up to the
necessary standard and will be in "A
good position to cut down expenses
when the price of sugar goes down.
The Improvement work will be
along the same lines as last year, and
while it is impossible at this early
date to give an accurate detailed esti.
mate, the following will give a general
idea OF what we expect to do in this
line for 1916:
nlil ..........;s.s.. 0U.0O1
New sugar ROOM. $4,000
FumpS ................. ...... 10000
New cane cars. ...=.s.......... 10000
Tools ...............-. 10000
bitches ................::... 100000
livestock ......... ......... $4,000
Buildings ............... 65,ffDD
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