The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-12-01
HONOLULU. CONCERN.
HAS big CONfRAcTS.
ora7ssJ ,gbnsl r,ET77g
Houoiuib' Iron Works Will Look
After Nils Producing Third
ot Cuban Crop
And viii Build Three Factories
As Large As
Puunene

8 As evidence of the great asuvity in
sugar circles Mt this time in the United
States and Cuba, the following infor-
nation from New York correspond
ept4 may be of interest: 49,, 49,
Twelve new cane sugar factories OF
varieus capacities are being built in
Cuba this year, and about the same
number of new beet sugar factories
have been contracted for to be finished
this year and next, for the American,
beet sugar. industry
The 1000 tons capacity factory.
which. the Hopoluiu Iron. Works COM
pany is at present building OF Tacajo,
Cuba, was contracted flor In February
Of this year. The first preparations for,
the foundations took place the end Of
july and II shipping conditions do not
prevent, this factory will be in opera
ton in January, 1917. Shipping Of ma
ehineryy however, to Cuba and else
where at, the present time is exceeding.
ly difficult.
kay West Blocked
A large number of railroad cars are
loaded with; machinery for Cuba al Key
West, where there is, so far, only one
ferryboat to transport them at the rate
of twenty-six cars per day to Havana.
The congestion on freight in Havana ia
quite considerable and leads to serious
delays in getting the material out to
the various plantations Rush work ia
the order of the day, and the cost of
machinery seems to be the least con
sideration.
All of the principal machine shops
making sugar machinery in the United
states, and, for that matter, machine
shops particularly making electrical ma.
ohlnery, are running to the very full.
est capacity night and day. Large
shops building sugar mills, for instance,
ere booked 10 October next year; shops
building evaporators, vacuum pans. and
this class Of machinery, will not take
orders for delivery before next July or
August, and it seems to be impossible
to, get, promise of delivery on electrical
machinery in less than from ten to
twelve months from date Of order. >,
The rapacity of these large shops
are regulated entirely by the capacity
OF the large machine tools in use, and
most of these shops are running three
shifts OF mechanics per day. It is im.
possible to say how long these condi. |
tions will last, but indications are that
things will be worse rather than better
during the coming year
In addition to The work previously
IN hand the New York office Of the Ho. |
n1Qlnlu. Iron Works Company has or |
dered for engineering and recOnstruc.
tion work for large number of plan
tatlons in Cuba under the control of |
the Czarnikow- Rionda Company, and
the Cuba Cane Sugar CORPORATION.
These plantations will later take care
OF from one-fourth to one.third of the
entire Cuban crop.
The Honolulu Iron Works Companv
has just signed contract in New York |
Tor building a large modern sugar fac
tory with an initial capacity Of 1000
tons cane, but to be arranged for a en-
Pae'ty OF 1000 tons cane per dav, for
Ia R0mana Central, Incorporated. in
gan Domingo, the factory to start
grinding the end of 1913. This is an
american concern throughout, and the
president of this company is also prcsi,
gent OF the .!Guanico Central in PortoI
Many Men Employed
In order TO cope efficiently with all !
the work in hand, the Honolulu Iron
w orks Company has for some time now
had an ohice establishment in Havana
here, as well as in its New York Office.
TINS company employs large number
OF draftspen and engineers. Bonafde
inquiries have been received for three
more large sugar factories mot for
Cuba, however,, and it is intended thatl
these have larger capacities than anv
of the Hawaiian factories, exceptino
Puunene. op''"e
There is a great demand for sugar
factories this wear in the United Stotes
and Cuba. and the trade supplying
these requirements is taxed to its nd
most"