Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-04-10

the smallest manufacturing loss ever
sustained by this factory, and is
worthy of comment considering the
fact that the mills were driven harder
than in any previous year.
The motor-driveE shredders that
were added during the last off-season
as part Of the Sermanent installation
in front ef each mill, are doing excel
lent work. They have not given any
trouble and we are now obtaining q$
per cent extraction and grinding over
10 tons of cane per hour. =
THE mills have a flexibility here
tofore unknown. Their capacity Is
now governed by the crushers, which
are far too small Tor 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 up. removing loose stones
that are pressing against the lining.
We now expect the shaft to last an
other four or five years. --~s
The installation of the 600 horse
power Diesel oil engine and. the two
stage turbine pump of 100000 gai-
Ions capacity was completed IN
March, 1915. This unit replaced two
6,0e0, ,O00-gallon Worthington pumps,
which were very extrayagant in fuel
and out of date generally. e~S7 s %@
1T took some time for those IN
charge to handle the Diesel engine to
advantage, and, due to this and minor
mechanical troubles, there were 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. s.,
The plant was shut down for sey-
eral days during 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 until a new cylin.
der could be obtained from the fac
tory. ~ +.
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 al
that is claimed 81 !. g
improvements 1915. -
@The statement for improvement .,x.
penditures for the year 1915 totsls
S45O,597.17.
I'VE put more extensive improve
ments IMP 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.
THE mill Improvements Included
two Searby shredders, three boilers, a
new filtration plant to filter all tie
juice coming into the house, continu-
Gus subsiders, four Seentrifugals, six
crystallizers and several motors and
pumps. 81.
"All the other 1918 improvements
were 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 S.
900 tons, for which we will in all
probability get good price, it has
been decided to follow last years pol
icy and spend about $500,000 on i'm
proyeTaeilts.
by putting in substantial improve
ments 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 general
idea of what we expect to do in this
line for 1916:
Mill ............. : ..z.s,f S 81. 900
New sugar room ........ $4,000
Pumps -. -. -. 10000
New cane cars. 10000
Tools ......... -. ...:.. 10000
bitches .......... 10000
livestock ....,..Y .Y..........- Il, 600
Buildings .................. 5000
Warehouses .....M.......... $4,000
Camp water supply 81. 600