The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-04-13

D. acres. ~ Is our lnteutl0n 10 plant ianu
ratoon the usual acreage. ~
Mills Establish New Mark
Last year both mills were equip
ped with Searby shredders and the
most notable feature regarding them
was that they worked through the
| whole crop OF 4l6,000 tons of cane
without a single delay due 10 them.
I" An average Of 11l19 tons of cane
was ground per hour, with an extrae-
, ton of 9I73qo, as against 1879 tons
per hour with an extraction of 97.32T6
average for the previous year. This is
the best record the mills have ever
made, in spite of the fact that we were
handicapped by the breaking Of eight
old iron roller shafts during the early
part OF the crop. This caused a serious
arrangement of the mill settings, as
we had no spare rollers of the right
sizes TO replace those broken. h.
Filtering Experiment Successful Il r.
The crop of 1916 WINS the first one
in which all the clarified juice was FL
tered, and the results warrant its ron.
tinuanee. The principal advantages
are: Tata -. 80 ~.
Cleaner sugar, due to the elimina-
ton Of small particles of dirt and ba-
gasse that are impossible to eliminate
by settling alone. ...... +.
% Greater efficiency in the evaporat6
and pans due TO the removal Of this fine
material, much OF which would deposit
on the calandrias and cola T.. "
Increased recovery, due TO having
cleaner syrup and juice to work with.
The new continuous settling sys-
tenn we used last crop proved most salts.
factory and was extended to the scum
tanks this year with equally gratifying
results. .I 49,. T.
New Warehouse Advantageous a,a
The new sugar warehouse was com
pleted in time for storing our 1917 crop.
The building is a freproof, all steel
structure with concrete roof, water.
PROCEED with five.ply Barrett Specifica.
ton felt and pitch covering. The build
ing covers floor area of 81, 900 square
feet and win hold 1900 tons of sugar
piled forty bags high. A
1.-THE ba&ged sugar is conveyed to
any part of the new warehouse direct
from the sewing machines by con-
veyor 800 feet long, from which il can
be piled 26 feet high with the mini
mum amount of labor. For facilitat-
ing loading the sugar for shipment, two
sunken railroad tracks run the full
length of the warehouse, the floor OF
the ears being level with the warehouse
floor. 90, IN" "l''. - e
Salvage Of Scrap Started =
"We have been running a scrap
warehouse for the past year in an old
shed back of the mill. This has proved
such valuable institution that il has
been decided to continue il perma-
nently. To that end we are gong to
use some Of the steel and corrugated
iron from the old sugar room to build
permanent warehouse for this pur-
pose. During the past year $9l31.9s
wor h of second hand material has been
salvaged and put back into use through
this warehouse. rH.. r.. Z.
1.-THE pumping stations, after fairly
busy season, are now being thoroughly
overhauled for next season. q, "'"
1.-The pump at Well /, Kihei, which
is operated by a 800 H. r. DIESEL En-
CINE, rendered good service during last
season, but we were not able to run this
pump at its full capacity on account of
vibration, due to bent main shaft
which was the result of an accident dur
ing the previous year. We have not
been able to repair this shaft satisfac.
tOrily and have therefore ordered a new
shaft from the factory, and we now ex
pect TO get excellent results from this
STATION during the coming pumping sea
son. r'a=. .a. II
at has been decided to install a
central power station at Well 2, to OPP
, crate this station and Well 3, Kihei, the
current to be taken to Kihei by a seven
mile transmission line. Ak @r.
1.-THE cost Of this equipment, inelud-
ing installation, is estimated at about
$3.50, 100000, which is large sum of
money to spend. However, a good part
of it would have to be spent anyway TO
| put these stations, which are old and
out of date, in first class order.
| - 1t is proposed to double the capa-
city of Well =, and pipe the water to a
higher elevation, which means that
Pump 3 will do all the work that Pumps
and ; are now doing.
| owe feel that there is no question
but that the electric drive is the drive
! of the future and that sooner or later
all our pumps will be driven from this
central power station. With that end
in view, the changing of these two
stations from steam TO electric drive
is a move in the right direction.
\ 1--WE are doubling the capacity of
! Reservoir 5, Kihei, which IL at the end
of the Lowrie Ditch, by raising the
bank about ten feet. This increase in
capacity is much needed in that sec,
tion Of the plantation.
1--WE have found natural reservoir
in the sand hills near our Waiale res
ervoir in which we store the Waihee
water, and have found that by con,
structing 1000 foot pipe line we will
be able to connect this reservoir with
our WaiaIe pipe line. This reservoir
is estimated to hold about thirty mil
3, hon gallons of water and will be q
tremendous help in the future, as we
have always been short of storage
room for our Waihee water.
Improvements Are Costly
''The statement for improvement ex'
penditurcs for the year 1916 is as fol
lows: ..sr .'E
MIL .............,.."., 69,6l3.4U
new sugar room .........s. oo,3I lSS
Pumps 300
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