The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-09

| the railroad could be assigned some
wharf, say the one at the foo, of Maui
nakea street, for their temporary ex-
elusive Use. This proposed new road
should be wide enough for public use
and not alone for railroad purposes.
II the mouth of the last reach of the
| Nuuanu stream We're widened and
Strengthened and allowed TO run out
over the flats, it would lessen the
danger from sudden floods by the river
clearing itself quicker.
The quadrangle lar space enclosed by
the railroad company's wharf, the pro-
posed new road and the new streets
now being formed on the front could
be reserved for coasters and vessels
idle and laid up. All the wharves in
the inner end of the harbor could be
| heightened 200 feet so as to give
| length for two vessels berthed on each
side. But perhaps it would be a pious
plan to leave the old wharves alone-un-
til some indications appear that we are
| to have some new ones.
All these improvements cost money
and very considerable sum too.
have made a rough estimate of the cost
of building these nine wharves, not in
| Guiding any sheds or framework for
coal bunkerS or anything else but the
plain we'll built wharves.
1t Will aStoniSh many to learn that
wharf building here under the condi-
| tons which make IL necessary to
sheath with metal and have the points
of the piles iron shod, costs about six
times more than in ports of the Pacific
coast of the United States. 1 remem-
Der in the early '70's of being foreman
of gang of wharf builders at mush-
room town on the line of the Northern
Pacific on the Columbia River We
built a wharf 500 feet long. 100 feet
wide, with three wide roadways con-
Meeting it with the land. This cost less
than $4,000, and could not be built
here for less than 5000. With a
force Of eight men this wharf was built
in less than four months. We took
the piles from the woods right on the
spot, costing us about cents a run
ming foot, and the lumber from mill
only three miles away, which accounts
for the very low cost.
Memorandum estimate of material
for building nine wharves on the south
side of the harbor of Honolulu:
1858 piles not less than II in
middle diameter and to aver
age 40 it. in length, peeled,
307, $50 lineal feet, at zoe ...S 61,50i
Piles to be driven 10 it. length
wise and TT. crosswise,
apart.
Lumber as follows:
Timber 12X12 for caps, 81, 500
lineal feet, equals 1873 900 #.
Cross stringers 6N10, $4,000
lineal it. 10000 fit.
Planking and facing, $4,000
lineal it., 4x12, 2,576,O00 fit.
Cap stringers, 5000 lineal feet,
SKIP, $4,000
Diagonal bracing above water,
| 3XSX24, $4,000 lineal it., So
900.
Battens, 1x4x2O, for temporary
| work, 10000
Fender chafers, 5000 lineal it.,
6X16, long length, $4,000.
Total estimated amount of
lumber, 4,2S2,00 - $3.50
Total piles and lumber deliv-
cred in Honolulu ..........$ 147, IA
Estimate of iron work, etc:
935 capstraps ft. x2-2XR
in, 40 lbs. each ...... 81 400 lbs
1858 bolts, 115x2 it., 10 lbs.
each ........ ...... 1880 lbs
10000 bolts, IS in. L in,
lbs. each 49,. ... $4,000 lbs
1858 iron shoes a 100 lbs.
each -. .... -. .76S, 800 lbs
Total ....... ..... 943, $50 lbs
$4,000 lbs. finished ironwork
at s cents ......... 75,44e
$50 begs spikes and nails 90
$3.50 Observation-Disclosures. :. 2,62g
, Metal for sheathing piles, 1858
024 sheets, 20 o., "a lbs
each, 1850
Nails, 1874, 665 lbs.
Total metal in lbs, / 107,225,
1 ,107, 225 lbs. metal and nails
0 10 cts. .................. 6,083
| Round iron bolts for fastening
shoes, 10000 lbs. at cts . 5000
10000 gals. tar and asphaltum $500
4 Total cost of all metal work s. 25O, 1854
Estimated cost of labor:
Preparing 1858 piles, % SO
each . .. 23,O64
Cost of labor, driving, Gaping
and planking at so per cent
above California prices, say
$6.75 for each pile used 49, 51,S94
325.S12
Recapitulation:
Cost OF lumber, piles, etc. IS 147, 144
Cost finished ironwork and
metal, spikes, nails, etc -. 250,S54
Cost labor preparing piles -. 23064
Cost labor Gaping, driving,
planking .. | 1884
s472, $50
; Add 10 per cent for supervision
and items not included -. 1925
Probable cost of nine wharves s. $40, PSI
The present extent of the wharfage
in this harbor I estimate to be 417(
5 lineal feet. These suggested new
, wharves would give us 6154 feet more
not including the 935 feet of the ends
The whole would accommodate fifty
vessels of various sizes, with loadins
: and discharging berths which would
: make Honolulu class as among tn,