The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-09
BIDS FOR
WHARVES
Tenders Received
for Bishop
Dock.
AFTER WORK
II Work is Pushed Improvement
Will be Finished Within the
Coming Year.

| Bids for the erection or the TWO
wharves, which are TO be constructed
by the Bishop estate upon dts lands at
Kakaako, have been opened and are
now under consideration by commit
tee. consisting of Trustee A. w. Carter
and Messrs Dodge and Rowell. While
there has been no decision rendered, the
tenders have been of such wide scope
that there is good prospect that one
will be found acceptable and that the
work will be rushed along without any
delay other than the making Of the le-
gal arrangements.
The lowest bid for the work was that
OF Cotton Brothers, which firm agreed
to make the excavation, construct the
wharves, wharfsheds and railroad lines,
within the space of ten months for the
sum OF $14S, ,OS2. This is $4,000 below the
next bid. The tenders cover all the
phases of the work, some bidders figur-
Ing upon the excavating only. and 9th
ers upon the construction of the
wharves and sheds alone. The bidders
were not only local firms, but there
were tenders received from San Fran
cisco and New York, HeaIy Tibbets &
Co. of the former city being the builders
of the wharf and coal sheds for the
navy department at Pago Pago, and
Milliken Brothers of the latter city be-
ing the builders of many OF the new
sugar mills in the islands.
The Improvement for which the ten
ders were received will change entirely
the upper end of the harbor. The
wharves will be located at that point
where the Myrtle boathouse now
stands They will reach to the harbor
line and there viii be a slip excavated
SO as TO give to the longer of the two
wharves 500 feet extent and to the
shorter one $50 feet. The wharves Will
be of the bulkhead pattern. The slip
will be dredged to a width of l6o feet.
and the wharves will be placed on eth
er side of 1t. They will not be Of the
same width, one being only forty feet
while the other Will be seventy feet.
There will be sheds upon each and rail
road lines will run the length of the
wharves so as to connect ships which
may come up to the wharf with the
Honolulu Iron Works first. and in the
event of belt line road, with the en-
entire water front
The specifications call for the con
struction of the docks upon the most
approved plans. and the sheds viii have
as great floor space as It IS possible to
give to such structures. The placing Of
the wharves will be OF great value to
the estate, as it will place the district
at the Waikiki end of the harbor in
close touch with the water, which will
render shipments and the receipt OF
coal much lore easy and cheap than
at the prese4.t time.
The bids were received and opened a.
noon Monday last and were considered
by the trustees of the Bishop estate at
The regular meeting Friday last, at
which time the committee was almcl
70 consider the various tenders. This
committee will report to the next
meeting of the trustees. The bids. with
he various conditions are as follows;
Cotton Brothers, Honolulu-An work as
per specifications for $143.OS2 Time 10
months.
Hawaiian Eng & Construction Co,
SIS, ,4Ol.91. Time 10 months.
Ferris & Haas, San Francisco-31s8, 800.
Time 16 months.
John A. Hughes Honolulu-Wharves.
sheds and all work excepting excavation.
90 SEQ. Time SIX months after excava-
ion.
Healy Tibbitts & Co, San Francisco
"a me So, 800. Time six months.
John Ouderkirk, Honolulu-Excavation
'12S. $50: Wharves, etc, etc. $4,000; total,
1893. $50 Time 1913. go.
Hawaiian Dredging Co. Honolulu. per
" F. Dillingham-dredging, etc. etc, az
4 "a per cubic yard; wharves, etc, etc,
81 600. Time 121z months.
J,hn r Parker HonoluIu-Dredg!ng
.tc.. etc, at s1.35 per cubic yard.
Mlliken Brothers. New York-Wharf
she'd only. iron and steel construction.
sI5. III.