The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-25
ROAD WORK
FOR H|LO
New Bridge for
the Waiakea
q River.
WILL REPAIR THE
DAMAGED STREET
Jetty Plan for the Improvement
of the harbor-Roads Which
Need to be Fixed.

HILO. Nov. 22.-During Superintend-
ent Boyd's short stay in Hilo last week
he did much toward paving the way
or.inprovements that are badly need
ed in Hiio.
On Monday soundings We're being
made for the abutments for new steel
bridge to be built across the Waiakea
river. Solid foundation was found at
twenty-four feet This bridge will
probably be forty feet wide, and 120
feet long, the driveway having a width
of thirty-two feet, with sidewalks four
feet wide on either side. The sum of
$4,000 has been appropriated for the
bridge.
Messrs. Boyd and Campbell looked
over Front street and the damage
caused by the storm. They hardly ap-
prove of making a permanent outlet
for the Waiolanla stream at the place
where it broke banks. They believe
it will be cheaper to perfect the canal
to the Waiakea river. Already the
surf has filed the original channel ana
the waioIama is girding itself to mean
der toward the postoffice before enter
ing the sea. They authorized A. b.
Loebenstein to make surveys and plans
to straighten the canal. These surveys
will also determine whether it will be
necessary to deepen the canal. 1t was
discovered that Front street at the
point of breakage is one hand one-half
feet below the proper grade and that
the material used in building the grade
at that point was loose sand instead of
rock.
The Hilo water works Will be attend
ed to in the near future. The Superin-
tendent of Public Works has decided
to spend $4,000 on this public improve
ment at the earliest possible moment.
Another matter of interest to every
one who receives freight from the coast
was also settled by Mr.. Boyd: The
construction of jetties at the mouth of
the Waiakea river. Permission to do |
this was asked by the Matson NaviSa-
ton Company some time ago and re-
fused. During the visit Of Mr. Boyd
he saw the necessity fer such an ar
rangement and decided to grant the re-
quest. The companys agent Mr..
Guard, feels well pleased over the mat
ter.
The jetties viii be constructed after
the plan of the Oakland ferries said
that gentleman yesterday. For dis
lance of from two hundred to three
hundred feet out into the bay we viii
drive piles on either side of the C!lan-
mel on the inside these will be faced
with heavy planks and on the outside
with rocks near the mouth of the river.
This will enable boats and scOws to get
into the river without going upon the
beach when the current is unusually
strong. Such an arrangement would
have prevented the accident by the
Mohea and the Hackfeld scows last
week.
The bar which forms at the mouth of
the Waiakea has always been detri-
ment in shipping sugar. but with the
jetty this will be obviated, because the
river Will probably be dreGged or deep
ened in some way at this point, and the
jetty viii prevent its filling up again. |
We viii start on the work at once and |
finish it within a few weeks. The ex-
pense will be about $500, and will be |
paid entirely by the MatsOn Navigation |
Company The Improvement would be |
a welcome one, even though the new |
wharf is completed. because Waiakea |
would probably ship its sugar down the |
river as usual
KEAAU. Nov. 21--Citizens from Puma
and Olaa met Superintendent Boyd and /
his assistant. Aarston Campbell. at this |
place by appointment yesterday. The |
meeting was set for 10 a. m at the rail-
road depot but the officials did not arrive
until about an hour after the time set
and found upwards of fifty people wait
ing for them.
Mr.. Boyd made & short address. in
which he asked for an expression OF the
people as to their needs. He said he had
seen much TO interest him during his trip
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