The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-14
THE ROAD To
SUGAR LOAF

Bids were opened yesterday for the
new road to Tantalus which J. L. Al
Iexander has offered to build at his own
a~xnense the work to be done under the
supervision of the Department of PUB
lie Works. Eight bids were received
! altogether, the lowest beng that or j.
]. Belser. who offered to do the entire
lob for s25. 311.79. The highest bid was
by Jas. Makee, who wanted more than
double the amount Of Betser's bid or a
total of $50, Hips.
separate bids were called for by
supt. Boyd for the building of the road
and also for the culveIt work. The
road is to be built in three sections and
tenders were received for Zach separ-
ate section and then for the contract as
a whole.
Contractor Belser's bid is the lowest
but there are two other tenders very
near his. w. E. Rowell and J. r. Highly
each bidding a little more than -, 900.
The contract will not be signed until
the return of Mr.. Alexander, which is
expected within ten days. 1t was gem
orally understood that ne has agreed
to give $15, 600 for the construction OF
the road. but Ny. Boyd stated yester-
day tina he had no understanding as to
Gny specific amount, but was simply TO
go ahead and advertise FOR tenders. An
estimate was made some time ago by
engineers other than the Department of
Works for a road as intcnde1 by Mr..
Alexander to cost but SIT 900, but En-
glneer CampbelPs estimate was $4,000.
The smaller amount contemplated q
road cut half out and half fill, but this
is impracticable according to the plans
of Assistant superintendent Campbell.
whose estimate is for a permanent
road, and one which would not be con-
tinually caving in from the sides.
The plans call for a road Of 1926 feet
OF five miles of length, extending from
the end of Makiki street 20 the top of
Sugar Loaf. 1t is to be twenty feet
wide, with a one-foot cuIvert on either
side. The grade IS to be five percent
and the road built curved 50 as to al
lew easy drainage. Engineer Campbell
is of the opinion that the cost of the
road could be lessened by making n
smaller cut and thus shortening tho
distance. The formation Of the present
route for the road makes Impossible
any other method than. that adopted,
and would not allow a hale cut N half
fill.
The following are the bids submitted
to superintendent Boyd yesterday
noon.
J. J. Belser-27.226 Iineal feet at
,9l33 "$S4' 81 md 80 81
Total ..$25.8 81 70
w. f. Rowen-section 1, $500
IineaI feet at SEC .-.....-.....-..S 1912 90
Section :. 1900 1ineal feet at Sligo. 1851 90
Section 3. 10. 126 lineal feet at SIC 5,71 81
Culvert 1000 lineaI feet at 26c 2O 90
Total .........~.~........ 81, 294 So
Proposition .
1926 lfneal feet at .9S8 ............ $26, 500 2s
LOCO Hneal feet culvert at 2Gc -. 2o 90
Total Observation-Disclosures. s27,156 %
J. R. Hig~by-section /. $500 I'm
cal feet at .575 ........"..".....$ $500 90
Section 2. 1900 lineal feet at $40 16. $50 90
Section 3. 1925 lineal feet at .525 5,S16 10
1,c0O lineal feet culvert at 80 300 90
Total ................ ............ $27, 496 10
A. D. scroggy-section /, 5000
lineal feet .$l1,596 90
Section ?, 1900 Iineal feet ........ 1924 90
Section 8. 1O,126 lineal feet ........ 6,173 90
1000 feet culvert at 20 ......,...... 200 90
"
NJ. L. smith-27.226 IineaI feet go. $3S. 200
1000 lineal feet culvert at .3S ...... $50
s8s,58o
Hawaiian Engineering and Con-
struction Coz, 226 Hneal feet
at S1.4O .$38, $50 90
LOCO lineal feet at $1.O0 ............ 1000 90 |
Total 500, $50 80
Jas. Makee-27,226 IneaI feet at
$203 ........ $50, 26S rs
1,00o lineal feet culvert at Az 4. 422 50
$50, III %
p. B-enton-section /, 900 lin
cal feet S15. 2e4 90