The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-16
PROBLEM Of STREETS
N CITY OF HONOLULU
Equipment Not Ade-
Quate for Present
Needs.
BAD CONDITIONS At THE MARKET
PLANS or THE DEPARTMENT FOR
6ETTERMENT OF
ROADS.
BAD CONDITIONS At THE MARKET
Supervisor Marston Campbell Talks of
Past Mistakes in Depending on
Coral and Outlines the Policy for
Making Heavy Traffic Roadbeds.

the WOepSgOnS aspect OF village ROAD
on a mudfiat of the lower Mississippi
after a drove of cattle has passed
| through it Alakea street has been
macadamized from Beretania to Hale
kauwila. but no further. This uninl-
proved portion is low and fat and for
the past four months has been catch
age from the numerous new buildings
that are going up in the business guar
ter. The water pumped from the base
ments of the Young building, the
Stangewald building. the Electric
Light building, the Hackfeld building
and several others has all been con-
Quoted TO Alakea street, where ii pro-
duced a quagmire On the lower fat.
Road Supervisor Campbell said the
other day that the reasons Alakea had
not been macadamized all the way
down to the beach are two. A storm
drain had to be put in on this street
and it was thought best to construct
this before laying the macadam. Sec
ondly, the water from the buildings
above referred to would have made it
impossible to do a good job. The con-
tract has now been let for the con-
struction of the storm drain, which
will be 54x45 inches in size. 1t will
cost little over $4,000. This storm
drain is part of a system that will be
put in as rapidly as possible all over
the cILy.
Halekauwila street is about as dis
tressing to look at as lower Alakea.
1t is deluged with drainage water from
the new buildings and as the main
sewer passes through it, the cut up
condition will be chronic until the
Alakea improvements are made.
Richard street, since the completion
Of the two government docks, has be-
come one Of the most important ar
teries from the water front to the CEN
trail part of the city. The federal gov
eminent has complied with all the re-
Quirements concerning curbing, and
the department of roads and bridges.
as soon as material is available, will
macadamize the street. The material
will be at hand as soon as the new
stone-crushing plants are running
These plants have been delayed be-
cause of the difficulty of getting Or
ders for engines and other machinery
promptly filed.
In conversation about street con-
ditions, Road Supervisor Campbell
said: 1T is utterly impossible 70
reach seventy miles of streets with
our present equipment The sewer con-
struction Of the past year has caused
a perfect upheaval in our streets. The
sewer men have torn up the roads
and it must be recognized ttae no mat
ter how carefully the material is re-
placed in the sewer bitches, il is i'm
possible T.: make the street the same
as II ass before.
''R. 2ast-, ttiol is n.c,,Ni every
where. Coral has been extensively
used for street dressing in Honolulu
It answers for light traffic very we'll
King street. west of Nuuanu, was re-
Gently constructed Of this material
The enormous increase OF traffic on
this thoroughfare proves that coral il
absolutely unfit for constructing
heavily travelled roadway.
"The cost of kecDiIg a oral road
under repair for heavy traffic is 100
per cent more than for keeping mac
adamized road at true and even sur
face. The past records of the road
department win show tina, the repairs
necessary on Fsng street. to MAINTAIN
the coral ROADWAY. have cost more
than would have b sel required to con-
from start to finish
THE policy Of the department is to
use no more coral for road purposes.
While King street is unquestionably
in very bad condition, it would be very
poor economy at the present time to
resurface it. The pan decided upon
is to macadamize King street with a
ten-inch layer of crushed stone from
Alapai street to Kamehameha School.
This work is in progress now between
Punchbowl and Alapai streets. The
crushed stone is spread upon the road
way to the depth of ten inches. and is
then rolled and bonded under roller
weighing ~ 900 pounds.
AS soon as the engines and boilers
for the Asylum Road crushing plant |
are installed, an output of $50 cubic |
yards of crushed stone per day will be |
added to our available supply Of street
material This entire output will be
used on King street, and I think that |!
within four months that thoroughfare
win have a ten-incn macadan surface
from the bridges to Kamehameha |
School.
The crushing plant back Of the
Asylum was bought and erected .or
the sole purpose Of giving Kalihi and
Palama better roads But owing 20
the unavoidable delays. caused By the
machinery people of the States. these
districts have had to suffer.
.Liliha street is In very had con-
dition. No work has been done ON
that street except between Vineyard
and King. owing to the fact that the
Rapid Transit people win soon be nut
ting down their tracks. and any work
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