The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-17
PLANS FOR
USING OIL
ON STREET
Experiment Will Be
Made on New
Block.
BISHOP STREET
IS SELECTED
Win Place the Heavy Fuel With
the Top Dressing Of Bishop
Street Paving,

When the paving of Bishop street is
undertaken there will be made an ex-
sing, which may have a most decided
effect upon the future street making of
Honolulu. While it was at one time the
intention to make this new street,
which now runs from Hotel to King
only, an example by paving it with
bitumen or asphaltum, this has been
given over and the thoroughfare will be
macadamized, as are the surrounding
streets.
The new block of street has been
decided to the government by Alexander
Young and the Bishop Estate trustees,
under an agreement that the Territory
shall put down pavement as soon as
possible. The work of curbing the
street is now going on, and though
Superintendent of Public Works Cooper
has not taken up the matter, it IS very
likely that no time will be lost in get
ting to work upon the paving. There
has been constructed a storm sewer to
the center of the block by the Young
Building Company, and this sewer will
be continued the length of the street
before the paving is done. This will In
sure the keeping down of storm wa
tpr oil ia Of he esfr ~
will as we'll prevent wash. In the deed
of gift is a clause which will prevent
the placing of transit lines or electric
poles upon the street for long term
of years.
1t is after there has been constructed
thoroughly good foundation and the
preliminary work of paving has been
done, that the experiment with the top
dressing will be attempted. The plan
of operation, as described by Assistant
Superintendent of Public Works Mars
ton Campbell, viii consist of thoroughly
sprinkling the well rolled broken stone
with oil, after which the smaller stone
and gravel of the top will be put on
and rolled into the oil thus placed on
the road. This will tend to make the
lighter top a compact mass, held to-
gether with the oil.
The California fuel which is now be-
ing used here is in reality only a btu
men base combined with volatile oils,
and these lighter substances are taken
up by the air and disappear, leaving the
bitumen or asphaltum in composition
with the sand or gravel which has been
rolled into it. In the opinion Of Mr..
Campbell it may prove that the result
of the making of the top dressing in
this way will be that a matrix is form
ed which will give the road a firm and
compact top. which will mean mini
mum of dust and increased capacity 10
Withstand wear
The only attempt made here to find
the effect of the treatment of road
way with oil, was the experiment made
upon Richards street some time ago,
when the top of the street was treated
the oil being mixed with sand There
was some washing off of the OIL during
the heavy rains which came shortly
afterward, but even with the road COM
pleted before the oil was applied, there
has been very little wear of the street.
and in the opinion of those who have
watched the developments, the expert
ment was a decided success.
Mr.. A. a. Young. representing the
Young Building. said yesterday that
the company would furnish the oil so
that the experiment might be made and
he was very hopeful that there would
be developed street paving which
would be hard and firm, and which
would prove entirely suitable TO the
climate. 1t is expected that work upon
the street will be developed very seen