The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-10
CONTRACTS
ARE MADE
~Harbor Dredging
Will egin
Soon.
CHANNEL TO
BE DEEPENED
Day Contracts Made by Boyd
With Cotton Bros and Ha-
waiian Dredger CO.

The contracts for dredging Honolulu
harbor in anticipation of the early
coming of the big Pacific Mail steam
ers were let yesterday by tie Public
Works Department. For dredging the
slip at the new Hackfeld wharf Gotten
Bros. were given the contract, and
they Will also dredge the harbor be-
tween that wharf and the Oahu Rail
way Company wharf.
| For cleaning out the harbOr proper
to a uniform depth of thirty feet the
Hawaiian Dredger Company was
awarded the contract by Superintend-
ent Boyd of the Department of Public
| Works. The total expense for the en-
tire Improvement is not to exceed
$50, coo, the amount allotted for the
work by the Executive Council at
recent meeting. The work is properly
the duty of the United States govern
ment, but as it's necessity is immedi-
ate. and no appropriation could be Sc
cured from Congress probably for
months, it was decided not to wait as
the Korea and Siberia are expected III
Honolulu within 9 few months. and
shipping would be seriously crippled
while waiting for the national govern
ment to act.
Under the contract made by Super
intendent Boyd yesterday the work is
to be done under the supervision of the
Public Works Department, and Engi-
neer @. H. Gere Will have direct charge
of the dredging.
By the terms of the contract the
dredging firms are to furnish all labor,
machinery, material and bear all ex-
penses of any kind. For dredging the
slip Cotton Bros. will receive 81 per
hour, the job to be performed by the
day. and the work to proceed as rapid
ly as is possible. The Hawaiian Dredg-
err Company, for dredging the channel,
will be paid at the rate of So 80 cents
an hour, all supplies, labor. etc, re-
quired. to be furnished by the contract |
ors. The Public Works Department |
simply has a supervising control of the
dredging, and will place men in charge
of all work, to see that the terms Of
the contract are carried out, and that
there are no unnecessary delays. The
work must begin by the first of the
coming month, and the contract should |
be completed within a few months. !
Superin tendent Boyd believes that by |
this method the dredging will not only
be completed in a shorter space Of ,
time, but it will be more economical in !
the end. The appropriation for the /
work is 500 900, and this he expects to
cover all expenses connected with it.
When the channel is dredged it will
be possible for the largest ship to man
euver successfully within the harbor
lines. and the Wisconsin or any of the
big vessels would have not the Slight
est difficulty in making the wharf. The
dredging of the slip will allow a vessel
to lay along either side of the new
Hackfeld docks when completed. The
harbor will have a uniform depth of
at least thirty feet from the Inter-Isl-
and wharf at the foot of Fort street
to the end of the harbor.
The harbor Will then form a big
basin in which the largest vessel can !
float. Soundings of the harbor were
made several months ago, and in some ,
places a depth of but ten to fourteen
feet was found. Even the transports t
nave had considerable difficulty lately
n getting up to the wharf, while Ad-
niral Casey found it altogether impos-
iible to even attempt to bring the Wis
'onsin within the harbor. Upon the =
Of the improvements there
Will be no difficulty for any vessel
whatever her size, to enter the harbor,
md to turn within its confines