The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-01-10
WHARVES
UNDER WAY
Harbor Work to
Be Pushed on
Rapidly.
an IORK UPON the construction OF


w the new Bishop estate wharves
at the Waikiki end of the har-
Dor has been inaugurated. The force
of men which has been put on by the
contractors, Cotton Brothers X Co., Is
now building the retaining wall on the
mauka side of the slip. This Will be
followed by the construction of walls
all around the proposed slip
AS soon as the wall has been built
along the makai side the work of
dredging for the slip will be put under
way. For this task the great dredger
of the firm will be used, the heavy
scoop which was built for the purpose
of deepening the slips at the naval
docks are again coming into play. The
material which is taken from the bot
tom will be dumped upon the triangu-
lar shaped lot of the estate lying sea-
ward of the wharves, and any excess
after this space has been filled in will
be deposited further along on the sea
front Of the lands Of the owners.
There will be built at the front OF
the slip where 1t lies open along the
Ala Moana, a wall to retain the road,
and this will be finished to a sufficient
height to protect passers-by. The slip
will be $50 feet long on the shortest
side and fifteen feet more on the long
side. The wharf shed on the makai
side of the slip will extend forty feet
over the water, so that the proper
slope may be given to the sides Of the
dredged slip between the wharves, and
twenty feet back over the wall. resting
upon the newly-made ground. These
lots will be made high above the tide
level and IA railroad will run along the
sides of the wharves, clear to the sea
end
The shed which will be built along
the mauka side of the new slip will be
only fifty feet wide, but it will have
the same foundation as its opposite and
will be similarly equipped with rail-
connections with the waterfront. This
railroad viii be of great benefit to the
iron works, as it will enable the i'm
mediate removal of any part OF
steamer which may be in need of re-
pair to the shops, and a quick and
cheap return as well. The dredgings
which will be removed from the slip
will either be pumped away from the
SCOOP dredge or hauled I'M dump cars
as may be developed to be the cheaper
method Of handling. 1t is expected by
the contractors that there will be
about the same sort of bottom encoun-
tered as was found when the naval
docks We're cut out.
while this work is being inauguratel
at the Waikiki end of the harbor the
dredging of the mauka slip along the
new Hackfeld wharf will be taken up
at once The builders of the wharf do
not believe that there is to be found
any hard stuff in the bottom there,
and they will push the work along as
fast as possible, so that the dredger
will be liberated for the work at the
other end of the bay. Fine progress is
being made upon the new wharf and
the placing of the floor beams is almost
finished. The building of the sheds
will be started within the next week.
The dredgings from the new slip will
be used to fill in Aala park and also
accumulated there for the purpose OF
filing in any new streets which may
be undertaken in the future.
The frame work of the new dredger
which is to be used by Clark & Henery
upon the Pearl Harbor bar opening
has been erected and the house is part |
ly up. There is already on board the
scow much of the machinery which
will be used in the dredger, and this
will be put together as soon as the
house is completed. There are now
building two scows which will pe used
to handle the dredeings, and in add |
ton the scow borrowed from the Oahu I,
Plantation Company is being QUILTED
with pile driving rigging. There is a
halt in the work of surveying the work
to be done at the bar owing to the fact
that stakes must be set by this dredg
er before the survey may be completed.
There will be little delay now before
the actual work Of dredging Wal be un.
der way.