The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-06
FORT STREET
To Be OPEN
Work on Extension
of the Line
Soon.

Fort street will be opened through
from School street to the Pauoa road
as rapidly as the work can be done.
the land necessary for the line of the
street have all been made, were in fact
ratified before the departure of Col.
Boyd, and the forces of the road super
visor will be turned into the completion
of the filling Immediately, in fact the
expectation is that the roadway will
be started next week.
The first work will be done at the
Pauoa end of the line. Arrangements
have been made with C. s. Desky by
en- from one of the Pacific Heights
quarries. This will mean that the haul
| ing will begin at the upper end, and the
road will be filled in as the progress
|'enabies the teams to work makai This
may make the work slower but will
preserve the streets along which ma
terial would have to be hauled under
other conditions.
| There will be some deep filings along
the line of the street, as the roadway
will pass through the lower portions of
the Nuuanu street frontage lots, and
the levels must be regulated by the
present grade of Fort street
The opening of this street will make
| it possible for the extension of the
Rapid Transit through into Pauoa val
| ley, if it is desired that the line should
run up to that road, and the line of the
in by reason of the fact that the only
outlet for a long distance is through
other properties to Nuuanu or to the
upper Punchbowl road.
There will be little moving of houses
made necessary by the street opening,
as the way is very clear and the de-
partment of public works will be able
to rush the filling once the work is put
under way. The stone which will be
used is of the best quality and the
roadway will be completed as fast as
possible, so that there will be no leav-
| ing it in half done condition for any
length Of time.
| Road Supervisor Dwight has madesalI
the necessary inspections of the quar-
ries, and there will be found every de-
tail ready for the men once they are
sent to the work
With the negotiations completed for
the widening of the Waikiki rofd prop
erty owners along the pretty driveway
have planned to still further beautify
| it. The cocoanut palms which were its
| principal source of beauty, will not be
entirely destroyed, the residents along
the road having requested that they be
replanted along the newly established
frontage. It is reported also that a
number of the property owners will fol-
low the suggestion made recently by
Theodore Wores, the artist, and plant
poincian along the roadway.
The KapioIani Estate was the last
property owner on the Waikiki road to
agree to the terms of the Superintend-
ent of Public Works, Punchbowl prop
erty being given for the additional land
required in the extension. There are
few small owners of land who still
have claims, but basis of agreement
has been reached and no obstacles will
be placed in the way of the speedy
widening of the road.
contract has also been let for fill
ing in the road wherever necessary be-
tween the Hopkins switch and the
Queen Emma place. The contract has
been awarded to J. ]. Belser at
seventy-seven cents per yard, the con-
tract calling for about 1900 cubic
yards. The material for filling will be
brought from Diamond Head
no f,.o,,
moved from their present position on
the roadway and the electric line will
be built over the newly filled portion
leaving the old roadway in it's original
state.