The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-07
FOR BLOCK
PAVEMENT
Plans for Heavier
Down Town
Crown.
PROGRESS ON
LILIHA STREET
Aala Spots Being Filled Up With
Excsvated Matsrial-What
Is the Future.

While the street work which Is now
under way throughout the city Is go
ing on with rapidly. and the people
outside the center are being made
aware OF the kind OF work which Is
being done by the present regime. in
the matter OF the reiaying OF the maca-
dam upon the worn out streets and the
pavlng OF the newly prepared ones
plans are being made which II they
ever mature will give TO the water
front and the business section OF the
city a series of streets which are supe-
rior TO anything now existant
Assistant Superintendent OF Public
Works Marston Campbell Is the advo-
cate OF the putting down OF something
more substantial on the streets on
which heavy traffic Is done than maca-
dam. He believes that the solution OF
the entire question Of the condition OF
Queen street and lower Fort street, Is
the putting down OF basalt blocks.
This pavement would not be so costly
as IL might be supposed at the first
blush. for the blocks would not be
above 20 cents a square foot. and the
putting down would perhaps double
that or n little more. Speaking OF this
recently Mr.. Campbell said:
II believe that II there was put
down here a pavement of basalt blocks
laid upon a good foundation. in sand
the Joints filled with a gravel and tar.
there would be found 20 be such a per-
feet street that IL would more than re-
pay the investment and after the pres
emf generation had passed and gone
there would be still such a street as
would practically defy removal The
macadam street has already cost the
Territory a large sum and IL viii keep
on costing heavily. for no street OF this
Character viii stand the heavy hauling
which must be carried through those
about the front.
II believe there would be universal
satisfaction with this street once IL IS
down and carefully put down TOO 1t
would stand the heaviest teaming
without giving any sign and there
could be no accumulationS of filth up
on the surface for IL could be washed
every time Il was needed and thus
made perfectly free from dust and
dirt
work upon Lfiha street. the re-
clamation OF which has caused more
criticism than any other two streets OF
the city, is now being pushed along
rapidly and the result will be very
soon that there viii be such a perfect
roadway that the inconvenience OF the
past VIII BE- forgotten The wisdom of
the Department OF Public Works in
cutting down the grades where IL was
needed Is now more apparent than ever
before. as the paving progresses. AT
lthe junction OF Vineyard street the re-
| duc;ion OF the grade has made IL pos
sible for the crossing To be level
whereas II the cutting had not been
| done there would have been cross
Ing at a grade which would have made
| traffic impossible.
The street has now been put To grade
| and the heavy films for the paving
OF the road Is done. In the extreme
sink Of the street between King street
and the point Where Kukui street
should be cut through. the putting on
OF the top dressing has progressed un-
| Ill IL Is almost completed and prettier
| roadway cannot De imagined. The
street shows the effect OF the raise of
the grade there. where six feet were
/ added, thus lifting 10 out OF the mud
| FOR al time. The effect too Is that the
lots on either side OF the street must
be- raised and this viii show the Wis
dom OF the action as these are not
| healthy localities. On the Waikiki side
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ing done already. the excavated mate
rial from the harbor being used. This
Is being followed all along the street.
| The storing Of material in Aala park
has proven the propriety OF the lay
ing up OF a supply OF earth for filling
purposes AS the excavating from this
| time must be carried on by the pipe
or pump dredGers the material is being
sent over behind the roundhouse OF the
railroad upon some land which Is the
property OF the government. This
| change was made before the sanitary
filling which was needed in the vicinity
| OF the river had been finished. The
| department Of Public Works has now
commenced hauling from the earth
stored In Aala park for the purpose of
i filling 10 grade that portion KukUi
| street from the bridge Eva. This
street now extends only a short dis
| lance beyond st. Louis College from
which point IL one wishes to get
through 10 Liliha street the way must
be threaded through alleys and around
corners. The opening OF this street
would furnish TO many persons and
teams an easy access 10 the new
thoroughfare TO Maemae and would re-
lieve the congestion.
| When this work is done there viii
be material taken for the purpose OF
filling in several more low places along
Board of Health wants filling done for
sanitary reasons. In this way alone
the opening Of Kukui street would be
| worth much to the city.
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