The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-05-23
WORK ON
OIL TANKS
Foundations for
the First
Ready.

Work upon the great iron tanks
watch Will serve as the storage reser-
vsars fer the fuel oil which IT is ex-
pected Will begin TO arrive here within
the next fovr or five months, Is now so
well along that the levelling of the
sites for them has been undertaken
Men are new employed In clearing OFF
the foundation which will be used for
the first Of the pair of great tanks
which are to be put up by the Pacific
company.
As at present planned there will be
five tanks. with an aggregate capacity
Of close to 1856, 900 barrels of oil. Three
Of these will be the property of the
Union Oil Company, which Will supply
the plantations further down the rail-
read line. and the other will belong to
the Pacific Company. that in which
Captain Matson and John A. Buck are
50 heavily interested. The Union Com
pany's tanks will be Of $1,000 barrels
capacity each. while those of the Pa
ciAc will be only $4,000 barrels. The
iron for the first one of the Union
Csmpany's reservoirs is now here, hav-
ing been received on the last ship, and
Information is at hand that the iron
fer the others is on the way, in the
cargo of the next Hawaiian American
ship to touch at this port.
The tanks of the Pacific Company
are being built here, by the Honolulu
Iron Works. and will be completed as
soon as possible. The floor for the first
tank will be ready for putting together
within the next month, and once con-
struction is begun, there will be no de-
lay In getting the tankage up and ready
for the connections. The work of ac-
tual construction is to be done by the
oil companies themselves. as the iron
company has contracts for the con-
structiOn alone. This will prove not a
matter Of great moment as there is
plenty of skilled labor ready to take
up the task.
The tanks will be situated at Iwilei,
on the Sumner Island side, at the cor
ner of the roads which meet in front
of the Metropolitan Meat Company's
establishment. There will be only suf-
ficient space between the tanks to en-
able the companies to guard against
fire. and the entire park of storage ca
pacity will be facing the city. The
tanks each will be In the neighborhood
OF 100 feet in diameter, and between %
and 80 feet high. These will be con-
nected with the railroad docks by a
pipe line of four inches diameter, which
will convey the oil to the tanks in the
case OF the unloading of steamer or
sailing vessel, and then will carry the
the necessity for supplying ship with
fuel.
The distribution OF oil among the
plantations will be carried on by means
Of railroad tank car line according
to the present outlook. There are some
negotiations looking to the carrying
of the oil from the tanks of the Pa
che Company to the Honolulu Planta-
tf0n Company by means of oil scows,
similar to those which may be used in
the transfer of the oil to a liner lying
in the bay. The tank cars will be of
the same form as those which are now
running in the United States, the only
difference being the size. The tanks
Will be shipped here and placed upon
ordinary cars or car frames, of the o.
r. & l.. Co., within the four months
following.
The tank steamer and barge of the
Union Oil Company, being built at the
Union Iron Works of San Francisco,
are almost ready for service and will
be sent here on the very first run. The
tanks for the storage of oil at Kihei
Plantation are now completed and the
workmen are engaged upon the tanks
for SpreckelsvilIe, Haiku and Paia.
These will be ready to receive a supply
Of oil as soon as the ships may make
their first trip. The Pacific Company,
which Is now having the Marion Chill
CUtl Vi the MdtSOn line Oh SdllerS, CON-
Verted into an oil carrier. expects the
work to be finished within three
months. and then the first supply of
the fuel will be dispatched here Mean
while another ship is to be reconstruct
ed for the addition to the line.
Work upon the setting up of the
tanks will not be commenced accord
ing to the present outlook much be-
fore the end of June, though the floors
may be laid. The iron all will be on
the ground by that time and the work
Will be pushed to rapid completion.
Pending the coming of the fuel some
extensive experiments are being made
with burners for the oil, and there will
be in readiness, upon the completion
of the storage and transportation plans
for the introduction of the new order Of
things upon the plantations of this ISL
ana Maui at least.