The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-17
FOR
H|LO DOCK
Work Viii! Begin
In the Early
Fall.
LUMBER FOR THE
WHARF COMING
Dredser May be Run by Electric
ity - Breakwater Would
Make a Good harbof.

; soon as the lumDer Wu'SH 10 "o"
N ordered from the Coast arrives at
u Hilo work upon the construction
of the new docks will be pushed. The
limit of time for the completion of the
work is January 1. 1908. and Ii there are
no delays because of failure Of lumber
to arrive, there will be no difficulty in
completing the wharf and the work
connected with it within the space.
FL. Amweg, who is ar the head OF
try hawaiian Construction and Ensi-
neeiing Company, which has taken the
contract for the work. will leave for
Hilo today for the purpose OF looking
over the ground. He will make all ar
ransaments for the contract ara ~ 90.
diticn to the ordinary plans will pass
through some special features IL pos
sible. Mr.. Amweg, as one ot the most
competent engineers of the Islands, he
having laid out and constructed the
main line of the Rapid Transit road.
and been in charge of some of the most
perfect modern construction In Lne city
since. will have immediate control of
the Job and win make i. one OF the
most acceptable in the Territory.
one of the features which Mr.. AnWes
proposes to introduce. il it is possible.
viii be the use OF electric power for
the purpose of driving the motors or
the dredging machinery, which he VII
build for use on the contract, There
is a deal of dredging to be done and IL
the prices of power are fair. which is
expected owing to the fact that water
rover is used in it's generation. then
the engines of the suction dredge will
be connected with electric motors. the
current being carried down the, wharf
and out to the dredge as ii progresses.
This will be novelty in power trans
mission, but if, once installed will make
a considerable saving over coal. which
would cost for two-shift day at least
! SIS
There viii be in the wharf some
thing like $4,000 lineal feet of piIing
and nearly 200, 600 feet Of lumber. The
wharf will be 500 feet long by 100 feet
wide. and though at tlle present time
there is not contemplated a wharf shed
il will come in time. The construction
$ calls for eleven piles tci each bent. and
: two fender piles. making thirteen TO
= each section. The floor work win be
of the heaviest planking and the con
tract calls for the best timber and the
highest class workmanship throughout
The dredging for the vessel berths
alongside the wharf will follow the
work of building the dock The Bowers
| type of dredge will be worked. the ma
, terial taken out being used to MI In
the flats. There will be provided fhir-
i ty feet depth alongside the wharf and
> the entrance will be made wide enough
. +, permit any number Of vessels pos-i-
l BILE alongside the wharf, to come up to
, II at low tide The tracks of the Hho
2 railroad viii be laid out on the wharf
f m its end. so that the loading and nIa-
loading OF vessels will progress wisn
disnatch. The wharf dredging viii cost
9 close TO s125.oo0
: II am of opinion that the ccnstruc-
tion Of a sea wall will make the Hlio
= harbor one of the finest possible" said
6 Mr.. Amweg yesterday. There ~ =
. reef which would furnish the base TOT
A the wall, and once completed thers
. vropId be an enclosed hareor sufncfen'
: TO hold all the commerce that Hfio VII
have in many years. AS it now is fsefe
\ Is considerable swell and this may pre-
y vent the use Of the wharf except OF
. the mauka side when there Is any sea
V on at all
! There will be plenty OF room for tns
4 ordinary shipping and later. N tns
= event of the construction or the WAL
. the wharf viii furnish an adnhrSDss
q center for the business of the port
!. The dock itself will act as break
= water to some degree and win make i
= rossible for any ship to lie there durii1s
- heavy weather I expect that we VA
: begin work by the first OF Septealos.l s'l
~ ~ NAV he later. il our timber does
not come to hand