The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-21
WORK ON
OIL TANKS
for
the First
Ready.

Work upon the great iron tanks
which will serve rs the storage reser
volrs for the fuel oil which Il is ex'
pected will begin TO arrive here withir
the next four or i've months. IS now Sc
well along that the levelling OF. the
sites for them has been undertaken
Men are new employed in clearing OF
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 10 Is. eco barrels OF oil. Three
| OF these win be the property OF the
Union Oil Company. which will supply
the plantations further down the rail-
road line, and the other will belong to
the Pacific Company. that in which
Captain Matson and John A. Buck are
so heavily interested. The Union Com
pany's tanks will be OF $1,000 barrels
capacity each. while those OF the Pa
cifc viii be only $1,000 barrels. The
iron for the first one OF the Union
company's reservoirs is now here. hav-
ing been received on the last ship. and
information Is at hand that the iron
for 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 viii 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 or ac-
tuai construction is 10 be done by the
oil companies themselves. as the iron
company has contracts for the con-
struction alene. This will prove not n
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 /
There will be only suf
hcient space between the tanks TO en-
able the companies to guard against
IRE. and the entire park OF storage ca
pacity will be facing the city. The
tanks each will be in the neighborhood
81 100 feet In diameter. and between %
md 30 feet high These will be con-
1ected with the railroad docks by
pipe line Of four inches diameter. which
viii convey the oil to the tanks I'm the II
;ase of the unloading or steamer or
'ailing vessel. and then will carry the
~ back TO the docks. in the event OF
he necessity for supplying a ship with
'ueI
The distribution OF oil among the
will be carried on by means
" a railroad tank car line according L
o the present outlook. There are some
looking to the carrying
he all No Ia ~ h. On |
life Company TO the Honolulu Planta-
Ion Company by means OF oil scows
inilar to those which may be used In
he transfer Of the oil 60 n liner lying
n the bay. The tank cars will be OF
ne same form as those which are now
unning In the United States. the only
Inference being the size. The tanks
viii be shipped here and placed upon
rdinary ears or car frames. OF the o.
3 & l. Co. within the four months
GLOWING.
The tank steamer and barge OF the
fnion OH Company. being built at the
Union Iron Works OF San Francisco
re almost ready for service and will
h sent here on the very first run. The
anks for the storage OF oil At Kihei
are now completed. and the
sorLnen are engaged upon the tanks
rr Spreckelsville. Haiku and Paia.
'heSe VIII be ready To receive a supply
oil as soon as the ships may make
heir first trip. The Pacific Company.
'hich is now having the Marion Chill
OFT of the Natson line OF sailers. con-
erted into an oil carrier. expects the
ork to be finished within three
,onths. and then the first supply OF
ne fuel VIII be dispatched here. Mean
lille another ship is TO be reconstruct
] for the addition TO the line.
work upon the setting up Of the
INKS will not b. commenced accord
* to the present outlook much be-
IRE the end Of June. though the floors
ay be laid. The iron all Will be on
10 ground by that time and the work
III be pushed to rapid completion.
ending the coming OF the fuel some
Stensive experiments are being made =.
it'll burners for the oil. and there will
. In readiness. upon the completion
the storage and TRANSFORMATION plans A
n the Introduction Of the new order OF A
ings upon the plantations OF this ISL
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