The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-01

CONTRACTS
Holloway Is Ready
to Begin
Work.
| tIarbor. Will Accommo-
| date Hills Line OF
| Steamers.
Work on School Buildings and
County Jail to Start
| Immediately.
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Dredging the harbor 10 ADMIT tne
largest vessels in the world, the con-
struction of jail, two annexes to the
High School building and govern
ment dispensary will be the first public
improvements to be inaugurated by c.
S. Holloway, the new Superintendent
of Public Works. Contracts for the
jail and dispensary have already been
signed, and the bids for dredging and
new school buildings were opened yes
terday. Contracts will probably be
signed today with the successful bid
ders, who will be the lowest in each in
stance, provided always that they are
responsible, as required by law.
THE HARBoR BIDS.
The bids for deepening the harbor
were opened yesterday morning. These
were for the dredging of sections one
and three. Section l is outside the
channel, from the mid channel buoy to
1900 feet to seward. The dredging is
to be to a depth of thirty-four feet
which is sufficient to accommodate
the largest steamers in the world. The
tenders were for three different meth
DDS of disposing of the material taken
from the bottom of the harbor. The
first was for the deposit Of the mate
rial on Quarantine Island, the second
within the sea-wall and third for TAX
ing it out to sea. The latter method
was found to be the cheapest. The
| bids for section are as follows:
| Cotton Brothers: Placing on Quaran-
| tine Island, $1.69 per cubic yard; inside
sea-wall, s1.45 per cubic yard; dumping
at sea, s1.15 per cubic yard.
| Hawaiian Dredging Co: Dumping
/ material on Quarantine Island, $1.35i
inside sea-wall, s1.35; at sea, IS cents.
Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Co..
Dumping on Quarantine Island, $1.40
inside sea-wall, s1.25; at sea, s1.10.
4 The Hawaiian Dredging Co.'s bid II
figures is $4,000 for either carrying the
material to Quarantine Island OF
| dumping it inside the sea-wall. Fol
taking it out to sea the bid is $45,900
which bid will probably be accepted
by Supt. Holloway. The Atlantic Gull
and Pacific Co.'S bid for carrying the
dredged material to sea was $685. $50.
i The cost of dredging section thre'
will be approximately $4,000. This il
the section at the Eva end of the har
Dor beyond the imaginary line draw
through the harbor from Fort street
At present only narrow channel il
dredged out inside, and 1.-The depart
ment intends now to deepen the entir
channel.
The bids for this work were as fol
lows: Cotton Bros, 35 cents per cubi
yard; Hawaiian Dredging Co., 80 cent
per cubic yard; Atlantic Gulf & Pacifi
Co., Al cents per cubic yard. The Ha
waiian Dredging Co.'S bid is lowest TO
this work also.
SCHOOL BUILDING BIDS.
The school building bids We're as fol
i. lows:
= High School Annex. Jorgenser
4 $4635; j. H. Craig, s6342; A. Harriso
J Mill Co., $3.50; Macdonald & Langstor
s5027; H. F. Bertleman, $4S44. The con
tract will probably go to Jorgensen..
Commercial Annex. II. Crais
/. $3.50; j. Jorgensen, s3940; MACEDONIA
& Langston, $34s4. The last bid is til
lowest.
Contracts have already been mad
with the A. Harrison Mill Co. fo
building the new Jail, and with Mao
Donald & Langston for the new dis
pensary.