Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-08-11
Extension OF Militant
Now Receiving
Attention,
ROAD DEPARTMENT IS
MAKING ITS OWN PIPE
REDEMPTION OF kewALo SLOW
BUT sURE-uNioN SQUARE
PARK UNDER WAY.
TREee.

The completion of the extension OF
Militant street, from Queen street, back
OF the Judiciary building, to the Naval
Station coal sheds, is at last In sight
and the road department is fulfilling
promises made to property owners two
or three years ago.
when the land for the cutting
through OF this thoroughfare was ac.
CURED by the Government, considerable
sums were deducted from the prices at
which various owners surrendered, for
betterments, for macadamizing and
paving. Although the cost Of improv,
ing the street was thus held out, moth.
ing was done for years toward the full
tillment of promises made and strenu
GUS kicks were constant from those In
terested.
A few days ago great piles Of rubbish
adorned the cutting, now the CURRIERS'
are at work and the road Is being filed
in. Road Supervisor Samuel johnson
having as many men as he can spare
from his limited force at work on the
long delayed Improvement.
Work is progressing slowly but sure
~ on the grading of Queen street. IN
kewalo, where a year ago, boys used
to ferry folks across the big ponds in
the alleged roadway at five cents per
head. For a long strip the center grade
necessitates filling Of over three feet
OF rock. The rock used for this pur.
pose is being hauled from the Makiki
quarry and Is proving q material most
satisfactory, packing well. About sixty
cubic yards of filling is being accom-.
plished each day. Necessarily. owing
to the fact that the road department IL
now working with less than fifty per
cent OF the money 1t handled before the
economy arrangements upon which the
appropriations Of the special session
we're based, but few men can be at
work in one place at n time. Super.
visor johnson has gangs covering a
great territory between Waialae and
Moanalua. In spite of this fact work
oh roads was performed in thirty.
seven different localities yesterday. tho
pay roll amounting 70 less than SIX
hundred dollars. Five quarries are be.
ing worked.
The department endeavors TO beauti.
fy as 1t improves. Along the beach
road near the Union Feed Company's
warehouses are being planted between
fifty and one hundred iron.wood trees,
rich soil being carried to encourage
their growth.
The various park improvements in.
spired by Acting Governor Atkinson
and at present under way necessarily
take some labor from the roads. be.
cause the force Is bound to be limited
under the economy methods prevailing.
whereas prisoners before we're working
In the quarries, they are now employed
at kapiolani park, Emma Square and
the contemplated park that runs like
u spear into Union Square, near the
building Of the Hawaiian Electric Com
pany.
One OF the practical economies now
being practiced in the road department
Is the making of large concrete pipe
which is used for storm drains. Three
or four OF these big pipe, from q
inches down, are being turned out
every day by five men OF the depart.
ments force, at cost but one-third OF
what contractors would charge.
On Keawe street the preparation of
the large lot for the erection OF the
new combined road and garbage de-.
partment stables is almost finished. A
filling in Of rock to the extent Of two
feet and more has been accomplished.
An interesting fact in relation to
the Pauahi street extension to Fort
street Is that, whereas there was an an.
Precipitation Of $4,000 available for the