The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-07-21
DRILLING ON QUEEN STREET.


big force of men are at work making
Queen street and the Esplanade con-
form to the official grade There is a
big hummock of coral In the middle OF
the open space opposite the new Kinau
wharf and the steam drill crew Is at
work boring holes In II. These holes
will be plugged with dynamite sticks
and the top of the coral blasted on.
"A good-sized crowd is always at hanu
at all hours of the day watching the
fascinating operations of the lightning
like drill that eats its way into the
coral as II 1t were cheese. When the
lot is leveled down the waterfront in
the vicinity of the Inter-Island docks
will be greatly improved.
HARBoR BIDS OPENED.
Bids for the Improvement of Homo
iulu hsrbor were opened at the office
of Lieutenant Slattery, engineer Of
Hcer in charge, in the Young Building
yesterday noon. There were seven
bids, ranging from that of Cotton
Brothers-43 cents per yard-to that OF
the San Francisco Bridge Company.
which bid 24.S7 cents, and will. without
doubt, receive the contract. All the
bidders were represented at the open
ing of the bids yesterday, and there
was great interest in the result. John
McCullen, general manager of the vic
sorious company, was present and GER
tilted as to the genuineness of his
eompany's bid. The company has six
hraH nm M nfi
on the Pacific coast and two at Manila,
so it will find no trouble in carrying
out the contract Expert men will be
brought from the coast to be in charge
of the work, but practically all the la
borers will be secured here. Gus
Desha will be in charge of the work.
Lieutenant Slattery will forward the
bids to Washington with recommen-
dalton that the San Francisco COM
pany's bid be accepted. and without
doubt 1t will be approved. This con-
tract covers sections A and b of the
harbor project, the. cutting off of the
lighthouse point and the dredging of
the channel to 35 feet. The preliminary
estimate of the amount of material to
be removed is 1,5O0O 900 cubic yards, and
1his at the Bridge Company's figures
would cost the government 1865, 90.
IT is stated that private Investigations
have shown the amount 10 be removed
10 be much les than stated.
The bids received We're as follows:
NJ. c. Harris, 81 cents.
Hawaiian Dredging Co., 26 1-2 cents.
San Francisco Bridge Co., "a S7-1OO
cents.
Cotton Bros, AZ cents.
North American Dredging Company,
90 $40 cents.
Lord & Belser, 90 cents.
Pacific Coast Dredging and Reclama-
tion Co., "a cents.
SCHOONER SPRINGS LEAK
Captain Belleson and the officers and
crew of the schooner Cecilia Sudden
are thanking their lucky stars that
they are not now reposing in Davy
Jones's locker at the bottom of the
deep blue sea. Drifting along west
ward from Iquiqui with Gains and baf.
fling airs, the schooner ran into ter
rife storm nine days ago when some
500 miles east of this port. 1t is esti'
an hour at times and all on board
thought that the ship was about to
founder. To add to the danger the
ship sprung a leak and the men were
at the pumps almost all the way to
Honolulu. The Cecilia Sudden has as
cargo 900 tons of nitrates consigned
to the Hawaiian Fertilizer Co., Ltd. II
is thought that the cargo is uuinjured
The schooner is comparatively new
vessel and this is her first visit to this
port. She was built two years ago al
Whatcom, Washington.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The steamer Ike Au Hou sailed foi
Kauai ports yesterday afternoon.
A large steamer is expected her,
with coal from Japan within the next
few days.
The transport Buford has sailet
from Nagasaki direct to San Francis
co and will not call at Honolulu.
New planking is being put on tn,
missionary steamer Morning Star il
the places where she was injured il
the hurricane.
Inc transport sherman arrived al
San Francisco yesterday with troop,
from Manila and the artillery compa
MES from Camp Mckinley, Honolulu
Supervising Inspector of Hulls and
Boilers John Birmingham is to inspect
the missionary steamer Morning Star
her master having applied for a re
newal of his passenger license.
The Togo Kisen Kaisha's steamer,
fohiila and Rosetta. which are beini
employed by the military authorities
as hospital ships, have been sold to thu
Bio Steamship Company, Dwarf pro
vince. The Nichi Nichi says that tn,
vessels are still in Government service
Kobe Herald.
The steamer Nebraskan of the All
line scheduled to leave Puget Scum,
for Honolulu via San Francisco Jul,
18th will cut out San Francisco TIN
"trip and come direct to Honolulu, leav
ing Puget Sound on August 9TH. Tn
Arizona will leave San Francisco 70
Honolulu August 9Th, taking the Ne
braskan's place in the schedule 70
this trip