The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-04
NEW ARMY
POST WORK
Progress Being made or
the Buildings at
Kahauiki

! Work on the tWenty-nine big build
! ings which comprise the quarters at
| the new Kahauiki army post is now
| about half way to completion. We
Will he done well within the contract
| time" said Superintendent H. H. Bur
| rel of the Burreu Construction Co.
! of Oakland. who are the contractors
| I'VE have until september l, and by
| that time will have everything clear
| ed UP and ready to turn over to the
| government. so far as the buildings
are concerned"
Except for three of the buildings, one
of which is the guard room, all the
| concrete foundations are in and on
the larger buildings the framework is
all up and in some cases the lack of
paint is the only thing which leaves
them unfinished.
So far has the work progressed that
a comprehensive idea of the plan of
the post can now be obtained Stand
ing at the big administration building
facing KaIfhi bay the parade ground
lies before the spectator, encircled by
the buildings. This ground, about for
ty acres in extent, is egg shaped, with
the big end centering at the admins
tration building and the hospital at
the extreme makai end. On the right
are the houses of the commissioned
officers, three captains and six lieuten
ants cottages and three non-commis-
stoned officers houses, all facing in on
the parade commons. On the left
are more houses for nOn-coms and be-
yOnd these the two big company's bar
racks each with sleeping accommoda-
lions for 10 men and each having be
hind it a large lavatory and bath
rooms. Between these stand the mess
room and kitchen, each company hav-
ing a wing to itself.
Still farther to the left is the Quar-
termasters and subsistence storehOuse.
a twO-stOry building 32X1S0 feet in
size with nine foot basement through |
out. Without the curve are the sta
bles, wagon house, blacksmith and
carpenters shop and forage storehouse, |
extending to the east behind the bar
racks.
The hospital and the guard house |
are in the makai end of the ground, |
the former facing the administration |
building and the guard house stand |
ing in isolat ton within the ring near
the Quartermaster's building.
The carpenter work on the barracks |
and the group buildings, the subsist- |
ence store house and the administra- |
ton building is about done, the sta |
bles and shops only require painting,
and the officers quarters and the hos !
pitaI have gone ahead as far as COM |
pIeting the concrete foundations. Work -,
on the guard room has only COM
menced.
The place is almost an ideal one for |
an army post, swept by the trades in |
to heaIthfulness and sloping away to |
the sea giving a natural drainage The
administration building is on the higher |
ground overlooking the other build |
ings and the parade grounds. and a |
military air is given to the place al |
ready by a number of white tents on |
the ground occupied by a detachment
from Camp Mckinley clearing out two
rifle ranges in the valleys behind.
The post is a busy place. Carpen-
ters to the number of $50 are at work =.
with forty helpers and the concrete
gang now numbers forty men. The |
monthly payroll will average $4,000 |
for the next six months on this one |
contract, while other contracts for the /!
installation of WaterWOrks. sewerage |
and electric light plants and the clear
ing off and Ieveling of the parade |
grounds will be let within a short time |
Altogether there will be one million |
feet of lumber used in the work, much |
of which has to be redressed on the |
grounds. becoming Clipped and SCARED |
during shipment from the Coast |
Three thousand barrels of cement will |
be used, much of it for the guard !
room, which Will be of concrete |
throughout with steel cells and dun |
geOns The hospital building. too. will !
be d most expensive one and will be {
constructed on the most approved |
plans, having an annex and kitchen !
separated altogether from the wards |
The contract price for this work is |
$4,000.