The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-12

the Ocean Shore Railway for deliver
ing debris from our bunkers and the
other transportation companies will ali
come in on the same arrangement Be
fore we get through We will have at
least 100 bunkers in operation in dir
ferent sections of the city.
A LARGE FORCE OF MEN AND
MANY TEAMS
"a large force of men and a great
many teams will be employed in this
work. but the teams will not attempt
to haul the material out of the city
or for long distances. The teams will
haul the debris to piles, from which
it can be conveyed by cable ways to
the bunkers. Under this arrangement
many contractors will be able to take
a hand in the work AS for our COM
pany, we are making contracts to re-
move this material for Is per cent.
over the actual cost. We think this is
reasonable, as we provide all the ma
chnery
81 might say in this connection that
much of the brick removed from the
burned district can be cleaned and
made serviceable for building opera
tlOIS. ESllHldteS DIS 10 the pIOpOItlOi
of brick that can be cleaned and used
differ somewhat, ranging from 80 to 40
per cent. We will have a process.
however. for cleaning all good bricks
by which the work can be done by
machinery for So a thousand. All good
bricks will be saved, and the debris
will be used for filing low ground.
There is lot Of low ground around
J-yRi hat ha
dumping purposes, and the Western
Pacific has lot of land that it wants
filled, so there will be no trouble -
find plenty of dumping ground remote
from the business section.
There is one important matter that
will have to be considered in connec-
ton with the cleaning of the burned
district. In view of the fact that there
will probably be a large amount OF
brick and other material that can be
used for building and construction the
insurance companies in adjusting their
losses may claim all this salvage. This
is matter however, that can probably
be amicably adjusted. What the rail-
roads will charge for removing the de-
bris has not been definitely decided.
They should, and probably WILL handle
the business as they do customarily by
merely charging a switching rate of
81. so a car.
I'VE have already started work on a
small scale and are now tearing down
the Hale building. 1t will probably be
thirty days before We are in full work
ing order. On the system which we
propose to inaugurate the city ought
to be entirely cleaned in from eight to
twelve months"
ANXIOUS
TO CLEAN THE CITY
The Supervisors are anxious to IA
ciIitate the work of cleaning up the
property in the burned district, and to
that end ask for a better understand |
ne between the civil and military au- |
-hOrities. At the meeting of the Board |
Thursday Supervisor Rea said that al /
though the city was not under mar |
-Ial law, the troops We're interfering |
With people who We're trying to remove !
Il bris from their property. He asked |
rat a resolution be adoDted request |
ng the clearing up of such property |
n the burned district, and authorizing |
owners and Iessees to do such work.
Davis thought that the matter should |
De left to the Board Of Works.
There is a conflict of authority"
aid BoXton. land many people go
rom one place to another asking for
permits. l met one man this morning
Who got a permit from the Chief of
Police to go on his property and hired |
hree men to clean it IN. He was
riven off by the soldiers and then went |
o the Board of Works and was told
hat body had no authority. He then |
operations until he could
ind out whom he should see for per-
mission TO go on his own lot
Gallagher thought it was advisable to
end a committee to the Mayor to have
he matter brought before General
freely for the purpose of having an