The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-08-25
.LABORERS TO \
LIVE IN 6

In accordance with the policy
vailing at other naval stations
Navy yards, it is understood that
Navy authorities may favor the pl!
of having all laborers at the Pea
Harbor Naval Station reside in Hone,
lulu or at the Peninsula. going to and
from their daily work by whatever
means of transportation are available
or provided.
In couple of years, possibly, a
modern naval city will be reared on
the shores of Pearl Harbor, and the
employees may number many hundreds,
probably thousands, until the entire
work is completed, and the residence
problem will no doubt be solved as
above. Already the five or six score
of employees at work there come into
town every day, some by train and
Others by the water route. Those who
travel by train board the Oahu Rail-
way ears near the concrete bridge this
side of Aiea station, and some distance
beyond the Puuloa station, being con-
veyed to this point by the big Navy
launches, two of which were brought
here on the battleship Maine.
Where the Honolulu plantation track
crosses the track of the Oahu Railway
will in future be established an i'm
portant junction station, if certain un-
official plans prevail, for just hSefSf>Gr
frog will be laid in the Oahu Ra
track, projecting on the makai
and run thence westerly and sout.
toward Pearl Harbor, the two t
forming V as they diverge and
lower track reaches the edge of
reservation. About half way betw
the opening of the V, the reservatl
gate may be located. The Navy worA
build its own track on the reservatio
connecting with the makai spur, an(
this branch line would run past all tn,
main locations on the grounds, in orde
to land the construction material,
where the drydocks, buildings and
quarters are to be built.
From what Admiral Schroeder said
before the Atlantic fleet sailed for
Australia, the docks may be built along
the main stretch of shore some dis
tance below the landing place where
the workmen catch the train, and close
by these docks the houses for the com
mandant, some administration build
ings and quarters for the upper oiii-
GERS would be erected. Between these,
and the reservation gate it is likely
the general quarters for all other Off
GERS may be built.
just when the actual work on the
Pearl Harbor structures is to begin is
not definite, but by October it is be-
| lieved that the real work of eoustruc-
tion will be going on in earnest and
that the drydock will be one of the.
| first jobs tackled
Admiral Schroeder stated at the time
the "Schroeder Board" completed it's,
observations and made report to Ad-
miral Sperry, that the report would
have to go on to Washington for apA
proval by the Navy headquarters. but:
at the same time he thought the local
engineers appointed to the Pearl Har4
bor work would commence getting up
the details without waiting for the
| official approval and sanction to make,
| the dirt fly. When the report is adopt
ed formally and solemnly, there is lit
tie doubt but that the local officials
will be in readiness with their plans.
and specifications to proceed.
Although actual work may not now
be in progress, yet the preliminaries
are beginning to assume measurable.
proportions. For instance, the naval
tug Iroquois left for Pearl Harbor-
Thursday morning with two big hoist
| ing engines to be used in all kinds of
work-pile driving, drill attachment,
etc.-and landed them safely The last
transport brought to Honolulu exten- Z
sive drilling machinery to be used inS
excavation work, both for water and
land operations.
Men now at work at Pearl Harbor-
are making field surveys over the. res
ervation, making borings and dredging.
About ten acres of land have been
cleared of underground, but as yet
there are no buildings to house en-
ployes. The framework of the coal
sheds partially ruined by the fires in
the coal piles at the Honolulu Naval
Station have been taken to Pearl Har-
Dor and will be erected to house ma
terials and serve as places for the men
to take their meals. Another of the
coal sheds at the Honolulu station is
yet to come down.
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