The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-08
Authorities Want Naval Yards to
Be Ready When Pearl Harbor
Dock Is Finished.
NEW DREDGING MACHINERY
DrydoCk Work to Be Pushed
Ahead as Fast as Men, Money
and Energy Can Do 1t.
(From wednesday 5 Advortlser.l }

(From Wednesday s Advcrtiser.)
The naval authorities at Washington
are anxious to commence construction
work Mt the Pearl Harbor naval yard
so that the naval drydock may be used
when it is completed and turned over
to the government by the contractors,
is the statement of Walter F. Dilling
ham, president of the Hawaiian Dredg
ing Company which is dredging the
channel and harbor and excavating and
building the drydock. Mr. Dillingham;
returned Monday on the Siberia from
Europe and the mainland, passing
through Washington en- route home.
Acquire Company's Water.
Among other things that the govern
ment proposes to do is to purchase the
Hawaiian Dredging Company's water
system which was installed at the com
mencement of dredging work to supply
water for the camp at Watertown and
construction purposes at the drydock
site. This water is piped from an arte-
sian well on the Moanalua estate of Mr..
Damon and carried along several miles
Of open country to the Pearl Harbor,
and gives large supply of absolutely
fresh water on the station site. The
problem of water supply for the station
has practically been solved by this
scheme of the dredging company. AS a
comparison Of the supply furnished, Fort
Shafter's water system gives supply
of 125,000 gallons per day while that
of the dredging company IS capable of
100000 gallons.
Get Time Extension.
Mr.. Dillingham; states that the new
appropriations passed by congress give
$l,sO0,OOO for dredging and $1,OOO,00O
for the drydock The naval authorities
decided to extend the drydock by max.
ing it eight feet wider and giving it q
length of s51 feet over all.
The company will proceed with the
excavation and construction of the dry
dock as rapidly as possible. This worl
will be in charge of +. b. Smith, con
structing engineer, who completed thu
Mare Island drydock. He has force
of men who were schooled under hin
on the Mare Island dock. In considera
tion of the extension of the drydocl
and the extra time required the govern
ment has allowed the contractors eigh
months additional time which give
the company until October, 1912, t,
complete the work.
New Dredging Machines.
The dredging company is having ney
machinery built in Chicago to be place,
in a new dredging scow, which viii b
built by the Oahu Railway Company
The lumber has just arrived for the hui
of the scow. The new machine will b
drag scraper, adapted to the class o
work found on the Pearl Harbor bal
The new machine will be very powerful
and will materially aid in finishing u
one section of the work which is rathe
difficult owing to the fact that tn
dredgers can work there only in fai
weather There are two machines work
ing on the bar at present and the neN
one will be ready by the first of October
The dredging of the channel is to b
completed on December 23, 1911. Th
machines will be busy on the bar an
drydock until September Mt which tim
the company hopes to have four ma
chimes working on the bar and thre
dredgers on the inside sections. Th
company is also building a hydrauli
dredge to be operated on inside worI
to excavate about 100000 cubic yards
The next big piece of work will be o
the old shark pen point where 60O,0 90
yards will be removed, and 100000
yards will be taken ont from in from
of the drydock. This piece is practical
ly an island. It's removal win Civ
a large mooring space for warships.
About Two Millions Ready.
While Mr.. Dillingham; was in Wasl
ington arrangements were made wit
the navy department for an expend
ture of $l,S00,000 and the method b
which it shall be worked out. Whe
this is expended there will only renal
for the past six months work abou
10000 yards on the bar, 100000 yard
on Pokala Point and 100000 yards o
Puahoa, together with a general clear
ing up at different sections.
The government has not yet decide
on the disposition of the material TO /
dredged out Of the section, or islam,
opposite the drydock entrance. b,
some of it will be used in filling u
hollows on the naval station site
\ bring it up to grade.