The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-11-22
viii Be Under Full Swing in the
Near Future on Funds Now
Available.
COMPLETE PLANS ARRIVE
Work of Street Grading and
Light, Sewer and Water Sys-
tens Installing to Start.
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Actual work on the development Of
Pearl Harbor naval station has now
been commenced and will be under full
swing in the near future.
An architectural craftsman arrived
from the mainland recently to develop
the plans for the buildings to be erect
ed ON the naval reservation, and
stuudies will soon be made of the types
of building proposed to be erected.
The dredgings from the drydock site,
as well as from the harbor are being
spread over the reservation, sloughs are
being filed up, the shore line graded,
and when the grade has been reached,
an appropriation of $150,O00 will be
utilized to build streets, establish
sewer, lighting and water systems.
The entire plan for the naval sta
tion buildings has been received by
the naval authorities showing the sites
for the various structures which event
ually will complete the great station.
Installing Utility Services,
Studies ere to be made at once for
three types of buildings, including the
commandant s house and quarters for
other officers. These are to be located
on sites past which, or to which the
sewer, lighting, water and streets sys-
TENS will be run. An appropriation
win be asked of congress by the navy
department for these buildings, and
others, and it is hoped that the APP
preparation win be liberal so that
large amount of initial building work
can be done. The appropriation would
not be available until July /, 1911,
but by that time the main arteries
of streets, and the utility features
would be in readiness. Plans and spe-
cifications will be got out and sub
mitted to the navy department, and by
that department bids will be asked of
contractors for the work.
Money for Big Shops
There is an appropriation of $780,,
600 available for shops-one-thi of
] the amount needed to put up all the
/ shops necessary for a modern station
and specifications and plans will be
| placed before contractors in the near
| future. There is an appropriation
available for storehouses and additional
| appropriations may be asked for of the
congress to convene in December. AS
this will be a short congressional ses-
sion, the appropriations, if granted,
will be made public before March
Pearl .Harbor work may not receive
all the appropriations that should come
to it if the work is to be prosecuted
on large scale from the commence
ment of operations, as other stations
are to be considered. The board of
which Rear-Admiral Switzerland is a
member, will present a report on all
stations. There may be certain amount
of the moneys belonging to Uncle Sam
that can be devoted to the navy de-
partment IS work for all stations, and
then the amount for each may be pro.
rated. However, it is understood that
Hawaii will get liberal share of
all appropriations.
Grading the Reservation.
While no permanent buildings for
the station may be started before
spring, and possibly mot until July, yet
the reservation is now being graded
and prepared for the construction work
on the buildings. The reservation has
been plated and mapped and the pro
posed buildings have been located on
the maps. The street extensions viii
first be made to connect the entrance
to the reservation with the buildings
to be first erected and then gradually
extended to other parts of the reserva
tion where the next buildings are to be
erected. A railway line is to be bull
through the station to carry in the
materials and expedite the movement
of materials,
No definite information has been re
ceived from Washington relative to the
al pf 1,la Of ha gaf
marine barracks at Pearl Harbor. Bid
are to be asked for again on thes,
structures. Local contractors are O.
the opinion that the new specification
will be out shortly and that by earl,
spring actual work of construction OF
the same will be under way.
Dredger Operators Arrive.
Superintendent Cummings of tn
, Standardization Dredging Compan,
of San Francisco arrived yesterday OF
I the Sierra to supervise the installation
! of machinery in the new turbine dredg
lately towed here from Seattle by tn
tug Hercules. A corps of experience
operators has also arrived to work o
this dredger, and other operators hav
, arrived TO work ON other machines o
+. the Hawaiian Dredging Company. Th
a turbine may not be ready until tn
q latter part of the year.
\ i Meanwhile four dredgers are at wor
4 on the bar at the entrance to the Pear
Harbor channel and another will b
put ON the job today. The Reclamatio
is still engaged in seooping out tn
drydock site. This machine will prol
ably be at work until the first part o
the year when the excavation will b
in readiness for the first section u
j. false crib work.
False Crib Work.
By the latter part of January III
water will be pumped out from th
l- tirst-clnss section and the coneret
ID workers will then begin their part {
d the work. There is an unusual amour
a of activity at Watertown, in the ehai
II mel and harbor, az the drydoek an
u on the naval reservation and by sprin