The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-09-12
PROGRESS ON BIG
DREDGING JOBS
Pearl HarbOr Channel Work Will
Be Completed on Tlme-Much
More Work in Sight.

~ N NhflAtmhs present 90 Uncle Sam
the Hawaiian Dredging Company Of
Honolulu viii hand over completely
drdgcd channel and harbor az Pearl
/ Harbor, and on that day any Of Amer.
ica's drcadno1ghts and auperdread.
noaghts may steam through the chaanol
from the open sea ami anchor ia the
waterway opposite the drydOck.
w. r. Dillingham;, head of the diedq.
ing company, stated yesterday that
tho work is going ahead day and night
with every prospect that IL will be
finished on time, the date for compile.
ton being December %, 1911, although
unforeseen difficulties have had TO be
surmounted by the company and many
things combined to hold back the work.
Unusually flintlike material has been
encountered ana had weather has at
times prevented work being earned on
at the bar, which is subject to the
heavy swells from the open sea.
New Piling Installed.
The last of the piles have been driv.
en- into the bottom of the excavation
for the drydock, or at least that section
enclosed by watertight walt. The
bottom is now "pinnedn down to the
Il oopStA0bo anu NhOu lub are DuI
to work it will remain down accord
ing to all engineering opinions.
However, the original plan of pump
ing the water out and cohcreting the
exposed bottom has been abandoned
and concrete will be poured to the
bottom through chutes, covering the
pile heads to depth of about eight
feet. When this is done the water will
be entirely pumped out and the CON
creting work finished without the work
men being hamped by from thirty to
fifty feet of water,
The eoncreting win commence in
about two weeks, while pile driving
will be continued in the 1nenclosed
section.
Finishing Harbor Job.
The Hawaiian Dredging Company
yesterday finished the very last of the
cleanup of the contract for the lower
end of the harbor near the proposed
ship channel to Kalihi. Blasting has
been carried on during the last few
days to get rid of some hummocks of
coral that remained, but yesterday the
dredger finished up the job which was
worth in the neighborhood of 100000
OrouBe bn0 naval SllpS.
Tomorrow the dredger will be shift.
, ed over to the naval slip and work
will start Immediately to clean the
three slips and have them in readiness
for the arrival of the feet of cruisers
from Mare Island early in October
The work will be completed in about
three weeks.
Torpedo Wharf Work.
The dredger will then be shifted
channel opposite the proposed torpedo
station wharf and will dredge an en-
} trance to the pierhead line of the
wharf. This contract is not a large
} one, although much of the dredging
: work will be in virgin coral. This
preliminary work on the wharf may
also be under way in the near future
: and several of the concrete piles, which
: have all been completed, will be driven
l near the seawall of Fort Armstrong
Channel Deepening.
The Standard American Dredging
Company, which secured the contract
for deepening the channel to the I've
, quired depth of thirty-fve feet, has MOI
, been started as yet, the contracting
: company having failed to receive somt
of its necessary material. A dredgel
will be put to work soon, however, anC
deeper harbor and many new works
I completed.
E Kahului is Next.
. On October bids will be opened al
r the Office of the army engineer fol-
g dredging Kahului harbor, a job in
volving about $146,000.
Uncle Sam is spending a lot of money
around the Islands, particularly with
reference to making harbors larger and
deeper, channels deeper and straighter
protecting wind swept bays with great
breakwater projects, and protecting the
coast line with series of defense
works which will rival any on the
mainland