The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-11-28
TWO MILLION IN
1912 CONTRACTS
Pearl Harbor Station Complies
to Be Ready for Any Use
Early in 1915.


With the closing OF tho year and the
completion of Pearl Harbor channel
only month distant, the naval author.
titles are now in position to determine
just when the various portions of the
naval station plant viii be completed,
They prophesy that early in 1915 the
entire station win be completed with
nothing more to install, thus giving
the authorities three working years in
which to actually raise above the bleak
reservation of coral outcroppings the
magnificent buildings and equipment
necessary to make the station the finest
naval base under the American flag.
This announcement was made yester-
day
Contracts amounting to nearly So
100000 win be let for Pearl Harbor
work during the coming year.
Moro Dredging Probable.
The entrance channel from the open
sea, which tho Hawaiian Dredging Com
pany is now completing, to be turned
over entire to the navy department on
December %, 1911, will cost $3,296,00O.
1t is expected however, that the gov.
erment will find that there are other
portions of the loehs to be dredged and
made available for the reception Of GER
tain vessels of the navy, SO instead of
the east loch also being cut off from
general navigation, portion of the
west loch may yet be taken and de-
veloped, in which case additional dredg.
ing will have to be done.
Drydock In 1918.
AS originally planned, the drydock
was to be 600 feet in length, with a
square head, and, of course, without
pile foundation. In 1910, congress au-
thorized an s3I.foot length dock with
a circular head, although naval author
tiles were strongly of the opinion that
thousand foot dock should have been
provided for. In August of this year,
when it was found that the bottom of
the dock excavation had a tendency to
rise rs the water was lowered in an
enclosed section, the department al,
thorized pile bottom and the extra
cost waA provided for, and fixed at
$4,000. The result is that the dry
dock will not be completed for year
and a half, when II is expected that
the gates will be formally swung open
for the reception Of one of the largest
warship IN the navy about May ~,
1913.
A Smaller Magazine.
II was originally intended to spend
100000 on the magazine TO be bullt
on ISuahua Island, which Is about OPP
nosiie the dfydoek but 40 appropria.
tl0n has been made for this important
feature Of o navy yard, end In tho end
u h doubted that more than 100000
may be spent on The structure A. least
eongFese may bold down ihe approprip.
lion 20 that dgure,
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