The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-09-22

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No Hitulithle FOR whsfvta.
A vote Of shanks wac rendered n A.
Gilman. head OF The hituiihic ffm here,
after ~ had come before The board and
announced that on the representations
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Wufrcn nitulithic Company, that btu.
iithic would not serve we'll on whafvca
Of tho style Of tho Hhckfcld wharf,
he had decided 10 withdraw from bid
ding on pavcments for wharvcs. The
board stated that n was rather aston.
ished that any one In business would
come forward with such n frank state
ment. after having been before the
board and asked 70 be considered In
paving bids.
The board assured Mr. Gilman that
they considered bitulithic would prob
ably be an excellent material for a
wharf built against or on an earth or
stone bulkhead, and Mr.. Gilman said
he would be sure TO be on hand when
there was any bidding to be done in
such portions Of the wharves.
George Marshall Wins Contract.
George Marshall with bid of $7950
for furnishing and laying a hardwood
pavement on the new Richards street
wharf, to be finished in one hundred
days, was awarded the contract. Other
bidders were:
Concrete Construction Company, Ltd,
1905, work to be completed in 125
days; Honolulu Construction and Dray-
ing Company, $500, 100 days; i. NJ.
Whitehouse, 1896, 1870 days. This is
for an area of about $4,000 square feet.
Cation & Neill were awarded the con-
tract for furnishing mooring bits, in
two sizes, one at $4S each and the other
size at $50 each.
No More Springs in Wharves.
There will probably be no more
springs to act as buffers for the string
ers along the wharf edges. The com.
mssioners discussed the springs in use
on the Alakea wharf and expressed the
opinion that they were of little use
Chairman Campbell explained that he
did not approve of them and stated that
they were an adaptation by one of his
predecessors of San Francisco wharf
where the rise and fall of the tide
means something, but where it was al
most nil here. In San Francisco these
springs were attached to piles driven
every four feet. The Alakea wharf had
piles ten feet apart, and therefore the
stringers were broken between the
springs whenever steamer put down
a fender.
Colonel Mccarthy inquired if the re.
port was true that the Matson wharf
was in a shaky condition. Chairman
Campbell assured him it was not and
whatever gave rise to that idea was
probably the fact that much of the pile
sheathing was stripping off, being toe
brittle. The sheathing was not well Sc.
lected. A diver had examined all the
piles and found that some needed
sheathing. Otherwise the wharf was
all right.
To Secure Front Lands.
The commissioners passed a motion
that the board acquire from the Terri
tory all the territory lands adjacent to
or adjoining the harbor frontage, to be
used for whatever purposes the commits
sion may find for them. There are Ger.
tain lands of the Territory on which
leases are expiring and the board be-
lieves their future control should be
vested in the commission
Criticize Inter Island.
The Inter-Island company came in for
criticism owing to methods of receiving
freights for shipment to other islands.
What was a surprise to the commission
ers was to find that each wagon is re-
quired to back up to the steamer and
have the cargo lifted in, The wagon
then pulls out and another of the long
line of waiting vehicles is allowed in
and the same manner of handling cargo
from wagon to hold is observed. The
commissioners will endeavor to take
this matter in hand. The merchants
complain of the long time their wagons
are away from their places of business
and many have found out why by
watching the system ON these wharyes.