The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-09-12
NOTHING TO STOP
PAVEMENT WORK.
Official Notice That Some Streets
Are Ready for Modern
Dressing.
lFfom snl1rdayla Adverll.ef.l

Onical notification has been received
by. Mayor Fern from superintendent
Campbell Of the department Of public
works that within short time Ko.
kaulike street will have its water mains
put in, so that the supervisors can pro.
cecd with the laying Of the permanent
pavement, as proposed in resolution
introduced at the last meeting of the
board.
In the same communication the city
officials were notified that they could
go ahead on the paving of King street,
between River and Nuuanu, as there
were no more pipes to be laid there,
everything being in place except as
laterals might have to be laid in the
future to some of the buildings which
are not now taking the city water.
Now that the board has received its
official notification of the condition Of
these two streets, and the written as
surance that the mains on Kekaulike
street will be in place in the near future
as the money is available for the work,
there need be no delay in getting down
the permanent pavement.
Specifications Soon.
City Engineer Gere is working out
the specifications for the work and
when they are completed, bids will be
asked for both jobs, as in this way it
is expected to get better price than
if only one project was put before the
contractors at one time,
In speaking of the general matter of
paving, the city engineer stated few
days ago that money would be saved if
the supervisors would wait until they
could call for considerable pavement to
be laid rather than ask for small con
tracts.
The permanent fund is accommodating
and some of the supervisors seem
to think that it ought to be spent as
soon as it is in the treasury, month by
month. The city engineer believes this
to be the wrong policy.
He claims that if it were allowed tC
accumulate for several months so that
there would be enough on hand to ask
for large paving contracts there woulo
, be an important saving to the city
I that would probably run into the thou
! sands. AS contractors have offered t
work and accept payment at so mucl
, a month, money could be saved b.
! spending it first and paying it out as i
comes in each month and the yardag
figure of big contract thus obtained
No Special Kind.
All contractors in the city will b
n asked to submit bids for the work t
! be done now on the two streets mer
q toned, and it is understood that o
:. special kind of paving will be aske
n for in the bids.
Each contractor can put in tendC
y. for what particular pavement he
70 prepared to lay, and then the supe
"a visors are to decide as to which G
=, the kinds offered will be the best fC
II the particular locality
- They think that the bitulithic paw,
n ment such as was laid on Fort stree
20 is too expensive at the Fort stree
- price, to be put down in the two se
=, tions now being considered and SON
y other kind will likely be chosen, unle'
rs the price is cut materially
m Might Lay Cheaper.
As it is figured ont at the city hal
Of it should be possible for the contractC
IT, 70 lay pavement like that on Fo
is street between King and Hotel f,
an about $l.75 per square yard and at tn;
Id price make q good profit on the co
he tract.
re To Pass Resolution.
i. This evening the board of supe
he visors is to have special meetin
h. Mayor Fern issuing the notice yeste
,d day afternoon on request of the nece
4 sarv three members of the board, b
es nothing except the resolution apr
. priating for the Nuuanu work, intI
s. duced last meeting, can he taken up.
n. The call for the special session stat
al directly that the resolution for apr
- priating $4,000 from the general flu
IS for the work on Nuuanu street is t
= business before the meeting, and
"a nothing else can be considered,
We With the passing of this resoluti
ne on second reading at tonight IS meetir
it can be passed third reading at t
meeting ON Wednesday and become ID
so that the general work on Nuua
he can be commenced one week from Nc