Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-12

at the foot of Market street. and In
1895 II got authority to condemn the
land to build II on. But II Is not UNI
til 1903, two years before the destruc-
ton of the city, that we see the first
issue of bonds authorized. $4,000, 600.
for the construction of the sea wall.
UP to that time the whole work, SO
far as carried out. had been paid for
out Of current revenues. All acts such
as that providing for the issuance OF
bonds have to be submitted to the
decision OF the people at the next sub
sequent election, and this was carried
by big majority.
II established precedent which
has been steadily followed ever since.
II provided for state bonds, to be pre-
pared by the State treasurer, at four
per cent. interest, and only to be sold
from month to month as they were
needed to meet the contracts. Two
funds we're created. the Sea-wall fund
and the Sea-wall sinking fund. Out
Of the first the work was paid for: in
TO the second the treasurer put cacli
month out of current receipts the
pro rata amount for sinking fund and
interest for bonds then outstanding TO
retire them in nineteen years. This
latter fund, except enough for cur
rent interest. he was required to re-
invest In Government, State and mu-
nicipal bonds: so that there was al
ways considerable balance In the
pi nj In, f,,n haa b..
retire the bonds. After the lapse OF
n certain time the treasurer draws by
lot in November a certain number of
bonds which he has the funds to re-
deem, and notifies the holders to turn
them In. In January after that draw
ing interest on them automatically
ceases.
Building the sea.Waii.
The sea wall which has been built
out of these funds follows in general
the three-fathom contour along the
shore, and only touches the high
points In the original survey. For its
foundation there Is laid bed OF
coarse rock to a considerable height.
and imbedded IN this a concrete wall
ten feet thick at the base, resting on
piles about twenty-four feet below
mean high water. Is carried up to city
datum about six feet above high tide.
Behind this wall the ground is filed
in, and upon the filling the Commits
sion Is required to construct East
street. the name designated In the
law, 200 feet wide all along the water
front. Back of East street the cross
streets are continued out to meet il
and the lots created between the old
high-tide line and the new street form
the sea-wall lots which belong to the
State, and are leased by the Harbor
Commission for the benefit of the dock
construction fund.
Outside the wall, about twenty-five
feet from the back line. Is driven a
continuous line of wooden piling heav-
lily encased in concrete to protect
them from the teredo, and over this
Is built heavy platform on steel
beams about fifteen feet high, also en-
oased In concrete, and the whole floor
constructed Of concrete reinforced
with twisted steel rods and netting
The places where piers are to be
erected are provided for In this con.
struction, railroad tracks for the bell
line are laid In the concrete, and the
steel beams are carried out beyond
the edge of the platform to be con-
necled to the pier structure. In be.
tween the piers at the head of each
slip there Is row of fender piles sup.
porting a continuous timber buffer
and this in turn Is held out from the
concrete platform by series of splr.
al steel coils, ordinary railway car
springs. to take the shock of any col.
liding vessel and prevent injury ia
the concrete work. The fender piles
are treated with chemicals TO preserve
them.
The piers themselves are remark,
ably durable structures. They are
founded upon immense concrete pile.
of several sorts, some having half q
dozen wooden piles driven first tigh
together and surrounded by a caissou
into which concrete is poured some
are solid, reinforced concrete madv
upon the shore and lowered int,
| place.; some are cast on the spot
They are large cylinders about thirty
inches or three feet in diameter. On
| them Is based a flooring of heavy re
inforced concrete with broad stee
! beams heavily coated with concrete
on which load OF fifty tons on thirt!
square feet Is allowed. The sheds ar,
of various construction, most of thu
new ones, In fact all of them, beini
of reinforced concrete with big stee
roof trusses, weather-tight on al
sides. They are entirely clear of col
umns inside. Pier 80. which is one o
the newest ones. is 643 feet long, from
the sea wall to the outer bulkhead
and the shed covers all but the cute
eight feet of that. The pier Is ~
feet wide, having shed 80 feet wild,
and a railway track outside on eacl
side of II.
This track on the outside, however
has proven very unsatisfactory. II
is being used II interfcres with tn
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