Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-31

fills all of the interstices between the
/ | 1-2 inch stone A 12-ton roller with
1.-THE wheels well oiled goes over this
lsurface, crOwding the rocks together,
making tight wearing surface. Aft
/ err this course is well rolled, ga inch
stone is applied as lightly as possible
and swept into the yoids not filled by
the asphalt. This is rolled until al
smooth surface is obtained. The APP
pearance of this surface for few
weeks would give the impression 10
/ the average layman that some feryi
necessary operation had been nfgleet-
| ed, but such is not the case, The traf- /
fic in CONJUNCTION With the heat from
the sun in short tini6 draws this as
phaltic binder to the top. While this
binder is. heated by the sun the traffic {
crowds the small particles OF rock in I
to it and makes an absolutely smooth, 7
dustless and impervious surface. The
cost of building this kind of road +
varies on account of the following +
conditions: amount of traffic, wheth-I
err or not on street uDon which the
rapid transit is operating, and whether
an old road has to be completely torn
out and replaced with an entirely
new road, or whether only 21-3
inch wearing surface is to be applied
The cost of taking out 10 inches of I
old road and building an entirely new
road where the road was narrow and /
street-cars were operating, has gone /
as high as $1.S2 per square yard, I
while under more favorable condi-i.
tions the old top has been taken off
and new surface put on at a cost OF
so cents or less per square yard,
Money Expended. ss.~.s 49,. /
The amount OF money expended by /
the Honolulu Road Department from
February to November 30, on main
tenance and new construction +
amounts to about $140,431.
The following is a partial list of
the work that has been accomplish
ed in that time: s-... -. I
Aala storm dram from Kukui to
King Street 917 lineal feet of 21-inch
pipe; Alexander Street storm drain
from Beretania to McCully Tract
about 900 lineal feet; Ala Moana
Road; the long bridge ON this road re-
decked and new ratings put on; Ala t
PAL plaza, concrete curbs construct
ed; Alewa Heights, roads patched; {
Anapuni street, new bridge; Bereta-
mia Street, Emma to Nuuanu, asphalt
tic macadam; Beretania, Nuuanu to
Junction of King, macadamized; Bere-
tania from Alexander to Moiliii,
patched; Beckley Street, new curbs;
the old macadamized streets of the
city district, oiled; cleaning streets
and storm sewers, 651S catch basins I:
cleaned in 5 months, lime and 1000
yards street sweepings removed; s.
Emma Street, Beretania to Vineyard, i
Eva side, asphaltic macadam; Moi
analua, from Fort Shafter Hill to Pu- =
kaki Hill, patched, resurfaced and OIL j
ed; Chinese Cemetery Road, MaDoa,
constructed of gravel; Desha Lane.
patched and oiled; Fort Street, Hotel
to Beretania, Waikiki side, asphalt
and macadam; King Street from
I.iliha Street to the Bridge, oil
bound macadam; Hebron Avenue,
built by contract; Hotel Street, Ala :
kea to Fort, asphaltic. macadam;t
Hustace street. patched; Judd street,
patched; kawaiahao lane, patched Il
Kaaiawai road, repaired; kahala I
road, reconstructcd; kalaGaua ave {
nue. from Ena road to lighthouse. s
2carified and rerolled; King street,
Punchbowl to Alapai, heavy Oil ma
cadam; King street, Keeaumcku tot :
kalakaua avenue, heavy oil macadam, .
King street. Kapiolani 10 Victoria, ]
surface treated with asphalt and tar {
via; King street, Punchbowl to pal :
ace gate. asphaltic macadam; King I
street, Victoria to PiikOi, patched and F;
oiled with fuel oil; King street, Pal ]
ace square, Richard and Mililanil
street. oiled with fuel oil; King street !
from River to Lillha. light oil; kuna- {
wal lane. repaired; kuakini street, {
two reinforced concrete bridges conf
Structed-one 80 feet and the other i
81 feet; kukui street between Five. /
and Nnnanu, repaired; kukui street, {
Two bridges rebuilt; Liliha street, !
King to Waialae, Waikiki side, water +
bound macadam, Liiiha street extern I
sion and Puunui. constructed: Makec
island. road and bridge constructed; L
1850 cubic yards fill made; Ma {
kiki District, oiled with light Oil; '
Makiki ditch. partially repaired; Ma {