The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-05
NEW BREAKWATER
QUARRY NOT NEW
The Philadelphia Contractors All
Ready at Hilo Before the
First of June. -

HILo, April THAT the Honolulu
press should herald as great discovery
the fact that the Philadelphia Break
water Company has quarry near
Waiakea whence it viii take its rock
for the building of its portion of the
breakwater, has been rather surprise
to d. E. ,Metzger, who represents the
breakwater company here.
''That quarry is not new one,''
said Metzger last week. ~ had the
| first prospect shaft sunk there three
years ago, and the railroad tracks are
now running to it. As matter of fact,
towards the completion of my first
breakwater contract took several tons
of rock from that quarry. There can
therefore be no doubt but that the
rock is of sufficiently good quality and
there is enough of it. The only ques-
ton is in how far it can be taken out
economically. 1t would without doubt
be just right for the construction of
the breakwater along the lines Of the
first contract where sub and super
structure were built together as it would
then he possible to place in the sub
structure rock which is too small to 90
in the superstructure, and which will
therefore, under contract for super
structure alona, have to be classed as
waste. 1t would certainly be far more
, economical to the contractors, and con-
sequently to the government. were both
sub and superstructure built together
offered to Lord Young.
) 81 am also rather puzzled that Con
tractor Young should be quoted MS ex-
pressing surprise at the finding of the
'news quarry. When Lord g. Young
got their contract i offered them this
very same quarry, but they were con
WINGED that the quarry, they secured
was better. They are now having all
they can do to get sufficient rock to
complete their. contract from the Ka-
ipoho quarry, which is practically play
ed out. 1t is likely that. other quarries
may be developed at Kapoho, but. it is
rough country and it would be expen-
siye. to get to them and to develop
them. k-, ..s e..y ~. ia
L.. Barge Derricks.
cit is quite likely that the Phila-
delphia company will use derricks on
barges in its contract work, - con.
tinued Metzger "The contract pro-
vIdes that all such improvements as
railroad tracks revert to the govern
ment, and no contractor likes to turn
over such plant to competitor after
he has taken the trouble to evolve and
construct the best kind of tracks to
meet the conditions. We will prob
ably bnild couple Of heavy barges---
they will then be the heaviest in the
Islands-but we are considering an of
fer of couple of barges from the Ha-
waiian Dredging Company, which may
prove suitable after they have been re-
constructed to meet our requiremnts-
One Job of Many.
"There has been some wonder ex
pressed as to why the company has not
, started its preparations for the work
This would like to explain. The
Philadelphia Breakwater Company has
, on its hands other contracts, amount
ing to some seven million dollars. In
the east they practically close down
, operations during the winter months.
, from November until the first of April,
US one can not during that time work
qunrries and breakwater constructions
|, to advantage. When they start all
|, their work going in the spring it re-
! quires considerable attention. Work
on the Hilo contract will, however, be
begun Us soon as possible. The con-
tract was signed ON january "a, and
ave were notified about; February 1,
We viii therefore have to start our
Operations about June l, and we wili
: be fully prepared to do so them