The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-06-13
MUCH ACTIVITY
IN STREET WORK
City Engineer Whitehouse and
Roads Department Planning
Many More improvements.

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Accomplishing an unprecedented
amount Of street and repair work, the
office of the city engineer has plans
under advisement for the full use of
the appropriation which the board oil
superyisors will make the roads depart
mont ut the next regular meeting. Paw
ing, rblling. parking and the building
of bridges have been done to quite an
extent under the supervision of City
Engineer Louis NJ. Whitehouse, but an
even larger amount of work will be
done within the next six months, ac-
cording to the prediction OF the engl-
neer s Office.
The storm sewer in Halekauila
street, upon which work has been pro
crossing for tome time, will be com
pletea, if all plans carry, within the
coming week. The highway bridge at
Mn, which was damaged some time ago
by A truck of the Marconi Wireless
Company, has been repaired at a cost
of 5000.
The matchmaking of Metcalf street,
adjoining the College of Hawaii, was
half finished when the rainy spell set
in several weeks ago. d viii be com
plcted as soon as the weather condi-
tiohs will allow.
Everything possible has been done,
thesengnoering Office says, to put Kala-
kaua avenue beyond Ena road in a
state of repair The avenue was har'
rowed and rolled down about year
ago, and within the past month the
city engineer has had it rescarified.
This rolling process, while costing lit
tie. is believed to keep the road in q
fair state OF repair.
i As soon as the workmcn at present
engaged in scarifying Kalakaua ave
nue. nave finished the work there, they
will be removed to Kapiolani Park to
repair the roads in the square, as was
done year ago.
several carts, engaged in hauling
earth, have filled in a section of Kala-
kaua avenue from King street to Ena
road for the parking process. A num-
Der of trees have been planted in the
section and grass has been planted
AROUND their base. The recent gift
Of Mrs. George Sherman of twenty ma.
hogany trees, which were planted sew.
efal Sundays ago, has aided materially
in the identifying of the road.
Improvement work is being accom-
plished in ManOa Valley, where two
drays and some ten men are actively
engaged in cleaning cutters and patch
ing the roads.
Work Planned for Kaimuki.
Bids will be called for on June II
for the contract on the street work to
be done in Isabella street, Kaimuki,
which has been petitioncd for numer-
obs times by the residents of the dis.
trict. The contract for the grading
of the grounds of the Liliuokalani
School is also to he let next week, bids
for which will be closed June II.
Further in town. the laying of asphalt
iiacadam in King street from Piikoi
to KeeaumOku street was started last
week. One side of the street is being
worked at time. The entire section
VIII be in state of repair, it is said,
by July 10.
On account of the monthly choking
up OF Hume in the grounds of the
Lunalio Home for the Aged, the Ma,
kfki patching gang has been engaged
IN cleaning the piping for the carrying
of of storm waters.
On the Eva side of Emma street,
from the base of the hill to Luso street.
asphalt macadam is being laid, while
in the fifth district the same kind of
work is being done from Waiplopilo
stream to the pumping plant.
MaeauahHlng is going on in King
street between the boys and girls
parks of the Kamehameha Schools. In
Vineyard, School, Kukui and Knakini
streets, between Nuuanu and Lilihs
streets, gangs are steadily at work
patching the broken asphalt.
surveys Tor the establishing of grades
and streets lines and the drawing vi
OF grade maps have been taken in
kapahelu road from Waialae to Kapio.
lani Park, and in King Street from
PsAfena 70 thu boundary lot thei Fort
Shmter reservation The property own,
ers IN the section of King street are
to provide, it has been determined
Tor the laying of curbing and side
walks.
The board Of supervisors have nassed
an ordinance whereby the land owner,
i'm Panahi street. from Fort IN. Pive,
street are to put down their own side
Waks ana eurbing in accordance with
E the grade map recently taken.
ibo' rity engineers Office recent,
engaged the services of an assistan,
eygmeer. lon the approval of the hoard
softtepefSisprs at the last meeting. II
W. dtehheld Humphrey has been EN-
ployed by Mr. Whitghouse as his as
sistant.
Rp addition TO the street repsirina
andtparking, which the engineering of
fiee is constantly attending 10. oyel
Ss9eo Is being expended mouthlv or
sHeet sprlnkllng and sweeping ana
storm sewer cleaning
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