The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-12-26
ARMY MAY YET
BUILD ORYDOCK
Chief Stanford Of Bureau Of Yards
Submits Report at Washington
Showing Condition of Work :
Believed That Task Of Complet-
ing 1t Will Fall TO Hawaiian
Department.
BY Ernest c. Walker.
(Mail Special to The Advertiser

yards and docks has considerable com
ment ON Pearl Harbor in his annual re-
port to the secretary of the navy. He
does not dwell upon the all interesting
topic Of the drydock, but that is ace
counted for by the fact that the de.
partmcnt still has the matter under adj
visement and Secretary Daniels Is TO
take it up before the naval committees
of congress- Admiral Stanford has
much by way of review on what has
been accomplished at Pearl Harbor, as
shown by the following quotations;
"A large amount of work has been
done during the year toward the de.
Velopment of this naval station. Six
shop buildings, central power plant,
large General storchouse and an admin;
istration building are practically CON-
pleted. Work is IN progress ON s,x scIS
of naval Officers quarters, and con,
tract has Just been signed for two addii
tional sets of quarters. For the Marine
Corps, barracks and three buildings dc
signed for Officers quarters are pract
tically finished. Plans have been pre-
pared and are ready for advertisement
for gymnasium and storehouse on the
marine reservation.
Work ON Kuahua Island.
''On Kuahua Island there are under
construction by contract five maya
zines, shell houses, etc, and reen:
forced concrete wharf is being built by
yard labor. Proposals have recently
been invited for six additional maya
zine buildings. Work on the drydock
has been temporarily suspended ON aci
count of foundation difficulties. The
conditions are being very carefully IN
vestigated and future procedure is re-
ceving most careful consideration.
"'Work has been in progress during
the year on coaling station with an
ultimate storage capacity of 20O,Otd
tons, with means for rapid discharging
and loading golfers or barges. Fuel-oil
storage tanks with an aggregate capaci-
ty Of about $4,000 tons are being in
stalled by contract; piping and pump
ing equipment and foundations are be
inp provided by station labor.
''There have been constructed dur.
ing the year two large floating cranes;
one for tile navy yard. Boston, which
has recently been completed, tested and
accepted, and the other for the naval
station, Pearl Harbor, which Is essen
italy completed, although not yet test
ed. These cranes are IDENTICAL each
having capacity of $50 tons with an
approximate reach over the end of the
pontoon of sixty-two feet and an ap
proximate lift from the deck OF, the
pontoon of about seventy feet. They
are electrically operated and designed
to use current received through shore
connection or by means of generators
driven by heavy oil engines installed
on board. Storage batteries are pro
vided of sufficient capacity to provide
current for any ordinary single-hoist
ing operation without recourse to thu
navy yard supply or starting the gen
orator on board. The cost of the Bos
ton crane was about 100000 and TIL
Pearl IIarbor crane ten per cent more
Sewer System Finished.
"'The sewer system for Pearl Harbo
station was completed at a cost o
$29,5l2. Two locomotive cranes wer
purchased and delivered at a cost o
$lS,900. pump pit and circulating
loop were constructed at a cost o
$4,000. A great deal of large and in
pOrtant construction work is nearin
completion, including floating crane
1894 ,522; grading, $3.50; oiled mac
adam roads, $4,000; yard water sy,
tenn, SIP, 900; administration building
$4S,9SG. 20; six officers quarters, 500
255; power plant equipment, abou
$4,000 (not including boilers); bo
ers and accessories for power plan
$l49, 209. Al; erection of steel framing
door and window frames, roofing an
other accessories for seven industri;
buildings, $50 ,5l4. 20; electrical work i
sever industrial buildings, $4S 900; eoi
atrnction of drydoek work suspended
contract price $3,l7S,62l 81; drydoc
pumping equipment, $l2S,254 10; dr.,
dock caisson, $l33, 923 90; dredging f'
quay wall, $4,000; construction of qua
wall, SSl,7j3. IS; street paving, 5,00l
light and electric distribution syste
100000; general storehousc, $s5,05'
fuel oil and gasoline storage plan
$l3l 900; coaling plant, work in han
Sisd,O99; marine barracks mud officer
quarters, Sl72,6l4 20. At the nav
magazine, knahua, "a dock is | eing co
structed To cost $4,000; five magaZii
buildings are being constructed at
cost Of SdD,G00; railroad track is
progress of construction at $500, ele
trical power IL being installed, to 60
T35oOi aud fresh water system Is b
ing installed at n cost Of SlO,O00.'
Army May Finish Task.
According to information Jeceiv
in Honolulu it is just possible that I
army will be called upon 10 build 1
proposed great Pearl llarbor drydoe
II is believed here that efforts a
nov being made in Washington by =,
Rotary Daniels, Of the navy drpa
ment, 10 have the war department IA
over the Job Of completing this impo
nui work,
80 official word has been reeoiy
here by General Funston OF oiieers
the Hawaiian Department rephrii
the matter hut there IL some inter-
in tbs possibility that the Army IA,
may be- called upon 90 take ihe q,
irart
la case The Army IL given Il
work ~ hu, said lieutenant Va
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