Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07
WHITEH0USE
REPORTS ON
ROAD WORK

OIne ana WE3J Is sOelnR uOile, the re-
port of City Engineer Whitehouse, on
the work of the month in outer dis
tIicts is Of interest. The report was
submitted at the last meeting Of the
supervisors and is as follows:
Thinking that it might be OF in
terest to the members Of this board
to know what work has been carried
on in the road department in the out
er districts, | wish to submit the fol-
lowing report. covering the most inn
pcrtant items of construction work
that have been undertaken. A de-
tail report showing the cost of all the
work done during the past month will
be submitted at the next regular meet
ing.
The road forces of the district of
Eva have been employed during the
past month principally in doing as
phalt patching. between Aiea and Ha-
lava. A recent storm that We had
delayed this work considerably, and
caused considerable damage to the road
from Pearl City to honolulu by blow
ing down numbers of old algaroba
trees. which necessitated some hus-
thing on the part Of the road overseer
to keep the road open to traffic. The
side bitches in Kipapa and Waikaka
laua gulches were cleaned several
times during the month.
I'm Waikakalaua gulch automobile
traffic was seriously impeded by light
showers. causing a thin scum of mud
to form on a portion of the grade on
the Eva side of the gplch. This sec
ton is portion of the new belt road
recently completed, and is built on APP
pTOXimately a per cent grade, the
surface being formed with No. road
Oil. When the red soil from the side
roads is tracked on to this surface,
and a light shower happens along.
the combination creates a road sur
face that is extremely dangerous for
automobiles without chains on the rear
wheels. In the future this section of
the road will be constantly gravelled
with No. rock, which, | think, will
do away with all further trouble
In the district of Waianae the road
forces have been combining their eff
forts to completing the road through
Nanakuli, from the Nanakuli pond to
the boundary, between the Eva and
Waianae districts. They have also
done some slight repairing in Puuo-
hulu. During the month I inspected
the road from Waianae to Makaha
point. A portion of this road is to be
changed from it's present location and
placed parallel and adjoining the
tracks Of the Oahu Railway and Land
Companys railroad a bridge and fill
should be constructed near Makaha
point similar to the one that was re-
Gently built at Nanakuli. in order to af-
ford safe and constant traffic with
the homesteads, between Makaha point
and Makua.
THE work done in the Waialua dis
trict during the past month has been
principally tue rebuilding of the coral
road connecting the mauka and makai
road 3: Waialua known as the Ed
ward bore road. The macadam road
at Waimea has also been given a
new coating Of sand and minor re-
pairs have been affected upon most
of the bridges in the district.
THE road from the Waialua Mill
to Mokuleia, which was repaired near
ly two years ago, is standing up in
excellent shape. This road is built
on black adobe mud; the surface was
plowed, narrowed, and shaped with a
grader; approximately three 60
inches of beach sand were then plac-
ed upon the surface which was again
narrowed; the road was then thrown
open to traffic which consolidated the
surface until in most places it resem-
bles a macadamized road
The work done in the Koolauloa
district during the past month has
principally been confined to the re-
pairing and rebuilding of numerous
bridges. The new reinforced concrete
bridge at Malaekahana has been com
pleted and the approaches thereto are
rapidly nearing completion. The
bridge at Haleaha, which was in a
Caliy been rebuilt, new flooring and
stringers being placed, and the abut-
ments on both ends were reinforced
with additional concrete. Work is
just started on the rebuilding of one
Of the bridges at Hauula known as
the Hauula Bridge No. /. This bridge
when completed will consist of con-
crete piers upon which wooden deck
will be placed.
'In the future, should money be
available, a concrete deck could be
placed on same. This bridge is SINH
lar to the one recently completed at
Punaluu.
In addition to this bridge work.
there has been considerable patching
done to the coral roads in Laie, Waia-
lee and Punaluu.
The only work done in KOOlaupOkO
during the past month was the com
mencement of the repair work on the
Pail road. 1t is the intention Of this
department to repair only the worst
sections Of the road at present on &C
count Of lack of funds to do the en-
tire work. The sharp turns are being
paved With what is known as DuraX
pavement This consist of a base Of
inches of concrete up which is
spread sand cushion of approximate
~ one inch; upon this cushion are
then laid lava rock blocks in COncen-