The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-28
LOCAL FIRMS
GIVEN big
CONTRACT
Honolulu Planning Mill Company
to- Erect Structural Part Of Big
Government Coaling Dock at
Pearl Harbor win Give Em-
ployment TO Large Number Of
Skilled Mechanics.
(From Monday AdvertIser.l


(From Monday Advertiser) 3
John Lucas, president and manager
Of the Honolulu Planning Mil Company,
received adviccs from the navy depart.
ment at Washington Saturday stating
TINT his firm had been awarded the
contract for the building Of the sttuc-
tural work on the big government coal.
ing plant now under construction az
Pearl Harbor, The bid Of the Homo
lblu Planning Min Company was $54,.
200, the lowest among several local
and mainland contracting firms.
The contract let to the Honolulu
Planning Mil Company calls for the
construction of the superstructure OF
the eoaling plant only. The material
win be furnished by the government.
Considerably satisfaction was cx,
pressed in business circles saturday
when it was known that local firm
had secured this contract MS it means
that the two hundred or more skilled
and unskilled mechanics who win be
engaged on the structure will be drawn
from the ranks of the labor market
here. ,ltsf 49,
Largest Plant In United States.
The coahng plant at Pearl Harbor.
when completed, win be the largest Of
its kind in the United States and will
compare favorably with the great coal.
ing station erected in Gibraltar BY tho
I3fitish Government 1T was stated
that the local plant, though not duite
as large as that at Gibraltar, win have
many improvements and innovations
in tho eoaiing of war vessels that. when
completed, will make It the finest coal
ing plant in the world
For the past six months the Navy
Dcpartment has been engaged ON the
preliminary work. An enormous basin
has been constructed at Peal Harbor
in which the coal win be /ored i'm,
incrscd ID salt water. This basin has
q capacity for 100000 tons Of coal. 4
p To form an idea Of the magnitude Of,
this h9stFsit cRBlhr stated that il will
take AittF lcolliaFs with capacity of
5000 t6nsseach, (which is about the aver.
age carrying capacity Of vessels en-.
gagged in the Transportation Of coal for
the Navy, tos fill the cavity Concrete
walls sixteen feet high surrounding this
basin arc nearing completion and will
be finished when the first consignment
Of structural iron arrives for the 10.
nohlu Planning Mill Company's con-
tract. r,3 ~ 4.
Concrete Pier Is Completed.
One hundred and City yards from
this basin a concrete pier has been
completed capable Of docking the larg-
est vessels ahoat. of this bier there
is N denth Of sixty feet Of water.
The Honolulu Flaming Min contract
calls for the building of an aerial rail
way, with electric hoists and dumping
gear similar TO that now in use by the
lnter'lsland Steamship Company in Ho.
noiulu, but on a much larger scale.
The plans call for the equipment of a
plant in which vessels bringing coal
here will be discharged of their car
goes with great dispatch, while war
vessels will be equally as swiftly load.
ed with bunker coal. The idea Of keep
ing the coal Immersed in water has
been found by all naval experts to give
better results from the fuel and keeps
it from deteriorating. D.. '''"I
f. $4,000 Tons Of Structural steel.
Mr.. Lucas stated last night that the
structural iron, girders and columns
necessary for. the construction of the
enormous plant would aggregate $4,000
tons. Eight months is the specified
time for the completion Of the contract
after the arrival of the first consign.
ment of material. Adviees have been
received here that specially char.
tered steamer with afull shipments con.
sisting of 5000 tons of material, would
shortly leave the Atlantic seaboard for
Honolulu. Other Shipments will follow
as vessels can be secured to convey
the material here.h ~ f
A fair idea Of the magnitude of the
superstructpre work on the plant can
be formed from the fact that the local
firm will use 100000 rivets in tho
constructions work. Orders have been
placed with "a San Francisco firm by
the Honolulu Planning Mil Company for
several batteries of compressed air riy.
eters TO belused on the job.
win Employ Local Labor.
Mr., Lueas expressed himself last
night as not fearing any trouble in SO.
curing all the skilled and unskilled Ia,
Dor here necessary to complete,the con
tract. The cost of the material TO be
ufed for the aerial railway bunkers aud
representatives will aggregate $250,00O
A rough estimate OF the cost Of the con.
crete basin and dock is $350,000. II
The scale of wages for the labor at
present employed on this plant ranges
from two dollars and fifty cents TO six
dollars a day att
The scale of wages on the Honolulu
Planning Mill Compapyes contract will
be in conformity with the local union
rate.