Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-22
FORBES PLANS
MANY REPAIRS
TOLOCAL PIERS
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ginning to show signs OF rapid decay"
says Superintendent Forbes, "and ex-
tensiye repairs will be needed within
the next year" The sub-foor is de-
caying, while the entire outside sur.
face of the shed, about $4,000 square
feet, must be replaced Metal has been
scraped from the piling by ships lying
at anchor there, and numerous leaks
In the roof, cutters and joints have
developed.
The Filipino white ant and the tere-
do are creating havoc among the tim
bers and piles OF nearly all the piers.
Forbes recommends only temporary re-
pair OF No. 10, because that wharf. one
of the oldest in the port, is In such
a deplorabIe condition that Il is not
worth permanent repair. He advises
that 1t be maintained only until No. s
is finished, when the Oceanic Steam
ship Company can be permitted to
make use OF Tie latter and No. 10 then
can be torn down and new concrete
structure built on the site.
His report on general conditions in
the harbor says:
There is no question In my mind
but that most vessels lying alongside
cur wbarves come in contact with the
outer row OF piles and destroy the
copper. in very few instances have
any OF these piles been driven yerti.
calIy. Most piles batter outward, and
II is impossible for any ship to lie
close to any OF these wharves with.
out her bilges coming IN contact with
these piles.
II would recommend that all
wharves have row OF fender piles
driven feet from the face of present
cutter row Of piles in the center of all
bents and a floating fender be attached
thereto for the purpose of keeping
vessels away from outer row Of piles.
There will be continual demand
for repairs on these wood structures,
and respectfully request that every
effort be made when replacing any
wharyes, to adopt the use Of concrete
Concrete construction Of wharyes Is
no longer In the experimental state,
and throughout the states concrete
wharves are being built very success
fully, and when properly designed and
built the maintenance is reduced to a
minimum.
IT particularly draw your attention
to Pier 10. and ask for your approval
the replacing Of this wharf by a.
reinforced concrete wharf.
There Is another item in repair Of
wharyes which consider important.
The question always comes up as
to what kind Of pavement should be
put down and what kind is the best
In solving this problem, believe we
should consider the following points:
First The pavement must be hard,
not too smooth. not slippery: durable,
and either absolutely impervious or
else so pervious as to allow the plant
to dry out
Second The materials forming the
must be Of such q nature
that the merchandise will not be In
iured from any Of the ingredients. In
this instance refer you to Pier Is,
where the asphalt has stuck to mer-
chandise cases, and also to Pier IA,
where the men and horses sink into
the soft filler to their considerable
discontinue.
Third The first item Is not a very
important item, provided we are as
sured absolutely Of the durability.
small maintenance and other good
qualities
4 wish 10 point out that the results
Of block pavement on Pier show
speedy decay Of the plank underneath.
This pavement has been in less than
three years. and is not in my mind
satisfactory for this reason Expert
mentS have been made on solid plank
pavement with asphalt and rock dress
Ing. Mr. Sedgwick has prepared
report on this type Of pavement and
also on the Pinch bitumin pavement
over plank, which Is also presented
to this board.