The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-07
MAY BID
ON ITS own WORK
Caldwell Points Out Way to Keep
Government Employees Busy
en- Big Island.
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(Maii Special to Tho Adycrtiser.)
lilL0, April 3.--In order that the ex-
pcnsc to the property owners Of the re.
ciqmatioh of the Waiolama swamp
lands may be reduced the demands Of
the territorial authorities win BIO re-
duced materially below what was origi.
naIly demanded.
This welcome ncws was given out last
week by Superintendent Of Public
Works Campbell, who spcnt Thursday
and Friday on one Of his usual periodf-
cal HiIo calls which have proved so
beneficial and satisfactory.
t'While II was generally stated ut
first that the Waioiama reclamation
scheme was but small job, amounting
TO only the digging Of canal and the
pumping In of n lot of sand, the propo-
sition has developed into an engineer.
ing problem Of some difIiculty,p said
Caldwell '.The reason lies in the fact
that in our investigation for the pur-
pose of securing the data needed for
the Planning Of definite reclamation
seheme, we found that we had run into
a great problem Of all-around drainage,
which was caused by the great amount
of spring water which runs into the
canal and the swamp. As matter Of
fact, we fgure that about twenty-seyen
million gallons of water is picked up by
the canal. II is picked mp in the most
lar
tbousopd gallons, fifty feet further
along 1t viii be twenty thousand gal
Ions, aud then for FIVE or six hundred
feet there will not be drop All this
will REQUIRE mneh study for we must be
absolutely sure Of what VIC intend TO
do when we start on the actual work.
- Working on New Plan.
~ We sre now planning to submit to
the peopleo Ililo, particularly TO those
who arc directly interested, new plan
on which we are now working, which
will provide for a change Of the loca-
lion Of the new line of the canal. This
will be a change which should be well
come TO tho property owners, as it will
reduec by several hundred thousand
yards the amount of material which
will have to be placed in the fill.
The original schome placed the
canal considerably further mauka than
tho line which we are now planning. II
is evident that if the canal is placed
high up on the area TO be reclaimed,
which forms slope with it's lowest
point towards the sea, il will be peces.
sary TO fiji IN a large area Of land, ".
ing makai Of the canal, in order that
II may drain into 10; rs water cannot
run urhillA On the other hands If the
cnnnl is placed further makai, that is
further down tho slope, the general
grade can be lowered, as the canal win
be at q lower elevation and the area
which must be filed mp below the canal
will consequently be reduced to very
considerable extent. AS consequence
the bill which the property owners will
have to pay for the placing Of their
holdings in sanitary shape will be much
smaller than that which would be in.
volved il tho original scheme were car
ried out.
SIT is my plan, If I remain in, of.
ice. to have the entire proposition
worked out in such shape that ] can
present it to the people Of Hilo in
way which win make IL easy TO under
stand. ] will have lantern slides, pic
ttires. maps and the like, and with these
i will come 10 Hilo. when I will ex-
plain the whole thing at general
meeting Of all such persons who may
care to know about H." 81.
Bids Too High. Fl.
" Another matter which Caldwell took
up during his stay was connected with
the construction of the three proposed
homestead roads, for which bids were
received recently, but were thrown out
because they were too high. Caldwell
points out that in the case of one of
these bids, providing for the making of
a road at. the Oila summer lots at
Twenty nine Miles, the bid of the low
est bidder worked out so that mere
clearing would be paid for at the rate
of $3.50 an acre, and this Caldwell
would not consider for even fraction
of q second e.. Ill
5 Caldwell proposes that the county
might assist the Territory and itself
also, by taking up these homestead
road contracts. While these are to be
built under the direction of the Terri
tory and under special territorial appfo-
priRtions, the county can bid for the
contracts as we'll as can any private
contractor, and as the county has on
hand plant and material, MS well as
salaried road supervisors, there is no
reason why il should not be able TO dc
the work cheaper than can private
contractor. This proposition presents
the additional advantage at just tins
tune, when the county has no money
with which to employ laborers in work
of it's own, that it will enable ii 10
employ its road men on these contracts
thus holding its road organization to
gether and providing the relief from
idloness which is becoming a serious
problem. ,..'rt
Engineer Burdick will look after tho
construction Of the three homestead
roads In question. .s. .....r ..
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