Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-07

bly, or cents per thousand gallons
would about cover the cost Of running
the motor | estimate that it will re-
quire approximately 100, 900 gallons Of
water to flush this area mentioned
per thousand gallons would be but s.,
a merely nominal charge.
The daily cost CT operating a motor
driven f1usher | estimate as follows:
Driver and helper ............$ go
Fuel 90
Oil 40
crease ...,.............. 90
Repairs ................... 1.13
Tires ................. $50
Depreciation ............. $50
Total .................. .$lb.UI
In operating the flusher there would
probably be required six men as
sweepers and two men as teamsters
to pick up the debris for the carriers
and cart it away. Estimating on this
basis the total cost Of flushing and
cleaning the 172,725 square yards of
pavement would be as follows:
Cost CT flusher. two days a
SIC Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Labor, 16 days, q S2......... 5000
100000 gallons water, q &c per
NJ .................. ........ 5.o0
. Total Observation-Disclosures. $69. 90
or a total cost per 1000 square yards
OF $0.40, or a saving of practically Al
per cent In order to provide for in
cidentaIs. it is at least safe to say that
the reduction would De at least % per
cent.
The approximate cost of cleaning
streets and spTinkling per month is
$1,000, while the acquisition of power
flushers would not reduce this cost
% per cent, but It would be possible
for the street cleaning and sprinkling
carts to extend their activities to areas
heretofore neglected. The areas men,
toned above will be kept in a clean
and sanitary condition, eliminating to
a great extent the constantly increas-
ing cases of automobile skidding.
L The following is a list of the docu'
ments, letters, fluctuations, maps, cata-
logues and magazine articles which
are on file in this office, and from
which this report was made up:
/. Cost of sprinkling streets;
2. Detailed list showing the areas Of
all the streets and intersections, and
length of streets as mentioned in the
summary above; .i.
3. Table showing cost of street
by present method;
4. Summary off street areas in the
district above mentioned;
5. List of all maps covering the
areas in question, and giving the num-
Der of pigeon-hole where on file in this
office;
6. Letter from Schuman Carriage
Company, Honolulu, and catalogue of
the, Studebaker high pressure street
flusher.
Z. Letter and sketch showing auto
mobile flusher from the Won Hamm-
Young Company, Honolulu.
s. Two letters and catalogue from
Geo. A. Rogers of Los Angeles, Cal,
descriptive of f1ushers manufactured
by e. d. Etnyre Company, Oregon, Ill,
and containing quotations on same.
9. Specifications. blue print plans
and catalogue from the Lynch Com.
pany, Honolulu. representing the San
itary Street Flushing Machine Com
pany.
10. Copy of Municipal Journal. No
vember S, 1918, containing an article |
on street cleaning in several cities and
table of street cleaning in American
cities, showing the equipment used
in every state in the Union.
II. A copy of Engineering Record
Of November 90. 1918; giving article on
motor driven combined flushing and
sprinkling machines. used in Chicago.
IL. Engineering Record, November
IS, 1913, an article entitled Cares OF
Streets in Chicago"
Is. Engineering Magazine, Septem.
Der, 1913, an article entitled motor
Truck in Contracting and ConSruc.
ton Work"
Respectfully submitted.
l.. NJ WHITEHOUSE,
City and County Engineer.