The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-09-25
BOARD
WILL REBUILD
BIG CAUsEWAY.
Seventeen Thousand Dollars,
Loan Fund Money To Be *
pended Oh Improvement

(From "Wednesday Advertiser

known as pier 15a and authorized
Chairman Charles r. Forbes to adver-
tise for three bids for It's construc.
ti0n. fitt Nt
The plans as approved eall for an
expenditure OF $1,000 loan fund
mpnay. There will.be about forty new
piles, = complete new decking, 10 be
paved with ohia blocks, and n double
line Of railroad tracks extending into
the Eva end Of pier 10. NO shed has
been figured for the new structure.
ohia Blocks, Authorized
ohia block pavement fpR Wharf No.
y, fno, was the subject Of long dis
.cussiop, BY. the board and II. X. I. Cas-
tie, who was present representing the
Hawaiian Hardwood Company.
The contract will call for 100000
paving hlocks. The members of the
hoard stated that they will give this
Kind o. paving material The preference
provided the manufacturers will pre-.
rare specifications for properly setting
tho blocke and guarantee their pave.
nent for one year or some other rem.
s0nRble period. sas..i
" No Expertments by Government
Col I,speJst McC earthly yestated the
board 5 position 70 De that the gov.
ernfnent could not afford TO do the ex.
perimenting, The elaboration Of
methods Is a duty OF the producer Of
the materials 70. be used. Difficulties
have been met previously where ohia
blocks have been used on government
wharves, lne to improper methods Of
laving them. He said that, the com.
o, ssioncts believe that eostlyt expert
mentation Of this character, should be
borne by the producer.s1te ,h
Mr.. Castle said that Il is not the
policy Of the Hawaiian Hardwood Com
many to attempt TO saddle anything on
the board that they did not want.
0hia blocks are being used in San
Francisco, and by the o. r.. & l.. Com
NAVY and Honolulu Rapid Transit and
Land Company here. There Is no
fault with the blocks 's'he said,
Methods Of oonstruction
Mr.. Castle then letailsd thsmethods
employed by the Rapid Transit Com.
pany, bedding the blocks in (, dry &c.
ment, then wetting the cement to set
Il and finally. filing the interstices
with asphalt and sand. stl
\ James Wakefield and T. NJ Church
told of the difficulties encountered
through the blocks swelling and the
pavement huekling and went rather
Thoroughly into the methods that had
been, used. r n aaE f4
The board finally went ON record ne
favoring ohiag blocks provided the pro
dpcefs would specify a correct metho /.
Of laying the pavement and guarantee
their SPECIFICATIONS, and also providing
that the Territory has, enough money
70 do this or any other paving on the
The IntetrIsland Company is to have
he preferential use Of Berth No. 3,
Pier No !, Hilo. The company viii
be requested TO advise the board as
to the rates Of compensation which y
pays its. whaf6ngers att outside land,
inas, also for detail Of It's derrieks
and freight handling equipment.
Hilo Sugar ConyeyorB
Bids for Simplifying the sugar convey.
ors in the Hilo wharf-shed at Hilos will
be opened October "a. 4 sFJ 3
The Kihei wharf will be ready for
use October Is, The board granted per,
mission to q fishing company to use the
old. Maalaea Bay wharf provided they
win keep it in repairTAt their own ex.
pense.
The American. Hawaiian Steamship
Company notified the board that they
will send one steamer per month to
Hilo for three or four months and that
when the next sugar season opens their
vessels will resume the regular ten,
day schedule. +. .,...,
Mahukona Pilikia \ e..
A resolution was adopted approving
the action Of Chairman Forbes in or,
dering the Hawaii Railway Company TO
stop work on the Railroad wharf at
Mahukona. The Railway company had
started making alterations in their
wharf without notifying the board, or
asking permission, all contrary TO the
law and statutes. The company having
now made formal application aud fled
plans for the work TO be undeFeakeD--
which includes concrete retaining
wall aud Enthusiastically formal per-
mission was granted. The company has
its warehouses and shops on govern
ment land at Mahukonn.
Copper and White Ants
After delSing once more into the
copper question and sitting matters RAJ
ther thoroughly the board decided that
il would be the part Of wisdom TO use
only eighteen ounce pure copper sheet
i ing hereafter, A large quantity will
be purchased and held In stock. Zinc
copper sheeting placed on piles undeI
Pier 10 three and font years ago has
gone all to pieces like rotten card.
board. H
The board will buy new diving sui,
and forbid the diver 10 "shin" piles
with IT.. They are worried about white
ants in decking and roof timbers and
will call in the entomolOgists.
The agents of the Siberia and China
will be asked 70 pay for slight dant
ages to stringers ON Pier z, also fol-
broken tenders The outer piles on
Pier 0 win have TO be recoppered ON
account Of damage caused by. yesseli
heeling against them with their bilge-
keels.
The Lord Young Engineering Com
pany bond for the Pier Is contract was
approved, although question was
raised as to the identity Of the bonds
men. Benny & Company. e,'k
The board nassed resolution thai
the title to all railroad tracks on the
waterfront should rest in the govern
ment. .t.,.