The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-02
WORK ON HILO
..:::..BREAKWATERIS
ACTIVE AGAIN
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Contractor Marshall Takes Up
Construction On Extensive
,-.~ Scale After Long Delay
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GRAND CELEBRATION
~r- OF FOURTH OF JULY
Breveties Of General interest and
What Town Folk Are
j" Doing ChronicIed
(Mail Special to The .idvertiser.)

'blI,O. June 2S.-After twelve months
Of preliminary work, Contractor George
Iva. ,naiI, VINO has the contract for com
plotting the brcakwater contract of the
defunet Philadelphia Breakwater Com
pauS, today began placing rock on the
structure on which work was stopped a
year and half ago when the eastern
contracting company went into bank
ruptcy.
Although year has been consumed
by Marshall in getting ready for tn"
hig job, no is confident that the time
has been well used and that the work
from now on will be expedited fast
enough to complete the contract by
4aay, 1915, the date agreed upon in the
original contract.
The twelve months have been used in
Iaeating a rock quarry to supply the
stone of the dimensions required, the
building Of three huge scows for haul
ing the stone and the erection of a
laborer s camp and wharf at Waipio
from where the stone is to be hauled.
Scows left Sunday Tor Waipio, where
one of them will be loaded, and it is ex-
peeted will arrive back here this morn
ing with 400 tons of rock, Upon ar
rival here the actual construction work
will be resumed. For the time being
two scows will rtake intermittent trips
toIWaipio, until another, which, is being
built, is completed.
These rock carrying scows have
capacity of 900 tons. After the third
one is finished, which will be in a short
Rte, a schedule will be arranged so
that there will be one unloading, while
another is being loaded at Waipi9, and
the other VIII be at sea. By this agree
ment there will lie scow at the break.
water with stone every day.
At the breakwater the arrangements
for the work are of a magnitude con
siderably greater than ever made by
former contractors. The stone will be
unloaded from the scowS to a derrick
barge, from where it will be placed on
the bTCakwater structure. To do this
there will be crane on the derrick
barge. A Cantilever'type crane with
capacity for lifting ten tons within n
radius of fifty feet, located on a NOV
able track upon the built portion of the
brcakwater, will move the stone from
the derrick barge to the structure and,
when necessary, or expedieut, from the
seows.
OF the uncomplcted contract there
are $500 feet to be built, of which 1000
feet are completed to the surface and
the, remaining 1890 feet to within
bWelye feet of the surface. The con
tract calls for ell that brings the
brcakwater cap fifteen feet above the
water.
about fifty men will be employed on
the Waipio end Of the breakwater, while
at Hilo not more than fifteen will be
required.
Fourth Of July Festival
Arrangements are complete for HiIO S
thtce-day Fourth of July celebration.
From the beginning of the program
next Saturday until Monday, Hilo will
give one of the biggest and best enter
tainments in its history. a monster
crowd is expected to attend the cele
bratiOn as interest all over the island
has been awakened in the many events
scheduled.
~ The program opens Saturday evening
with fireworks and a band concert in
MOOheau Park, followed by process
sion of decorated sampans in Hilo bay.
On Sunday two exciting ball games will
ne the principal athletic events, while
in the churches the day will be observ-
cd with patriotic services.
The major celebration starts early
Monday morning with a military par
adc, led by the Hilo band and Company
NJ, N. G. II. Other sections will con,
sist of the LaupahoehOe military com
pany, Boy Scouts, Hilo Boarding School,
Filipino soldiers, fire department, Homo,
mu band and automobiles. All part
cipants are requested to he in line by
seven thirty clock in the morning.
After the parade will come the aqua
tic sports at Kuhio wharf, which will
start at nine-ffteen Clock There are
ten events scheduled for the water
sports.
At eleven O'clock the athletic snorts
will start and there will be patriotic ex
ereises beginning at one clock.
The automobile gymkhana, which on
agnount of is novelty likely will be the
most Interesting feature of the day,