The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-09-14
HAWAII SPENDING :.
sl,l50,D00 upon
ITSPuBLlcWORKS
Forbes Thus Estimates Cost Of
improvements Under Way
Or To Be Made @s
FOUR ISLANDS BENEFIT a
BY BUILDINGS AND ROADS
Many Men WIN Receive Employ
tnent On Various Territorial
Jobs III Short Time

According TO figures furnished yes
terday by. Charles R. Forbes, superin-
tendent Of public works and chairman
Of the harbor commission, public
works now under way and soon TO be
undertaken by the Territory call FOR a
total expenditure of approximately
$1,150,O0O. 80 -
This work Is now being done or
will be under way shortly on the four
principal islands of the Territory
Oahu, Hawaii, Maui and Kauai. The
division of this expenditure, is prac-
tically as follows: Oahu s(ineluding
Honolulu, $780, 900; Hawaii, $295, 900;
Mani $120, and Kauai $55, 900, 81
The work underway and to be be-
gun soon is as follows:
Work On Oahu -.-.
.Oahu--RemodeIing Of the Capitol, in.
ending installation of an electric ele-
vat6r, $4,000. This work win be fin.
ished in month or two. New terri
torial penitentiary in Kalihi-kai, ex.
pected to be finished by the first of
the year, $4,000. Bids for the plumb
ing work on the administration build.
ing in the prison compound are now
being called .or. This will entail q
further expenditure Of approximately
$4,000. j. !,
Work has begun on the new terri,
torial marketing division building, for
which an appropriation Of $10,120 IL
available. The Pacific Engineering
Company has this contract. Plans and
specifications for the balance of the
new roads in the Auwaiolimu section
of Honolulu are ready and the work il
only awaiting the placing in position
of the street curbing by the property,
owners in the district. The total ap,
preparation for this work is $41 900
Bids have been asked for steel furni,
ture for the capitol, judiciary build
ing and the public archives, for which
there is available an appropriation Of
$4,000.
. Marketing Building ..
Plans are now ready for the new
building at the boys Industrial school
in .Waialee, this island. At a cost Of
$4lO0, awards have been made to d
number Of local firms for furnishing
building and cher material for the
work. The worn will be done to d
great extent by the boys Of the insti-
tuition.
The work on the Makiki Roundtop
road is progressing satisfactorily, prisI
on labor being used. Plans and specifl
cations are being prepared for interior
additions and alterations to the arm;
DRY of the National Guard of Hawaii
at Hotel and Miller street. For thii
work there Is available an appropria1
ton Of $4,000. ,.,,
For Wharves, 100000
Reconstruction of Piers ~, IA and
10 on Honolulu g waterfront will en-,
tail an expenditure Of 5000 and the
construction of the. new reinforced
concrete piers at the foot of Fort
street, which will be known as Piers
8, 3 and 10, will account for the furth.
or expenditure of $350,000. At a cost
of $4,000 the marine railway has been
removed!
Observation-Disclosures work on the
Kuhio wharf in Hilo is being done
at a cost Of $4,000. This is really
work which is. designed TO remedy
faults and defects In the early con
sttuction Of the. structure. In connec-
ton with this wharf the following
work is being done; wharf shed, $47,
600: wharf paving, $4,000; electrical
machinery, $4,000, and road approach
from Waiakea, 81, 900.
West Hawaii improvements
PLANS and specifications are ready
for the new wharf at Kailua, the main
port in West Hawaii, for which there
Is available an appropriation Of $12,.
500. The new wharf at Napoopoo, also
in Roma, will cost $4,000. The work
on this structure is awaiting the secuF-
ing Of title to the land required for It,
OF the $500, 900 appropriation under
the loan fund of 1911 for the Big
Island belt road there is still avail
able a balance of $4,000, which will
be used as rapidly as the work can
he. accon nIished. For the Chan Chuck
road, which runs throug the Hakalau-
Xxi homestead roads in South Hilo,
SI",OUU is to be spent shortly. The
roads through the Mokaoku residence
hoinesteads in. Waiakea, Hilo, call for
an expenditure of $4,000. A number
OF short homestead roads have been
built recently, are now under way and
will be built soon in several parts Of
East and West Hawaii, at a total cost
OF about $4,000.
In connection with the several I'M
dertakings on the Big Island, superin,
tendent Forbes said yesterday that a
maintenance party will leave. for Hilo
next week to begin the necessary re,
pairs on the several wharves and land
ings in both Fast and West Hawaii.
Valley Island Items
Maui--The" biggest undertaking on
the Valley Island Is the building Of the
Olinda reservoir on the Haleak ala
slopes. This work will entail a total
expenditure of $4,000. Other Maui
public works for which territorial .ap
preparations are available are as fol
lows; Wailuku waterworks, .$19, 900;
Kula sanatarium, $4,000; MakawaG
district homestead roads, $4,000, and
other homestead roads on the island