Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-21

I beams In the anchorage system as
! proposed by the board OF engineers
allowing fill of three feet over them,
will be, including the weight OF the
beam itself, 1883 pounds. This may
be greatly increased, depending upon
the action Of the fill when the live
loads are applied. A beam Of this
size, reinforced and supported as
shown, will carry safely about $50
pounds per linear foot"
Will Not Carry Load
The discussion on this may be sum.
married. by saying that Bigelow holds
that the Gere anchorage plan will not
carry the load which will come upon
Il and that he figures the beams will
yield badly. He spoke with a con.
sentative choice OF words which ap.
peared to impress the board consider
ably. ne
Forbes suggested that Bigelow make
report on the stability of the wall.
There was some objection to this, on
the ground that II is unnecessary,
and the board indicated its willingness
to assume, in the light OF all its pres.
ent information, that the wall is
stable. This point is in favor OF
Forbes contentious.
After this Forbes quoted the famous
dock engineer, Newman, as authority
for the statement that few docks, ex-
cept those In the firmest earth, do not
move slightly as they are built. New.
man said that some slight movement
was to be expected, and that II does
not reflect either on the character OF
the design nor on the workmanship
Of the builder. a
Forbes Makes Frank Statement
Closing the hearing, Forbes made
q frank statement to the board sub
stantially as follows:
at !. Is perfectly true that changes
were to be expected as the work on
these piers progressed. That is the
history of big contracting jobs every.
where. There Is no question that this
wharf could not have been built with
out changes. We faced unique and
largely unknown conditions here. This
is the first dock structure of its kind
in the territory, and on difficult
bottom, q
2 II am not criticising the inyestigat,
ing engineers now, but am suggest
ing what I believe is as good plan
as that OF the investigators The was re-.
ferring here 20 Ills proposal for the
Pier 10 building as against that of
the engineors). DIR plan for Pier 10
is as good, we believe, or better than
theirs. and 1t will save the territory
ten or fifteen thousand dollars
81 want 10 be perfectly fair to these
gentlemen wao Investigated the job
and / want them to be perfectly fair
with US. There has been no desire on
my part to give the contractor any
more latitude than can reasonably be
expected as the work has progressed.
There has never been a time on
this job when my first impulse and
first interest has not been for the ter
'ritory. There, has been too much
controversy and perhaps am to blame
for some of 1t.
Absolutely Sure Of Safety
Speaking for the men of our de-
partment, say we are absolutely sure
of the safety of the structure and abb
soluteIy sure, after our own figures
have been checked again and again
by competent and responsible men.
that our plans Will be material saw
ing OF territorial funds"
The commissioners asked Forbes To-
supply them with copies of all the re-
ports and data, pro and con, to be
studied by them for the next two or
three days.
II is expected that then the board
will hold special meeting and. de-,
eide what course to fellow and what
engineer to indorse.