FUEL AND SUPPLIES ELECTRIC CURRENT Wharves Nos. 1 and 2 are supplied with electric current of 440 volts, 60 cycles, 3-phase for lighting but are not equipped with connections for supplying current for vessel use. WATER SUPPLY All three wharves have pipe lines for supplying water to vessels. City water is supplied at a charge of 46 cents per 1,000 gallons, 40 cents for water and 6 cents for the Territorial wharf toll. OIL BUNKERING The Hawaii Consolidated Railway, Ltd., controls the bunkering facilities at the port. This company has two steel tanks with a total capacity of 35,000 barrels. California oil is received from the Matson Line steamers through one 10-inch pipe line, a normal supply of 20,000 barrels being available and a maximum of 33,000 barrels. This company has another 20,000-barrel tank on order which is expected to be installed by December 1941. Fuel oil is supplied to vessels at piers 1 and 2 through 10-inch pipe lines at the rate of 250 to 300 barrels per hour. Pier 3 is also equipped with pipe lines for fuel oil, Diesel oil, kerosene, and gasoline. PORT AND HARBOR FACILITIES PIERS, WHARVES, AND DOCKS There are three piers at the port, all of which are owned and operated by the Territorial Board of Harbor Commissioners. Pier No. 1 is 1,172 feet in length and has a transit shed measuring 1,075 feet in length and 145 feet in width. The pier has 2 surface tracks on the apron 2,320 feet long and 2 depressed tracks inside the transit shed 2,150 feet long. In addition to a 3-inch water main it has one 10-inch fuel oil line, one 8-inch molasses line, and one 4-inch bitumuls line. Pier No. 2 measures 549 by 173 feet on the lower side and has a transit shed 374 by 77 feet in length. Pier No. 3 is 635 feet long. Each of these piers has 2 surface railroad tracks, and water, oil, and molasses lines. Additional data on the facilities at Hilo are shown in the following table: 418761-41 27 27 |