The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-10-17
CTTY AND PEAKL
HARBOR.

,a. Permit me to supple
:! w views expressed in the Review
gus obout Pearl Harbor by some
ya's .s,t @T based upon a long |
81 '~ a;tb that locality. Believing
,3 W.T. Titv is certain to become the
i'll ao O Of that splendid harbor,
,s' I' gire the reasons for that be-
y 1. y state that these remarks are
ny a. nv own strong conviction
V: :.,t :! and their Importance. They |
NV bssn solicited by any officer OF
U' = +, Co.. although written |
S. l,. Z, 81 with Mr.. Dillingham;.
messed in the article referred to,
' ,pDsars to have been very gener-
~ here, it seems clear that the
p, ,a1assJties of the United States |
\. Strategic Importance OF Hawaii |
"a y that That bower to perfect its pro-
=; a,csrnation of Pearl Harbor at a
CIV day. The immense develop
a. = :ommerce in the Pacific which
;~nmediately follow the pending |
nrnithe Nicaragua Canal must inn
limited States to open and occupy
.5'nJ this great and commodious
fbe only one midway of the North |
-rtl;ng p3lpts to an immediate |
,,6j pTosecution OF work upon the |
,n -a Ship Canal. The ill-starred
ann Undertaking having been def
1 i obandoned, the vast Atlantic COM
r. waits impatiently for this short
ebtbe Pacific by way of Nicaragua.
i've years needed for the completion
81 canal will soon pass. An enor-
tile ci commerce will then
.5lr burst into the Pacific.
amount of shipping which
nom the outset annually pass
nh the canal, has been roughly
-laI at ten million tons. 1t would
not unreasonable to assign one
d this to the trade crossing the
between Atlantic and Asiatic
Most Of these ships will take the
IN! southerly route, sighting Oahu.
asers-and q majority Of the ton
Evil be steamers-will be necessi-
tlaeoal at Oahu, the midway point
Be ocean. This is equivalent to
CIV OF more steamers a month of the
ScasS.
1s figures may prove to be a good
EMt; but they indicate plainly that,
billy within five years, We may eX-
shhave precipitated upon us a great
!ealy-increaSing fleet of steamers
liHg coal and other supplies. A
Iziaet Of Golfers will also have to be
annotated. All this extra trade
,zny doubling or trebling our pres
!Ele88-wOuld dangerously crowd
zlLu harbor, if the ships could be
istintO it at all. Wharfage accom-
Ann for One-half of the business
1ioe out Of the question.
Large overflow OF the business will
sSuly take place into the neighbor-
PeaEl Harbor. That locality will
-Aly absorb most of the coaling
S1ss for the trans-Pacific fleets.
AslmmenSe natural advantages of
sS9ly, security, space and facilities
M wharfage, the larger and better
S@ must speedily appropriate a great
~ q the new trans-Pacifc traffic. 1t
indy conceivable that the largest
NEST harbor in the mid-Pacific, and
Saaly one within two weeks steaming
zoe Atlantic, should remain unused
m9merce after it has been made ac-
, syF' Or That Its opening should be
- IIIf THE COMING BUSINESS CENTER.
view Of the great commerce soon
Mlpy Pearl Harbor, it becomes a
5a.sIestlng and important question
'41 point upon the extensive deep
~ = lOAtages OF this harbor will center
= ,SleSS, and where is to spring up it's
numerical town? Such a ques-
- usually difficult to settle. The
INV, ,-;,s result may disappoint the most
,s' 3i expectations, and the empo-
ss ~o'VIGP itself at some unexpected
- s.a, In the case Of Pearl Harbor,
ss s,-eIl'S OF available and desirable
. M. seem SO peculiarly to gather at
s, ST. i. IN Its shores, that 1 do not
Don ,b ~ express the strongest con-
js~n saat the business town and center
,q,5 ar,'T . Will be at Pearl City point,
s@sS me ne shores Of the Pearl Lochs,
Id 5po thoroughly pleasant climate is
eaas F snI me eastern side, where the
! non anu showers come direct from
1g rba ms over green foot-slopes.
S5ri r' rest Of the lagoons of Pearl
lie = much much aridity, heat, and dust.
Tie %TSer, but still green slope
! tbe -'I no end OF this favored section
aSag t ~" own of Pearl City, over
n 4 ds Is beautiful harbor. it en-.
q coD; Ttlclous climate. 1t has the
aste:tF ~oso supplies of the purest and
a a. @ sr,ss. from a mountain stream
% sprin 'sSian well, and from i'm.
,di5r r1Is ss, two Of which, within one
10 isa a large rice mills. A reservoir
Ta Nm a 0ieFdll0n, already Sunnlio,
$Salor we water front, mile and .
t fisl, 1 moist climate, this rich uO
ai +, ssater-suppIy, are eDi not tiI to u b
sstoDis"ooS vicinity Of any other deep
s@ty han ~se Of Pearl Harbor. It sin
aoa t6 ygeI 18TH, that from this delightful
s,ale, - 5 runs out into the harbo
shcbI ,e broad "a tongue of level low
s%Shere is if tSc to deep water, an,
4 Water u a. Eva has direct access t
y. anDls IN the end of this benin
~ With p' nj space for a commercia
IN pndrredd G sO deep-water fronta ls
S%aia easV Get out from shore. TIL
ssssRorde6 t reach of wharves. spac ,
aeii. cd Tor additions Of made mad SR Ian
~Ter businos,