The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-28
FOR MORE WHARF
Docking Lime to Have Great In
crease at Once.
LONG CONTINUOUS LANDING
From Old Fish Market Clear Around
to Sumner IslandS-No Slips.
Much Ship Room.

A 1eW days ago the Advertiser was
permitted to state on the authority of
a member of the Cabinet that it had
been decided by the Government as
part of the progress policy, that during
the year 1898, the wharfage facilities
of the harbor would be, if possible,
very much extended Now the paper
is privileged to be much more definite
and positive in regard to this important
matter The assurance can be given
that the plans for extension of dis
charge and loading space for ships is
practically decided upon and that the
program of surprising improvements
will be undertaken probably before the
year 1897 goes out.
Additional dock room is to be pro-
vided without delay for the accommo-
dation of at least 20 vessels of average
size in the deep sea trade. Further. it
is likely that system of separation of
merchandise in the handling and stor-
age Will De arranged.
AT it's meeting yesterday forenoon
the Executive Council discussed little
else than Greater Harbor for Honolulu.
This subject has been the principal
topic of consideration at many Cabinet
meetings. But upon numerous occa-
sions unexpected happenings have in
tervened to cause a delay in reaching
final determination The condemna-
ton proceedings instituted by the Oahu
Railway and Land Company do not
seem to haze interfered Rather, this
suit appears to have given an impetus
to the disposition to go ahead and
make the necessary provisions for the
Increase in shipping.
On last Friday the Government, by
Chief Clerk Hassinger of the Interior
Department, rendered to the Railway
Company $16,500 in payment for i'm
provements on leased land which the
Government had called upon the Rail-
way corporation to vacate in accord
ance with lease stipulations The offer
of this money was refused by Mr.
Mark Robinson for the Railway Com
pany, the same as Captain King, for
the Government, had refused $4,000
some time before when the Railway
people wanted to close up condemna-
tion proceedings in their own way. All
these issues are now pending in Court
and both sides seem confident of vic
tory. AS remarked, the Government
is going on with apparent disregard
of the law suit.
By closing deals with the Bishop es-
tate. with John Cassidy and with S. C.
Allen, the Government has secured
clear and complete title to required or
needed beach land west of the site of
the old fish market. This property
includes Lime Kiln Point and a piece
of land mauka of the Point. The Point
was under lease to the Emmes estate
of which John Cassidy is manager
from the Bishop estate. The Govern
ment became purchaser for money.
The Bishop Estate received ST., 900 and
the Emmes estate $4,000 The proper
ty which S. G. Allen owned is very
close to the grounds of the japanese
lodging house and has long been known
as the "Gravier Premises For this
property, Mr.. Allen accepted from the
Government a remnant Of land near the
Allen block on Queen street. The ex-
change bit released by the Government
is small and would not be of very grea1
value to anyone but the owner of the
| Allen block 1t is not at the waters
edge but adjoins the land still some
| times called the Charlton Grant. The
| Charlton Grant has most interesting
| history. The troubles over it with th'
| English in the earlist days of the Ha
waiian Government are given at length
| by Jarves and other writer's of tn
| life of the Islands.
The new wharf will not be a serie
of slips 1t will be a dock extending
| from the old fish market front or from
Lime Kiln Point clear around to tn
Sumner Island. This will afford ampl
room for more than score of ship
of heavy tonnage. The plan for slip
was the last feature Of the origina
| schedule to be abandoned. 1t mean
| too much dredging and too great eX
pense, as we'll as the use of too muc
time. Several years would be require
| for the construction of slips, whic
| however, may appear in the futur
! when enlargement of the harbor be
comes imperative. The continuou
dock will call for an enormous quaint