The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-11
Observation-Disclosures.
UNITED STATES BEGINS A BIG
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT.
Channel to be Deepened to Admit Lar
gest Pacific Vessel-Contractors Be
gin Work Tomorrow.

Fred Cowley and Mr.. Campbell rep
resenting the San Francisco ConstruC-
ton company, are here for the pur-
pose of deepening the entrance to Hon"
olulu harbor and completing the wharf
slips at the United States reserve near
the Marine railway.
This morning Mr.. Cowley and Consul
Haywood went over the ground. Tie
contractor comes supplied with maps
and is ready to go right at his task.
He will start in tomorrow getting lum-
Der and material on the ground back
of the coal sheds which will be the base
of opera tionS.
A big dredger with pontoons and
scows, is now on it's way out from the
east. By May 18th all the machinery
will be here and ready for business.
Mr.. Cowley states that dredger and
scows are coming out in pieces and viii
be set up after reaching here.
"Our first attention will be turned -
said Mr.. Cowley at the Hawaiian ho-
tel this afternoon, ito deepening the
entrance to the harbor channel. We
will leave forty feet of water on the
bar when finished, which insures the
ready entrance of the largest vessels
on the Pacific. Proceeding from the bar
we will cut off the sand spit near the
light house and will leave a wide
stretch of deep water opposite the mat
THE wharf slips will be deep enough
to accommodate the largest ships on
| the Pacific. Yes, they will be large and
! deep enough to take in the Oregon, but
it is not usual for large warships to tie
up to wharves or to risk them inside
| of ordinary harbors.
"The first wharf which will border
! Richards street, will be 80 feet wide
at the Pacific Mail dock, increasing
I somewhat toward the fish market, and
will be 4e0 feet in length. Then Will
| come the slip, part of which has al
| ready had sufficient attention of the
| Hawaiian government
THE next wharf toward Waikiki.
will, on account of the shore line have
somewhat irregular shape, but will
| be emnently suited to it's purposes.
| The width at the sea end will be 60
| feet. The width will increase rapidly
| to the rear, however, and at the shore
| line it will be 210 feet. The Waikiki
side will be $50 feet in length and the
Eva side 400 feet. The second slip will
| be bordered on the Waikiki side by q
half wharf, or strip, following the lines
of the government reserve down the
sides of the marine railway to the cid
| stone wall.
The coal sheds will continue to oc-
cupy their present position back oi
| these wharves. Beyond them, toward
| hakaako, there VIII Tor the present
remain a government reserve. What
may eventually go there we are not N
position at this time to say. I refer
to the tract in front of Punchbow
| street which has been partially filled
in by the local government"
Mr. COwley will bring down his head
men from San Francisco and the east
but will employ a number of local Ia
borers on the work. He expects L
have the dredging finished by next fall
In the meanwhile wharf construction
will also be well advanced.
The amount of money to be expend
ed by the government is close to $780,
600. The navy department has the mar
ter in charge. Mr. Cowley and Mr.
Campbell have nothing whatever to dt
with Pearl Harbor. Work there has
been transferred from the navy to TIL
war department.