The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-05-09

wharf No. s.-37S and 3as Two
good berths for large steamers, OF
four berthe for small sailing vessels.
wharf No. $50 and 400. Good
Ser1hs for tso OF the largest steamers
which are likely 10 come here. or for
four moderate size sailing vessels.
wharf No. 7.-ii9 and i39 Sufficient
room for two OF the largest steamers
or four sailing vessels
Wharf No. $3.50 and $50 Sufficient
for one large steamer on each side or
awo small sailing vessels on each side.
Wharf No. 9.-297 and 1853 Suf-
ficient room for two large steamers, or
two OF the very largest sailing vessels,
or four small vessels.
These wharves are planned to extend
in the same general direction as the
strongest winds that prevail here. This
the harbor officials find from exper-
perience, is the best way to place such
wharves. Vessels with bowsprits and
jibbooms berthed at these wharves
should all be placed with their heads
TO the southwest. giving all the space
possible for the easy movement OF 9TH
er vessels about the harbor.
The work of building these wharves
could begin at once IL the material
were at hand without any other pre-
liminary work than dredging on the
edge OF the three and half fathom
line and filling up the land behind so
as to raise Ii above the level of the sea
enough to make suitable sites for coal
and lumber yards. II Is now on an av-
erage two feet below high water. To
raise this part OF the reef two and a
half feet above high water within the
line running in circular direction to-
wards the new made land of the o. r.
K J.. Co, would require the filling in
Of about 100000 cubic yards Of ma
terial. The railroad company could
then extend its track as far as
the light house. with switches onto
every wharf Each wharf. or as much
as might be considered necessary could
be equipped with all the most approved
labOr-saving devices for the handling
Of coal cargoes, and for coaling steam
chips economically and with dispatch.
Some may say that by mooring the
ships close together we could stow
away more in that part OF the harbor
than with the suggested wharves. That
may or may not be true-and II so the
ships would all be idle, which Is not
what they come to this port for.
The track to the quarantine grounds
could be changed to point a little
outside the light house.
1t was very serious mistake to al
low the o. II. a. l.. Co to run its track
across the fats to it's wharf in a direc-
tiOn almost at right angles TO the
course of the Nuuanu stream, unless it
were trestle work. The present track
Int f.I nf,,lf
guides every particle of debris coming
from the hills and borne along by the
food of the Nuuanu stream until IL Is
safely deposited in the harbor of Ho-
nOlulu. II Is safe to say that 500, 900
year would not pay the cost of dredg-
ing out the mud coming into the har-
bOr from that direction.
In my rough plan ] suggest that the
Nuuanu river abutments of the King
street bridge be set back more SO as to
widen the outflow instead of narrow
ing II as at present, and the bridge be
raised two feet and strengthened so as
TO permit OF the railroad company run
ming its trains into the town. along the
front as far as the foot OF Nuuanu
street, and that they be permitted to
have a turntable at the head OF each
wharf, so that their cars and the ships
can come together to receive and de-
liver freight also propose that the
portion OF their railroad track COM
mencing about where the weigh bridge
IL. and running to the point joining
their new made land on the Eva side
Of the Nuuanu stream, be taken up and
in place Of II a new road be made, COM
mencing at the King street bridge and
continuing In the same general direc-
ton as the short street already there,
until It Joins the track OF the railroad
company which leads on their wharf.
While these changes are being made
the railroad could be assigned some
wharf, say the one at the foot Of Maui
nakea street, for their temporary eX-
elusive use. This proposed new road
should be wide enough for public use
and not alone for railroad purposes.
II the mouth of the last reach Of the
Euuanu stream were widened and
Strengthened and allowed to run out
over the fats, 1t would lessen the
danger from sudden floods by the river
clearing itself quicker.
The quadrangular space enclosed by
the railroad company's wharf, the pro-
posed new road and the new streets
now being formed on the front could
be reserved for coasters and vessels
idle and laid up. All the wharves in
the inner end OF the harbor could be
heightened 200 feet so as to give
length for two vessels berthed on each
side. But perhaps 1t would be a plous
plan to leave the old wharves alone I'M
til some indications appear that We are
TO have some new ones.
All these improvements cost money
and a very considerable sum too. !
have made a rough estimate OF the cost
OF building these nine wharves, not in
GLIDING any sheds or framework for
coal bunkers or anything else but the
plain well built wharves.
II will astonish many to learn that
wharf building here under the condi-
lions which make II necessary "a
sheath with metal and have the points
Of the piles iron shod, costs about SIX
times more than In ports OF the Pacific
coast Of the United States. ] remem-
Der In the early '70's OF being foreman
Of gang OF wharf builders at a mush-
room town on the line OF the Northern
Pacific on the Columbia River We
a.,.II, ..yhatf Snn taat Inpu 1uu feet