The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-09
nine new DOCKS
Capt. Goodman'S Plans for Har-
bQr Improvement.
WOULD UTILIZE THE LEE SIDE
New Diseharging Space Greater than all at Pre-
sent In Use An Estimate
| of the Cost.
WOULD UTILIZE THE LEE SIDE
Honolulu, April goth.

EDITOR p. c. An your issue OF
February 18th last, appeared plan for
the enlargement of the harbor of Ho-
nolulu, by the Hon. II. NJ. Whitney.
The plan as illustrated would be a good
one if it were feasible as to its cost
and the length of time necessary TO do
the work. / consider, judging from the
progress already made in harbor i'm
years time and several million dol
lars (probably six) to complete the
work as indicated in this plan. TAX
| ing the space indicated within.the lines
OF Mr. Whitney's plan and dredging
and excavating to a uniform depth OF
| 26 feet at low water would necessitate
the removal of more than 100000
cubic yards of material, mostly coral
rock.
| Such a work could not be undertak-
en- and carried along with all other
necessary improvements in other lines
| of public works out of the ordinary
revenue receipts of this community and
| it would not be just to tax other dis
tricts of these Islands for improve
ments which are beneficial to Homo
luIu only, Either we must get . help
| ing hand from the Federal Govern
men or must raise the money by is
suing bonds for the purpose. Such
bonds at per cent, payable in % or 80
years, interest and principal guaran-
| teed by the harbor revenues. might
| find buyers in the United States or
England, but perhaps not here on the
spot where investors have been &C
customed to interest or dividends
ranging from per cent to 100 per cent
on real values.
| The need for more harbor accom-
mOdations is a very pressing one, and
something ought to be done at once to
| relieve the present condition OF
things. If the powers that be have any
regard at all for the saving of the souls
of those who come here in ships they
| should begin to do something right
away to help us out. ] am afraid most
| of us have already in words and
| thought sinned beyond redemption.
Almost every day / come upon little
clusters of shipping men who, having
not much else to do, occupy some of
their time in cursing this harbor If
they would station themselves near
the King street bridge and run a good
long dam from there to a
junction diagOnally with the o.
R. & l.. Cos. track, they would
accomplish some effective work by pre-
venting the filling up of the harbor by
the deposit of mud and silt from the
| Nuuanu stream.
| [ have before me a chart of Homo
| lulu harbor, issued by the U. S. hydro
| graphic office and compiled from sur
veys from several British naval Off
cers-also from surveys made by the
| Hawaiian Government surveyors and
| by American naval officers. On it /
| have drawn a rough plan for nine
wharves to be built in that part of the
| harbOr known as naval row These
wharves would range in length (con-
| forming somewhat to the natural curve
| of the shore line) from about $50 feet
to $50 feet, to be 100 feet wide and to
have a space of 132 feet between them
which would render it possible 10 berth
/ a ship or steamer Of the largest size
on each side and leave a space sufficient
for a small steamer or lighter to come
| alongside either of them. The obiec-
| ton may be raised that the wharyes
would project too far into the barbor
which objection may be answered bv
stating that the proposed wharves do
not extend as far into the harbor as
the jib5ooms Of vessels at present
moOred by their anchors there. Those
anchors, too. form source of possible
danger in the shallow water of this