The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-09

side and the rocky coral banks. which
used to occupy the space back OF wnere
River Street now lies. PROBABLY the
basin extended inoO tIe rear OF Kau-
mauXap.u Church. Tlls would have
made a very good sized harDsr. but The
space appears to be fully one-hlIf
flied up by The mud and other debrf,
brought down from time to time by
the \uJanu stream, until the north
ives .erly !de of the harbOr has been
cCntrac,ed to such an extent taat It
practically is bounded by a line eX-
tending from near the Old ish-marNs:
% the cattle wharf
II he work of the o. T. x l.. Co. In
building It's wharf developed the fact
that the bottom at that uep.h con-
s.s:s 5f mud only and that it extends
20 a great depth, and ii W. found tina.
mis- mud was so soft and CT such a
yielding nature that it was only by
'CribOiDg' the piles, upon which that
wharf sands, that sufficiently solid
foundation was secured for wharf Du"-
poses.
The existence Of this coral reef f.
proved by The nature of the excava-
i.Ons now being made in the slip t.
the southeast Of the Pacific Mail
wharf. 1t is there shown that the coral
bank has a sharp descent from It's sur
face TO what may be called the bottom
OF The harbOr. Upon the other side
ii is also shown 10 descend sharply
from the surface. which is slightly sub
merged, to great depth.
a theory exists that it is necessary
| 20 permit a continuation of the flow
| of the Nuuanu stream into the harb Jr
| in order that the mouth of the harb jr
| may be kept open. Possibly this Is
| also true as a geological fact, but il
| is probable that II the water were
| turned away from the harbOr. the
| work Of coral insects or other fore =
| al The mouth OF The harbOr would be
| so very show as 20 be practically tit
| OF consideration in dealing with the
| question of harbOr improvements, snI
| will be referred TO- below.
Il. goes without saying that HOMO
| lulu harbor is 50 small jlat every pos
sible means shOuId be- used to expand
| rather than TO contract. its area. and
| all intelligent hdrbCr improvements
| hou,d have ;his end IN view. If this
| area is to be extended by excavations
| s: appears 20 be equally an economical,
/
| made at tae least expense ,his sug-
| 2 sc.CE being controlled in part by tle
| matter OF public convenience. Il Is
| n. necessarily true however tnlt
| because II would rt much less aXpen
| sive 10 excava-e The mud on the norm
| ives; side OF the h6IhCr. that il would
| he better 20 have the slip for large
| steamers put there. instead OF near
| ID, So ,tai,. %
| a considerable portion of the eXc1yG-
| ton has 10 be made in lard coral. fOl
| the latter location j. much more ON
venient 20 The public, certainly - me
| pressn. time, wha.syer may be the case
| IN ne future.
| The work OF me dIsdger in eNcavat-
/ Ing on the line OF the Nuuanu stream
| some months ago, the mud from which
was used 10 FL up what is now To be
the Aala Park or recreation ground
indicates that excavations can be made
there at very little expense, that there
is no rock cutting 20 be made. IL GER
tainly appears TO be step in the right
direction. The suggestion has been
made that the entire current, of the
Nuuanu stream ought TO be thrown
away from the harbor, and il could
easily be done by building a wall from
the town side of the King street bridge
toward the west and parallel with the
fish pond wall at Kawa. \ channe
from 100 TO $50 feet wide made in thi:
| way with the further excavation of Z
few feet OF the mud from its bottom
would unquestiOnably be sufficient tC
dispose Of al food waters from 'n'
Nuuanu stream and would take thu
immense volume Of debris from thu
harbor and place il on the flats IN tn
neighborhood OF quarantine island. o.
the excavation could be continued pas
Iwilei and Palama 20 connect with TN
Kalihi opening through the reef.
This would leave available for eX
cavation the large area lying betweel
this retaining wall and the present lin
OF the sO-called old Judd wall on tn
edge of the harbOr and the space cOul,
De exCavated at q comparatively low
expense extending from the coral ban
running from the old fish marke
around the edge OF the district calle
Puukolo TO the King street bridge. an
, extending from that point To the south
west and west. until the end OF tn
coral bank should be- reached on tn
, other side, which might involve tn
, condemnation and removal of the en-
1 y
at that point. II viii be easily see
that such an excavation would yer
largely increase The area of the Homo
, | .uu haTbcr. and WhaIves and pier
oUld be extended into this space frOr
2 the lower side OF Queen street from Tn
3 road Or bridge which should conneC
King street and the town with Tn
westerly division Of the harbor front
7 and such wharves and piers could the
e extend round the westerly and south
D westerly side Of the barbor to any dc
= sired point.
"Cf course such a plan is very con
r preh nsive and Is more than is require
G az the present day but It seems q
. though IL We're the part of wisdom
have all improvements made upon I'll
I lines Of such a general comprehensiy
- plan. and there is hardly a questiO
& that such imprOveme could be mad
n upon such lines at no more, and pO'
IF sibly not so great. expense as the Oper.
y tons now going on upon the northeas
q erly side II the harbCr. II ought TO
$ observed that, while the retaining wa
Il mentioned 20 turn the Nuuanu strea1
p out of lis present course should