The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-19

RAILROAD PLANS
TO MEET DEMAND
sWharve. at the Peninsula Which
/ # Will TakeMuch Coal and
Sugar Traffic.
. LANs for docks and sidings a

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track from this city to that point
i track from tn, city to that point
are among the many things which have
sprung from the decision Of the United
States Government to dredge away the
bar at the entrance to the harbor. The
improvements, while not decided upon
absolutely by the board Of directors Of
the company, have been discussed In q
general way. The expense Of making
these extensions to the property or the =
company viii approximate q half mil
Hon dollars.
/ The decision Of the railroad company
Ito put the docks at the point of the Pc
ninsula is said to have been reached
owing to the fact that this Is about
euui-distant from the three plantations
whose mills are about the lochs. Tnis
would give to the railroad chance U
concentrate it's heavy shipping there
and would relieve the harbor here. TAO
coal for the plantations would be taken
| out Of the ships at that point and tne
sugar which comes from the piantations
along the ifne of the road, wonld pc
concentrated there for shipment This
would mean that there would have to
be constructed at the Peninsula large
coal sheds and a number OF DOCKS Ior
| the accommodation of the shipping
which would carry the In and out
| bornd traffic.
| The plans according to one of the Of
ficials of the road will not be finally
| &c nsidered until the conclusion OF the
suits for the condemnation of the lands
/ for the naval station. Until that Is
done it; will not, be known to what ex-
pense the road may be put, in case
| there is no provision made for the
!. right of way through the reservation,
which will be made by the purchase OF
the 500 acres of land. There Is a feel
ing that the United States will not COM
ne, the road to remove its tracks. bus
v,iIl give permission for their continu-
ance along the present line. as the
suits are for the purpose OF extinguish-
II al, private rights across the pubic
property.
Already, anticipating that there Will
be much work which will have to be
done by rail, the railroad company has
made surveys for the construction of
line of track from its present main line
to a point at the eastern side OF the
channel entrance. so that in case there
should be any handling of freight for
the naval station, or at any future time
for any Notifications at the point. the
railroad will be In shape for the work
The plans for a double track from the
city to the Peninsula have been talk
ed over for some time. owing to the
prospect that there will be heavily in
creased traffic after the harbor Is open
ed. It is expected that with the work
Of the construction of the docks and
the carrying of freight which would
be removed from vessels going there
for sugar cargoes, there will be heavy
demand upon the trackage OF the line.
enough to justify the expenditure or
$50, 600 for new construction. The
chan se of point of shipping would take
from this harbor some vessels, Dut
there would continue to be such trade
as must be accommodated at the rail-
road wharves here as would keep busy
the docks recently constructed.
The plantations will not build their
own docks according to the present
plans. owing to the long term con-
tracts with the railroad for the carriage
of their coal and sugar, in one case the
contract still having forty years to run.
Owing to this the docks will be placed
where the greatest amount of freight
can be handled to all the plantations at
the least expenditure Of time and money
and the railroad company owning large
blocks at the Peninsula. that point was
decided upon as the site. While there
, will be decreased earnings from the
, items which will be handled from the
new docks, 1t is believed that this Will
be more than met by the increase In the
traffic which will come with the open
ing of the new harbor.