The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-23
PLAN NEW
WHARvES
Great Docks for
Eva End of the
Harbor.
HACKFELD AND
lNTER-ISLAND USE
Schemes Which Contemplate Ex.
penditure of 100000 for
Proper Facilities.
nLANs for the Improvement of the

M LANS Tor the Improvement OF the
Harbor of Honolulu have been
prepared by Superintendent Boyd
of the Department of Public Works and
contemplate the expenditure of 100000
The loan bill carried for this purpose
100000, but as this failed, there will be
tried plan for the securing of an ad-
vance of this sum by the business peo-
pie who will be affected by it, the Ter
ritory to make repayment later
The plans, as worked out by Assist
ant Superintendent Campbell for his
chief, contemplate provision of mann
moth dock for Hackfeld & Company,
for the use of their new liners, which
are too large for the ordinary docks, as
well a sea wall dock which would af-
ford a landing place for the many in
ter-isIand ships. The methods of reach
ing the ends are broad and the har-
Dor with the proposed additions, would
afford slips for the largest ships that
ever will ply the Pacific ocean, at least
within a generation.
TO give the room required for the
new type of vessels, the largest dock
will be placed at the Eva end of the
harbor, parallel with the new docks of
the Railroad, and 100 feet distant from
the mauka one This main dock it is
proposed shall be 500 feet long and 100
feet in width. The plan is to have the
Territory place railroad line down the
dock, which will connect with the
various lines which may desire to have
freight connections with the wharves,
thus giving through a trackage agree
ment another source of revenue out of
the docks. This dock would be reached
by 81 temporary roadway from the end
of River street, about 200 feet long,
which would afford an excellent en-
trance for the present, but which would
give way in the future to a new street
from the Iwilei road, through the rail-
roads property, the territory owning
the right of way at this time.
The second feature of the plan con-
templates the building of a sea wall
dock for a distance of $40 feet along
the front of Queen street. This stretch
of dock would begin at the present
Emmes wharf, passing over the Naval
reservation, if permission is obtained,
which it is expected would not be de-
MED owing to the form of the improve
ment, and continuing to the end of
River street This dock would be sixty
feet in width with a house forty feet
wide, standing half on the dock and
half on the land. The front of the sea
wall would be built up with rock. and
the street front would be thoroughly
paved so as to make it available for
the heaviest traffic.
The plan of the dock, which ii is in
tended, shall be assigned to the two
inter-island companies, involves house
with openings to permit the passage of
drays, not only from end TO end but
with entrances all along the Queen
street front, corresponding great doors
piercing the makai front This would
permit the use of the shed as ware
house and supply a want which is felt
by the shippers of the city all the time.
Through the slip, which will lie be-
tween the Hackfeld and Island docks,
win run the Nuuanu stream, which will
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Will confine the waters somewhat and
make it much more probable that there
will be some securing out of the mud.
This slip will be 100 feet wide and will
permit the largest ships to lie side by
side, and be moved in and out of it
as they may be needed. The completion
of these improvements would give to
the harbor all the room required for
some time and as we'll add the room
where il would be of greatest service
tn the shippers and the shipping men
as well. BY moving the Inter- Island
ships that dock would go to the line of
gasoline schooners.
While these works are only possible
If there is some chance of financing the
project, there will be much work done
along the waterfront Immediately upon
the return of the officials of the works
department from their island investi-
eating tour. There is an appropriation
for the caring for the wharves in gen
eral and the money will be expended
as soon as possible. The most neces-
). saTy work is that which will be done