The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-04-28
DREDGING IS
PRACTICALLY
C0MPL
A Channel From
Pearl Harbor to
Deep Water.

ihS uieuShiS VI the channel at PearI
Harbor has been nearly completed.
on Saturday night the announcement
was made that the entire channel be-
tween the loch and the sea had been
| dredged to width of 200 feet, and
| that all that remains to be done now
Is to clear away certain Jumps in the
| bottom of the channel. There is not,
| so far as can be learned, great
amount OF this work remaining to be
done, and the finishing up of what is
| left Will be all that Is required to
complete the harbor. AS the channel
Is now, in most places the required
depth of thirty feet of water has been
secured but n number of spots still
remain where the depth is only twenty
feet, and 1t Is these Jumps that must
be cleared away.
The completion of Pearl Harbor en-
trance will mark long step forward
in the commercial progress of Honolulu
and the Territory. And it is work
that has been completed, practically,
in three months. The task of dredging
the channel was begun by the firm
of Clark 81 Henry, of Stockton, Cal
ifornia. about seven months ago. That
firm failed in the performance of its
contract and three months ago the
contract was taken over by Cotton
Brothers. and now, with even ordinary
good weather. the harbor will be open
to vessels of not more than thirty feet
draught probably within a month.
The Navy Department In Washington
has only been waiting for the dredg-
ing the channel into Pearl Harbor to
begin the building of the great Naval
station there. There is big naval
reservation on the shores of the East
Loeb, and the plans for the whraves
there and for all the buildings that go
to make first class naval station
have all been prepared by the epgi-
neers\ sand accepted by the officers of
the Department which 1t is expected
will begin work at once upon the
opening of the channel
The Importance OF Honolulu as a
stopping place on the way to Americas
empire in Asia, and it's strategic i'm
portance, especially in view of the
building of the Panama canal, make
1t certain that this city is to be great
future center of Naval activity, and
the natural seat for that activity will
be at Pearl Harbor
But the opening of the new harbor
will mean more than that. In fact,
1t Is difficult to tell just what effect it
VIII have, commercially speaking.
There Is the prospective opening of Il
vast stretch of land locked water deep
and perfectly sheltered. and while the
entrance to Pearl harbor has not the
depth of the entrance of the harbor OF
Honolulu proper. yet ships almost as
large as any that are apt to come here
can enter there and load and discharge
cargo,of course, after wharves shall
have been built to accommodate them.
All that Is speculation for the future.
The important point now Is that the
dredging OF the channel to Pearl Har-
Dor has been practically completed,
and this city and the Territory may
look forward to season of Naval
activity from which all branches OF
business here cannot help but profit
largely.
. . ssss
cidae. containing the scale insects.
mealy bugs, and related forms, repre-
sents some of the most serious pests
with which the horticulturist has to
contend. With this class of insects the
covering or scale, and not the insect
itself, Is the most conspicuous part of
he creature. The lack of hard cover
ing in the case of the pear blight
makes the work of combating II easier.
The great number of various sprays
and washes recommended for this class
IF pests Is proof of the great difficulty
met in lighting them. Many sprays
ire recommended as being effectuai and
hen some peculiar condition." we lay
here in Hawaii to peculiar
or b. II. Wright, makes
hat particular remedy impracticable.
But whatever the remedy the idea
Dr principle remains the same. The
dea Is this, these insects are sucking
Insects and obtain their food by pierre
ng the tissue of the plant and by
means Of tube-like mouth parts suck
he sap or juice. A poison placed on
he surface of the infested part OF the
liant will not kill the pest since they
10 not eat the plant and therefore
would not take the poison into their
ystems. A poison strong enough to
inter- the tissue of the plant and render
he sap deadly TO the pest would kill
he plant as well and little Roadway
would have been made. Hence the
emedy In the case of such a pest as
he pear blight" must be applied to
he insect itself and destroys the pest
ither as contact poison because of its
austic properties or by covering the
insect so thoroughly that 1t is smoth-
red
Up to the present time there has been
o attempt to cultivate the alligator
ear in Hawaii, The conditions under
'hich 1t is grown are not favorable
lr the best growth and production.
he trees suffering most from the at
ick are in closely planted dooryards
nd receive no cultivation and little
ttention. A tree cannot well serve
Duble DurpOSe, III an ornamental tree
desired, uproot the pear and put
Iore suitable one In it's place. A tree
} produce fruit must be pruned and
lltivated and this means destruction
the sod about its roots and the cut
ng away OF certain branches which
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