The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-01-08

OF the many recommendations
which will go to the legislature from
heads of departments OF the Governor,
none will be more radical in it's sug-
gestions for the future of the city
than that of Superintendent of Public
Works Cooper. The plans, which have
been carefully matured, have for their
object the complete revolution OF af-
fairs on the front, and such alteration
of methods as will make it possible to
accommodate the highest types of yes
sells and will let them, as we'll, be han
died with ease and dispatch.
The plan, as originally outlined in
the Advertiser, contemplates the re-
modelling of that portion of the front
between the Naval wharves and the
Oceanic wharyes, and is designed to
meet conditions as they arise. In the
event of the construction of a public
building for the accommodation of all
the departments of the Federal gov
eminent under one roof, which might
be followed by the recession of block
% to the local government, there would
be room for the construction OF four
slips and their attendant wharves.
Should block %, the present site of the
custom house, be retained by the Ma
tional government and additions made
to the present establishment there, it
would mean only that the number Of
slips would be cut down to three, and
the wharf which will take the place of
the lower end of Kekuanaoa street, in
stead Of being 100 feet in width, as the
others, would be only 80 feet.
The water front line, according to
the proposed plan, would be removed
from the Esplansde block one block to
Allen street, which would be widened
to 100 feet, and would thus furnish a
direct continuation of the Ala Moana
along the front. The slips would be
made $40 feet in length, which would
mean that none of the present great
steamers which are plying the Pacific,
or which are likely to come here, would |
overlap when placed in dock. The Ko-
rea is only SIS feet, and this would
give plenty of room for the safe berth
ing of the great ships OF the freight ,
line as well.
The plan in general comprehends /
the extension of the wharves to the |
harbor line, which corresponds with /
the line at the extreme end of the |
present Kfnau wharf. The first Of
these wharves would be constructed |
alongside the Present Naval Wharf |
No. 1. and would be sixty feet in width.
The slip between the wharf and its
neighbor Ewawards would be 120 feet !
in width. The wharf, which would /
take in the lower block of Alakea
street would be 100 feet in width, or
twenty feet on each side in addition to
the street line as at present, and the
slip would be $50 feet wide. The XII
Iauea street wharf would be exactly
ike that of Alakea street, aud the
third slip would be of the same dimen-
sions.
In the event of the customs house re-
there would be only the sim
Die wharf shed over Kekuanaoa street,
but if there should be a change there.
"a is contemplated by some Of those
who are interested in the new wharf
inc. then the same slip dredging would
be done and the lower end of Fort
street would be made into a wharf,
which would join the Oceanic wharf as
# present in existence. This would
i've eight walls along which ships
night lie. and would increase the room
n the harbor by 2,400 lineal feet.