The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-10-12
SAM
OUR DEBTOR

That Uncle sam Is clearly in debt to
the Territory OF Hawaii since annexa.
tipn. from the standpoint of dollars and
cents, is disclosed in the following elab.
crate report presented 10 the Chamber
of Commerce trustees yesterday after
noon by Messrs. +. +. Paxton, chair.
man. w. a. Bowen and W. T.. Pfoten.
hauer, committee on Harbors and
Transportation:
Honolulu, r. H., October 10, 1906.
To the Trustees of the Honolulu Cham
Der of Commerce.
The undersigned, constituting your
Committee on Harbors and Transporta-
tion, beg to submit the following rec
concentrations In regard to proposed
| improvements to the harbor of Honolu-
! lu and also for the erection of such
| lighthouses as are most urgently needed
for the protection of the large number
of vessels approaching the coasts of
these islands.
| In making these recommendations
your committee has deemed it advis-
able, in fact essential, to be guided by
the advice of Captain j. X. Slattery,
works of this kind within this terri
tory. Under his able direction the
! deepening of Honolulu harbor has Just
! been completed, and he has kindly fur
nished us a statement of the plans for
| further improvements with estimates,
which have already been recommended
to the proper authorities at Washing
/ ton.
Honolulu Harbor We would invite
your attention to the accompanying
map of Honolulu harbor. On the west
side of the harbor the area enclosed
by dotted lines indicates the entire
project of the "Greater Honolulu Har-
bor,' as planned, and which, when
completed, will afford ample space for
the future growth of commerce at this
port, even after the completion of the
heavy undertaking and would involve
the removal of LIZA, 165 cubic yards of
material at an estimated cost of $l.00
per yard, or $1,174, 165.0G.
While it worfld be extremely desir-
able to have this entire work completed
under one continuing contract, thereby
greatly reducing the cost of same, we
do not deem it advisable to ask for so
time. We would call your attention,
however, to two sections of this work
which has already been recommended
by the local engineer and for which, we
believe, IN appropriation should be ur-
gently insisted upon.
~ Lighthouse Point. This point of
coral, on winch the present lighthouse
is situated, juts out into the entrance
To h, l., nr1,. ,Tn lg Il,
menace to vessels on entering and leav-
ing the harbor, necessitating sharp
turn at that point. This, as shown, is
a portion of the general plan above
referred to, and to uredge the same
down to full depth would involve the
removal of 100000 cubic yards at an
estimated cost of $4,000, provided an
appropriation for only this much work
is obtainable.
(2) Dredging to full depth that por-
tion of the area comprised within the
general plan now owned by the Oahu
Railway & Land Company and the Dow
sett Company, Limited. AS will be seen
by glancing at the map, the removal Of
this area will greatly enlarge the basin
at the upper end of the harbor and
will greatly facilitate the turning of
vessels in the vicinity of the Railroad
and Hackfeld wharves. On account of
the large number of vessels docking in
this portion of the harbor additional
room for maneuvering is greatly need
ed. This area comprises 3ll,374 cubic
yards, the removal of which is estimat-
ed to cost $3S9,217.50, provided CON
tract is let for this work only.
If an appropriation for only one of
inn ba
is hard to decide which is the most
needed.
We would particularly call your at
tention, however, to the fact that if
the work last above referred to is COM
menced within the next five years this
land can be obtained by the United
States government for one dollar, under
the terms of an option which it holds
from the present owners. Unless an ap-
preparation is obtained for this work
in the next Rivers and Haibors Bill
there will be danger of the option
expiring before the appropriation is
available for the work, as land in that
vicinity is held at very high value,
and it will probably be impossible to
secure renewal of this option if it is
permitted to expire.
We would also call your attention to
the fact that if an appropriation COW
ering the removal of Lighthouse Point
and the dredging of the northwest cor
ner of the harbor can be secured at
one time, and the work let under one
contract, 1t will be a saving to the
United States government of not less
than one hundred thousand dollars ac.
cording to the estimates made by Cap
tnin Slottarv