Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-03-22
LOCAL HARBOR WORK
Since Annexation
AND THE MONEY REQUIRED
SENATORS TALK OF SUM NEEDED

tinued from Wednesday.
The Chairman. Since annexation?
Mr.. @. w. Smith. Yes. sir. The only
harbor is the harbor of Honolulu. There
Is harbor at IIilo, an open roadstead.
with a wharf extending out on one side
That small steamers may reach The
other island landings are made in
ships boats. We have a feet OF island
steamers. A steamer will lie from 1
to miles off shore and the landing Ia
made In ships boats to the shore.
There Is a wharf with a crane general
ly reaching out over the wharf and
sometimes a basket The passengers
get into the basket and are lifted up
to the wharf with the crane. which also
brings up packages OF goods. Those
wharves or landings have been erected
by the Territorial government In many
instances. In some instances, where
the plantation abuts on the sea. they
have been built by the owners Of the
land.
The Chairman. The water is too
shallow, ! infer from what you say. to
allow vessels TO come in?
Mr.. @. w Smith. II is not so much
the shallowness OF the water as the
danger from the current and the liabil-
ity of the steamer being thrown onto
the shore.
The Chairman. Is there any way to
overcome that difficulty?
Mr.. G. w. Smith. No. sir: not on
the other islands. The conformation
of the Islands is such that harborJ
could not be made. Every island has
q chain Of mountains running through
the center and sloping toward the sea
Around this island there will be belt
OF land from l to miles wide which
Is cultivated In sugar. AS a rule the
sides OF the island are quite precip-
itous. III some cases they will run
Gown to the sea gradually, but not
often. On the island OF Hawaii the
sides OF the island are precipitous for
miles and miles and landing is made
In little coyes or where n valley runs
from the mountains down toward the
sea.
The Chairman. What sort OF har-
be- improvements do you contemplate
making there, II you have studied the
matter ut all?
Mr.. @. w. Smith. The harbor i'm
provements under the system adopted
by the United States Government in
clude a deepening OF harbors.
The Chairman. do not care for
those. | am speaking OF what you
yourselves think about harbor I'M
proyements.
Hllo Bresk~atsr.
Mr.. @. w. Smith. am not prepared
to state. There is a breakwater need
I'd nj TIM harhnr ~ Liln Az 4 Qtatad
II Is an open roadstead with one wharf
on the side where small steamer can
get In. There ought to be a breakwat-
or out there where vessels can go In.
The Chairman. What would be the
amount required to construct the
breakwater!
Mr.. C. w. Smith. Mr.. Loebenstein
can state tnat.
The Chairman. Mr.. Loebenstein,
tell me what would be the amount re.
quired, approximately?
Mr.. Loebenstein. | may say that n
survey is now in progress by Lieuton-
ant Slattery, OF the engineers. Con-
gress made an appropriation OF $1,000
tor the survey. In conversation with
Lieutenant Slattery he gave me to
understand that the cost would come
to between 100000 and 81 200, 900. He
could not state. II exactly.
The Chairman. Whatever II may
be, the United States Government 10
already giving attention to the subject.
Mr.. Case. Mr.. Chairman, | wish to
state that we would naturally like to
have all OF this appropriation, II made
at all. expended for Territorial pur-
httt faaltnn
strong that II we must confine the re-
quest strictly to Territorial purposes
We would not be SO likely To get assist
ance from Congress, and we left II TO
the discretion OF Congress 10 use II not
only for Territorial but for Federal
purposes II II was SO desired.
Get at the Plan.
The Chairman. The reason why
am asking these questions Is that
happen to be aware. OF course, thar
Congress is addressing itself to these
harbor improvements which you are
supposed to need, and did not know
whether you contemplated, as | in.
ferred you possibly did, making those
improvements yourselves.
Mr., G. w. Smith. That is not con-
templated, | think.
The Chairman, The Federal Gov
eminent will in time make them, II
proceeds little deliberately sometimes
about these matters. but II is now max
ing surveys, The whole thing is under
consideration, and no doubt the Gov
eminent will make there all the harbor
improvements that you need In its
judgment So we do not need to make
provision here that would cover an
expenditure OF that kind 10 be incur
red by the Territorial government. This
bill also speaks OF expanding this
money for military and naval defensss
The Government is addressing itself to
that whole subject also.
Mr., G. w. Smith. Yes, sir; II Is in
Producing large encampment now into
Honolulu.
Senator Wetmore. There is a Ques-
ton ! wish TO ask you. Is II your idea
II you get this rs per cent not TO ask
the Government for any appropriation
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