The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-19
LIGHTHOUSES AND
HARBOR WORK
Continued from Page one,.

| wall, present and prospective. The
address was of great interest, as much
from the descriptions given of the
works now under way in the islands
as the bigger things which are to be
expected to come to pass in the way
of Federal works here in the future.
| Captain Otwells address was informal
| but given in way SO that all could
grasp the fact that the speaker is
thoroughly interested in the work of
| advancing Hawaii and earnest in the
many projects in his hands for the i'm
! provement of the lighthouse service
/ here and the opening up of the har-
bors of the group to the commerce
which he believes will eventually
reach these shores.
Illustrating his remarks by the pre-
sentation of a number of blue prints
and the use of blackboard illustra-
tons. the speaker explained the work
now going on for the erection of the
numerous lights of the different orders
along the island shores authorized by
Congress. The Makapuu light is to
cost altogether 100000. The same
amount will be spent on light of the
second order to be erected at the Set
Element at Molokai. A light of the
first order is to go up at Kilauea, Ka-
uai, and another on the east coast of
Hawaii, at Cape Kumukahi. Six bea-
con lights, each costing $500, are to
be set up during the year along va
rious prominent points and the next
Congress is expected to vote appropri-
ations for thirty more of these bea-
cons. In connection with the lights
are to be built housesSfo the tenders
and the storehouses and other nee
essary buildings.
In connection with his lighthouse
work Captain Orwell made an inter-
esting announcement to the effect that
his work at Makapuu would bring
about the thing that a great many
appeared to be wishing for, that being |
round the-island road Already a |
road has been built from the county |
road to Koko Head to the lighthouse
site, built with Federal money and in |
such shape that automobiles can be |
run over it. Now it is proposed that |
this Federal road be extended around
to Waimanalo, at which point Cap |
tain Orwell expects the water supply |
for the lighthouse tenders will be Sc |
cured.
For the lights for the Honolulu flar-
Dor $4,000 has been appropriated, of |
which $4,000 will be spent on the front |
range light. The amended plan for the |
rear range light was shown, the Sc |
vere1y plain structure compared with |
the one that had been planned for the |
foot of Fort street had the original |
plan been carried out of putting it in |
the middle of the roadway with the /
Mckinley memorial fund committee
putting up the money for the orna-
mental base. It is the hope that the
coming Congress will vote an addition
al $4,000 for the light, in which event
a much more ornamental structure
can be erected. Many of the Con-
gressmen who visited here recently
seemed to be in favor of the additional
vote and there seems to be a fair hope
that it will be put through.
At present the only good light in the
Territory is that at Diamond Head.
In time it is hoped to increase the
efficiency of this light and also the one
at BARRIERS Point. The only electric
light in the service is that at Hilo.
The idea of the light system here is
% have the beacons so arranged that
he shipmaster will always be able to
AXE directions from one light before
osing sight of another, the distances
It which the lights are visible to over
ap Thus the Molokai light and the
me at Makapuu Point will overlap for
TX miles.
Another thing in connection with the
ervice of interest and benefit to Homo I
ulu is the fact that theslighthouse ten I
Ter, authorized by Congress to be built, |
will be here by the end of next year. ,
'he crew, composed of men promoted
rom the shore service of the light
ouse department, will consist of about
hirty men, many of whom will prob 9
bly, bring their families to Honolulu :
o live. |
That the lighting properly of the :
cast lines of the islands is something 4
ecessary and something which will ;
increase the commercial i'm 7
ortance of the Territory is the opinion I
f. Captain Orwell. Hawaii is coming
nto much greater prominence in the
cry near future.
THE time is coming" declared the
peaker, when with the opening of the
'anama canal this is bound to be the
alling port of many vessels. I cannot
ee how vessels carrying freight to
nd from the Orient can fail to cali
ere or at Hilo or at some Hawaiian
ort.
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS
"Alto1ether. counting what has al