Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-08-23
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done simply as military necessity.
To effect this it must be shown that
there were commercial reasons for
doing it.
The agitation for a drydock in the
Islands had been hurt by the sug-
gestion that it should be built in
Honolulu. The Government would
not build one in SO exposed a place.
A drydock which could contain yes
sells like the Manchuria, would oc-
cupy five acres, without the shops,
and it would be hard to get that
space at Honolulu. With the shops,
80 acres would be needed, and this
no private concern could afford to go
into without Government assistance.
| The Government would build dry
docks only in protected places, such
as at Pearl Harbor, where there We're
already basins for them. 1t had
been proposed to have six drydocks
there, two big ones for battleships
| and vessels like the Manchuria, and
four small ones for smaller vessels.
II would be impossible to place such
n plant in Honolulu. Talk about do
ing so should be abandoned.
1--WE must pull together for the
purpose, he said, or we will never
get anything done for that magnif-
icent naval station
Admiral Very offered to answer
any questions, and in this connection
he pointed out in a map the position
of the proposed coal wharves, sheds,
,etc.
re asked that chairman be NOM
mated McCandless dominated Very
He begged to be excused ana $50. K
Carter was chosen
Secretary Mott-Smith read letters
from C. M. Cooke, +. ID. Tenney ant
others, who expressed their regret
at net being able to be present al
the meeting, but stated that they
were greatly in favor of the proposed
Pearl Harbor improvements.
Carter said that his own opinions IL
regard to the matter might not be il
conformity with those of others. am
might be wrong. The community a
the time of annexation had been I'M
able to cope with the demands of tn
increase OF shipping. He had unit
lthen been in favor of Government
ownership of the waterfront, but TIL
Government always secured improve
ments only after needs had arisel
while private concerns often antici
pated the needs. Plans for the i'm
lprovement of Honolulu harbor haC
been delayed; for instance no def
Unite date could be set for the com
lpletion of the new slips, but dat,
Icould quite easily be set for the timt
when the harbor facilities would b'
inadequate, and that would be quit,
lsoon. Now the question was wheth
er the Federal Government would b.
more forehanded. Honolulu harbo
lcould not be extended much and /
was a good thing that Pearl Harbo
existed, as it could take care of thu
loverflow traffic. Space would be re
quired for several Federal purposes
land a satisfactory allotment coult
not be made unless commerce CAV
up some of the space it now occu
pied, or the Navy moved to Pear
Harbor.
Those invited to attend the meet
ing were:
Il e. D. Tenncy, ]. b. Castle, j.
Cooke, Geo. Renton. Geo. Robertson
If. M. Swanzy, T. Give Davies, Ceci
Brown, S. NJ. Damon, G. M. Cooke
w. G.. Irwin, j. M. Dowsett, e. A
Mclnerny, w. Mclnerny, F. M
Hatch, Robert W. Single, Hon.
Quon, J. r. Gait. l.. G. Kellogg, c. /
Wight, f. l.. Waldron, Willard L
Brown, j. A. Hopper, j. d. Dole, /
T. p. Waterhouse, w. o. Smith, /
IC. Jones, ]. A. McCandless, w. Plot
enhauer, e. X Bull, X. II. Trent, {
ID. Hutchins, w. c. Peacock, Chin
Shat, C. S. Desky, j, o. Carter, {
Bolte, +. A. Schaefer l.. A. Thurs
ton, b. +. Dillingham;, +. II. Paris
Geo. w. Smith, j. G. Pratt, j. A