The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-24


much to be desired result, I will be
glad to assist in any way in my power
Very truly yours.
z. D. TENNEY.
Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. %, 1907.
| Admiral Samuel w. Very, Honolulu,
Hawaii.
Dear Admira1:-I received, through
MIR. Mott Smith, an invitation from
you to attend your meeting TO discuss
the commercial Importance of Pearl
Harbor. I regret that my Court duties
will prevent me from attending. The
subject is of great Importance to the
interests of the Territory and I am
particularly impressed from the sal
wage cases that have been in my Court
during the past year affecting vessels
of almost the largest size in the Pacific,
as being of great significance in regard
to the Importance to commerce of an
adequate drydock at Pearl Harbor.
Such a drydock would not only benefit
the navy, but would be of particular
convenience to the American merchant
marine and would also be of benefit to
foreign vessels and promote their use
of the ports of this island as places
of recourse for repairs.
Respectfully,
SANFORD B. DOLE.
In addressing the meeting Chairman
Carter said:
CHAIRMAN CARTER IS ADDRESS.
'.I knew nothing of this meeting
till yesterday but it is a subject in
hon
the great increase in shipments to this
city came shortly after annexation it
caught the business community here
unawares. We do not want anything
of this kind to occur again. 1t is hard
to set any date on which more slips
will be needed here but l am sure that
the time will come, and in the near
future, when the harbor facilities here
will be entirely inadequate. Commerce
will come here from Tehuantepec and
from the Panama canal in such guam
titles that it will be impossible to ham
die it with the limited wharf facilities
which we have here. Nature has pro-
vided us with Pearl Harbor for this
overflow and / believe that we should
not wait and be caught by the rush of
shipping which must come but should
go ahead with the improvements as
soon as possible.
"Already the different departments
of the Federal Government are trying
to obtain the old Quarantine wharf,
which was built by the merchants of
the city at time when more shipping
facilities were absolutely necessary and
afterward bought by the Government.
The Lighthouse department wants it for
the lighthouse tender and it is surely
needed for this purpose, but it viii
simply take away one more of the
docks for which we have ample use
for merchant vessels. / do not believe
that there's can ever be a satisfactory
allotment of wharves in this harbor be-
cause it is too small Either the COM
mercial interests must give up more
and more or the naval wharves must
be moved to Pearl Harbor, which will
give all the room which we need. Z"
DISCUSSION ENSUES.
w. Pfotenhauer, of H. Hackfeld &
Co., Ltd, was called on and stated
about $4,000 tons of freight which
could be shipped from Pearl Harbor
to great advantage.
plantation, stated that there was about
10000 tons which would come from
that source and that he felt sure that
there would be a great saving if Pearl
Harbor could be opened to commerce.
l.. G.. Kellogg, when called on, said:
There is no produce raised on this
part of the island but it all comes
from the general section of which
travel ten or fifteen miles further to
reach this city for shipment. This
year there was in the neighborhood of
20. 900 tons of freight sent to and from
Wahiawl and this will be doubled next
year and probably doubled again the
year after. The saving in freight, If
this could be sent by Pearl Harbor,
would be very great. l expect to see
all the land between Pearl Harbor and
Waialua used within the next genera
ton, either by small producers or pos
sibly by corporations, which will mean
an enormous amount more of freight.
If the proposed improvements are
made at Pearl Harbor and it is opened
for commerce it will make my pine
apple ranch at Wahiawa worth from
ten to fifteen per cent. more than it
Is at present"
J. NJ. Dowsett stated that there
would be from 5000 to 5000 tons of
freight from the Waianae plantation
available for Pearl Harbor shipping.
He asked Admiral Very if it was not
possible that the navy would rather
keep the channel tortuous in order
that the vessels of the enemy might
not get in easily.
In reply TO this Admiral Very said:
STRAIGHT CHANNEL WANTED.
81 have never heard of this theory
till about an hour ago, when it was
spoken of by gentleman in somewhat
similar terms to those used by Mr..
Dowsett. The facts of the matter are
as follows: In case one of our ships
is disabled in a fight at sea, we viii
wish TO get her inside the harbor to
the hospital, that is the dry docks, as
quickly as possible OF course we
could, with tugs and with cables to
points on shore, with backing and