The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-11-26
'BREAKWATER
IN TWO YEARS


man to deepen the pocket. At Hilo
He made the deep pocket and left maj
to make the breakwater."
This is the forcible and expressive
manner in which one of the ablest en-
gineers in the Territory explained u
the Herald the difference between Ho
nolulu and Hiio harbors.
As the result Of the acceptance o.
. Captain otwelrs plans for the Hilt
breakwater. this. city win get not onl,
the large expanse of deep water now
available. ranging from s5 20 SO fee
and averaging As feet in depth. all ol
which win be amply protected upo-
completion of the workout 1t VIII
also have available the pocket east ot
Cocoanut Island, ranging from 81 10 e
feet deep.
This pocket alone is larger than
Honolulu harpor is today. 1t is larger,
in fact, than Honolulu harbor will he
when almost one million dollars more
money have been expended upon it.
/ This pocket and Honolulu harbor are
approximately the same width and the
same length and they will be the same
depth when Honolulu harbor is COM
pletely dredged. And this pocket will
be in addition to the large expanse of
water now available, all of which viii
( Aa cd xx-ha hro X
water is completed.
Captain Otwell, of the United States
Corps OF Engineers, in acknowledging
| the receipt of the Hilo Board of
Trades appreciation of his work in
connection with the breakwater, states
that he sees no reason why, within
two years, there should not be an alb
solutely calm anchorage here, afford
| ing safety to all vessels.
PLAGUE RATS.
It was three weeks and four days
ago. on October 2S, that Sanitary In
spector D. S. Bowman found plagre
germs in a rat in Hilo. He took cul-
lures, and sent slides and specimens
to Honolulu for confirmation. His
diagnosis was reported to be correct.
Hammer the rat, in season and
out" This has always been Bowman's 3
order from Honolulu. and he is al
ways out with his hammer. During
the last three weeks every section OF
the town has been secured for rats,
but only a few were found with the
germs and those in the early stage Of
the hunt. There was no alarm, no
fear, no panic. Very few people knew
that the work was being done.
But Bowman alone, both day and
night worker as he is, would have
been useless in such an emergency
without the aid given MIN by the
Shippers Wharf committee, which
promised to defray AL unusual ex-
pense, authorized him 10 employ as
much help as he needed, provided he
got rid of the rats and prevented an
outbreak of the plague.
snd all Of this has heen dole. Rats
are scarce as nen's teeth, the town
has been scoursl, c,elpe1 and Turi-
fed, and there has not he"n sign of
a plague germ outside of the few rats,
some found dead, others caught alive,
in which the disease was found to
exist.
In recognition of the excellent work
that has been done here Dy the Board
of Health officials, the Japanese ply
sicians of Hilo rendered a dinner ON
Tuesday evening to DR.. Chas. /. Stow
and Mr.. D. S. Bowman 1t was
very elaborate affair. served ia Japa-
II q
Territorial guests.
MERCHANTS WELL FIXED.
Though Honolulu merchants are 'on-
planning that some of Their Chrsimas1
goods will not be received in tine for
the holiday trade this yea. there seems
10 be no lack of supply as far as Hilo
is concerned. In one -,r two instances
there is little doubt whether few
small consignments expected by the
Hawaiian-American line will arrive
here in time. but there is no certainty
that they will not Even without these
the local merchants will be we'll sat
isfied if the close of the year should
show a good cleanup of the new
goods that have been received. Az
they say:
I'VE can even manage to let Homo
lulu have a few Christmas goods IL
they are short"
COUNTY IN DEBT.
On the first day Of the present yaanth
the County of Hawaii was in debt to
the amount of s7,s51s5. Five Of the
road districts had liabilities amount
ing to Ss,449.21 more than the Sums at
their disposal. The actual balance to
the credit Of the general fund Of the
county was s597.26, deducting which
from the debt mentioned leaves net
obligation Of s7,s51 90. This win be in
creased. rather than decreased. dur
ing the present month, and 1t hardly
seems possible for the county to enter
the new year with an even balance
sheet.
ROGUES JAILED.
James Bright, the young Chino
Hawaiian who has an interesting
criminal record, is in jail again for
the same old offence, gross cheat This
time. in view of his past convictions
he was given the limit by Judge Hapai
and will be missed for Just year
Bright does not possess much original
ity. for his offences are all along the
same line. He represents himself as
the owner of a store somewhere and on
that representation gets goods on
credit and promptly sells them He