The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-25
BREAKWATER
IN TWO YEARS
Hope Captain 0twelI Holds Out
to HiIO-.-uariOus
News Notes.

News Notes.
HILO, Nov. 22-"The Creator made |
a breakwater at Honolulu and left
man to deepen the pocket. At Hilo, |
He made the deep pocket and left man
to make the breakwater."
This is the forcible and expressive
manner in which one of the ablest en-
gineers in the Territory explained to
the Herald the difference between Ho-
noluluL and Hilo harbors.
AS the result of the acceptance of
Captain Otwelrs plans for the Hilo
breakwater, this city will get not only
the large expanse of deep water now
available, ranging from 35 20 Sc feet
and averaging 45 feet in depth, all Of
which will be amply protected upon
completion of the workout it viii
also have available the pocket east of
Cocoanut Island, ranging from "a to 4GI
feet deep.
This pocket alone is larger than
Honolulu harbor is today. 1t is larger,
in fact, than Honolulu harbor will he
when almost one million dollars more
money have been expended upon IL.
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
pIetely dredged. And this pocket VIII
be in addition to the large expanse of
water now available, all of which VIII
| be amply protected when the break
water is completed.
| Captain Orwell. aof the United States
| Corps of Engineers, in acknowledging
! the receipt of the Hilo Board OF
Trades appreciation of his work IN
| connection with the oreakwater, states
! that he sees no reason why, WITHIN
two wears. there should not be an alb
| solutely calm anchorage here, afford
| ing safety to all vessels.
PLAGUE RATS.
It was three weeks and four Gays
ago on October IS, that Sanitary In
| .nactor d. 6. Bowman found plague
| germs in a. rat in Hilo. He took cul-
/
| to Honolulu for confirmation. HIS
| diagnosis was reported to be correct.
! Hammer the rat. in season ana
out" This has always been Bowmap 3
order from Honolulu, and he is al
wavs out with his hammer During
the last three weeks every section OF
the town has been secured Tor rats
but only few were found with the
- TrlX =
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 ana
night worker as he is, wound have
| been useless in such an emergency
| without the aid given MIN by the
| Shippers Wharf committee, Wplch
| promised to defray ali unusual eX-
| pense, authorized him 10 employ as
| much help as he needed, provided ne
| got rid of the rats and prevented an
outbreak of the plague.
And all Of this has heen dtLe. Iats
are scarce as mems teeth, the town
| has been SECURE 1, cleared and T1lTl-
| fed and there has not been sign, OF
a nlague germ outside If the few rats,
some found dead, others caught a'Vc'
in witch the disease was found TO
exist.
In recognition of the excellent work
that has been done here by the Board
of Health officials, the Japanese phy-
sicians of Hflo rendered dinner on
! Tuesday evening to DR.. Chas. l.. stow
and Mr.. D. S. Bowman. 1t was d
very elaborate affair, served ia Japa-
nese. and highly appreciatet by the
Territorial guests.
MERCHANTS WELL FIXED.
Though. Honolulu merchants are e n
planning that some of ther Chrls'inds
| Goods will not be received in time for
the holiday trade this yea there seems
to be no lack of supply as far as Hllo
is concerned. In one .,r two instances
there is a little doubt whether a few
small consignments expected by the
Hawaiian line will arrive
here in time, but there is no certainty
that they will not. Even without these
the local merchants will be Wen sat
isf1ed if the close of the year shoulo
show a good cleanup of the ne"
goods that have been received. AS
they say:
..We can even manage to let Homo
luIu have a few Christmas goods II
they are short
I COUNTY IN DEBT.
| on the first day Of the present month
the County of Hawaii was IN DEBT 10
the amount of $7,S51.95. Five OF the
road districts had liabilities amount
inc 70 SS,44921 more than the sums al
their disposal The actual balance TO
tbe credit of the general fund OF the
county was S5e7.26, deducting which
from the debt mentioned leaves net
i ohIigation of $7,S5195. This will be in
creased. rather than decreased, dur
-; Tho r,esent month, and it hardly