The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-01-17
THE kAHULUI
BREAkWATER

Ire work which - row practically
eo2pleSed N the building % = break
xSts- which has made Kahului safe
anchorage Co. ships q any size is
v-CoGhly one % the mos; important
undertakings ever accomplished in this
Territory BY private enterprise. Ks-
halui Is the third port in the islands
Z, importance and until recently the
vessels % the Administration
steamship company and the ships
waieh 70 70 that point 70 discharge
sargc. were eomps,lsd 70 lie Tar out
trar- the wha-vsS and even then II the
50 con-sresd 70 BE rough would be
forced 70 pull NJ their anchors and
ESve farther ont
CrSs- the present circumstances the
rsSSelS rrzy come within a couple CO
Kindred yzris o. the y hart and the
sugar Wtch which they are 20 Be load
nay bs taken Our % them On lighters
a. : comparatively small expense and
= smooth water. In the same way
tie bis carsosS OF freight which are
e-1Cght Tor use On the plantations in
chzr section may Be landed with ease
Practically the entire waterfront ar
Eaauiui belongs 70 the kahuIui rail-
rad. which i controlled by Il. p.
baldwin. and - him is due the work
Wiki has meant The spending q up
wards % Ss9.ooo and which has made
the hSrbcr one % which the captains
q creighCers no longer dislike 70 take
TIER vessels The sugar from the Pu-
E-s-s uiu. the largest mill IN the
World. i al shipped from Hahului and
With this enormous output IL was
1ou2S necessary % make such i'm
QrovsnsuIS as would allow easier and
cEsEr per handling OF freight
IL first Il vas proposed % built the
s-saSwa-s- and % dredge the hsrbor
q such al extent that the big Amer .
EGr-E&Eanan vessels might CINE
t1-sS.Gs % the Eharvss. but when the
cost O. such work became apparent. II
Vas decided that il vas not practic-
able % follow ont this plan Ther II .
vas decided that the breakwatsr .
should Dc built out far enough 70 make .
safe anchorage for vessels and 70
handle The c2rgoSS BY means OF
lighters.
TIE contract for the dredging was
awarded 70 the Hawaiian Dredging
company OF Honolulu. and they have
nov practically finished the work and .
their drsdse has been brought back
q this city where Il has started work
- the government contract IN the /
h2rbCr here
Captain John r Parker has been IN
cnz-ze q the dredging work and TO
RS s-0rrs. in 4 great extent. the rapid
co-pIsCi0r OF work = due- The big
suction 6redgs has kept al work day
and night and the masses OF sand ana
soft coral which II has brought up
have formed the base % the entire
Iczsr portion o. the brsakwstsr h
= y : Williams. OF the k2EulUf
railroad has been in active charge Of
srsrz tons. assisted BY q corp Of Young
engineers. and he has rushed the work
through very rapidly HIS o15ce Is
EocztsG within stones throw o. the
b-eakEater and q daily Inspection OF
the work which has been accomplished
has been one o. the duties which he
las carefully performed B
Ire brsakszcsr Itself L divided into
no sections The first OF inner sec
tan starts about five hundred yards
frou1 the Railroad wharf and Is over
I've hundred feet n width where II
lsAyes the shore This section sxreuds
zzszrIF 1900 feet cut. narrowing down
very 81 <htIy 70 a point WHARF, the sec
o16 section begins The structure Is
50 -Srgs thar IL appears % % simply
a lang point % Land II was formed
~ planting huge boilers. which has
hssu used AZ the Puuneze mil III their
sS-suIneSs there was exhausted far
at IN the wafer Then stones were
dumped IN around them TIL finally
SsrouS zsH Ez< butt This was done
Al zIong the s--ter edge iii sinai lake
or lEsase q shallow water was form
e.. I-ro this Ghs big suction dredge :
commenced 70 discharge its masses %
cnrsL I
4f f-sr there vas nochIrg but lay
- q uu<h- but a. the water leaked
OK and eft the dry coral 4 structure
As <sasld and compact a dry land was
rsr--r- AgzInxz this the ocean waves.
r-s-E c,y1ae Il with terrific force waste
r. --zz.FTss without doing harm II
Thsu the more difficult part q the :
yr,,rE was commenced This consisted 9
Il the building further out Waves :
IL and twelve feet hz1 a-e c1n<5f - {
u sr-aT az TIE point wters the break
rzce- Z buEIr and % co1rEnd against
S--ss power 4S they possess. vas JOB q
rEfeh required not orTv care bur an {
immense amount oc labor Again tie