The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-11-20

work has been done in and about Ho-
nolulu harbor in the way of producing
land that was not in the itinerary of
the Creator, it is as nothing compared
to the work that is going on on the
island Of Hawaii at the present moment
whereby it is expected to successfully
block the thrush of the Pacific Ocean
by building barrier of rock.
The initial or land end of this mas
sive jetty is at point on the south
shore of Hilo bay about>two miles from
the town of. Hilo. To be exact, it
leaves the shore about $50 feet east
of the Loebenstein place. Its general
direction is to the northward, almost
direct across the bay, to n distance of
1900 feet; a turn of about ten degrees
is then made to the northwest and the
mole continued on for a few thousand
ground" the United States engineers
have stipulated that the surface of the
breakwater must be eleven feet above
low water and fifteen feet across the
top, and to combat the force that must
come against it by the onrush of the
ocean, more particularly during heavy
storms, its sides are to be sloped off
at forty-fve degrees and under.
Preparations for the beginning of
this large work were many and costly
The first requirement was the locating of
stone wherewith to fill in old ocean.
Not only must the quality be right but
there must be sufficient quantity of
the same kind. Any old rock would not
do. The general formation of the is
land of Hawaii is lava, and this quality
of rock is mostly of a porous nature,
which,, when subjected to a grinding
process is easily reduced to powder.
Rock of that sort would never do for
a breakwater.
About half mile back of the old
Campbell home at Puma a most desir-
able rock was found for the purpose.
1t is of hard finty composition, scin-
tiHating with particles of different col
ored carbon, and of specific gravity
far exceeding that usually found
throughout the island. And of quantity
there appears to be fully enough for
the work in hand, still, at the compile
ton of the breakwater there will be a
fairly sized hole in the ground where
now stands the ledge Of rock.
To reach this ledge or quarry line
of railroad, nearly two miles long, was
constructed across prehistoric lava
flow that brought out the best efforts
of the track builders. This piece of
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Moses as district nurse to care for
tuberculosis patients among the poor,
and asked the cooperation of the w.
C. r. U.
+ Mrs. Stevenson gave an interesting
talk ON the meeting of the National
w. c. Il. U. at Denver few weeks ago.
She spoke of it as the greatest and
most enthusiastic temperance gathering
y
Willard Loyal Temperance Legion
song, which was only recently set to
music by Miss Gordon. Musicians to
whom the words had been referred,
) shook their heads and said they could
not bring in the second line, which
reads: "Home Sweet Home Is Deadliest
Enemy" Finally Miss Gordon happily
thought of using the first part of
Home Sweet Home'' for this second
line, and the song was an instantaneous
success. She spoke also of Miss Da.
Wis, a young woman who is achieving
success in worlds temperance work,
who is coming on the Mongolia in
December and both she and Mrs. Stew
enson will go to the Orient together.
Referring to the annual dues of the
branches, such as the Honolulu branch,
which are so cents year, Mrs. Steven
son showed how each local member was
assisting in the national and even in
the worlds work, for of that so cents,
10 cents went to the National w. c.
T. u, and one cent of this was for.
: warded to the World s w. G. T. u.
She spoke. of the objects of the w.
G. T. u, and Frances Wizards def
: milton of them, which she thought
should be repeated by all members at
the opening of each monthly meeting.
: They are as follows:
"The w. G. T, U. is an organization
of Christian women banded together for
the protection of the home, the aboli-
ton of the liquor traffic, and the
triumph of Christ s Golden Rule"
Mrs. Stevenson thought Miss Willard
must have been inspired when she pro-
mulgated these objects.
"You have the great experiment sta
ton of the nation in the Hawaiian Is
lands" said Mrs. Stevenson, Gin the
making of citizens. The whole world