The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-15
KAHULU| WILL
GET NEW WHARF
Railroad Will Spend $3.50, 900
If Government Fails TO
Come Through.

A new wharf for Kahu1ui, to cost
$4,000, to be built either by the
Territorial government or by the Ka-
hului Railroad Company, is promised
that harbor by H. P Baldwin, the
president Of the company, who has
sent the following letter to the Maui
News. He writes:
The president and board of direc-
tors Of the Kahului Railroad Company
feel that it is desirable that the pub
lie should be IuIy INFORMED as to the
status Of the proposal to build the
wharves or wharf at Kahului This
information seems to be especially de-
sirabe at this time, in view of the
next session of the Legislature, which
will be convened this month"; in order
that not only the legislators from
Maui and other parts of the Territory,
but also the general public, shall know
the facts.
The Federal government is about TO
establish harbor lines in Kahului har-
Dor, the inner or bulkhead line being
| the limit of extension to which pri-
vate corporations can construct piers,
bulkheads and filings for the purpose
of carving on shipping business.
| The outer line, known as the pier
| head line, is the limit beyond which
no structure of any kind can be built
out into the harbor by either private,
| Territorial or Federal enterprise.
| At Kahului the distance between the
/ outer and inner lines will be 600 feet,
| and this space will be controlled by
| the Territorial government. through
the Department of Public Works; that
is to say. private enterprise could con
| struct wharves within this space only,
under license from the Territory, or
the Territorial government itself could
| construct wharves and dredge slips,
etc. without further reference to Fed
erai authority Beyond the pierhead
line the only work that couid be done
| is dredging out basins and entrances,
and deepening channels, and the loca-
ton of suitable mornings and beacons,
or the construction of breakwaters.
The plans proposed by the Superin-
tendent of Public Works for the inn
prcvement to Kahului harbor involve
the construction of a wharf 600 feet
long and 100 feet wide, and the dredg-
ing of a slip of sufficient depth to per
NIT the largest vessels which ply in
these waters coming up to the dock
and discharging and taking on cargo
Room. is contemplated also, for the ac-
commodation of Inter-Island steamers
to lie at the same dock, at the same
time as the large vessels, for the ac-
commodation of inter island traffic, both
inward and outward This involves the
expenditure of very large sum of
money, roughly estimated at $150,000.
The ultimate cost would probably large
" exceed this.
1t is thought that the Governor viii
recommend to the Legislature suitable
| appropriations for this work, and if
these appropriations are passed and the
wharf constructed, the Kahului Railroad
company will enter into arrangements
with the Territorial government where
by rights of way for the public to the
wharf will be secured, and the Kahului
Railroad company will in all things en-
deavor to cooperate with the Territorial
government for the furtherance of this
| important improvement for the Island
of Maui
! If. however, the Legislature fails to
/ appropriate sufficient sum of money to
carry on this work, the Kahului Rail-
road company proposes to obtain Ii
cense from the Superintendent of Pub.
lie Works permitting it to construct the
said wharf and dredge out the said
slip, so that the progress of business
may not be hampered, and the develop
ment of the port may proceed without
any interruption.
If the Kahului Railroad company
should construct the wharf, it would be
under an agreement to turn over the
| wharf to the Territorial government
for a reasonable compensation, at any
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