The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-02
SHIPPING NEARLY
MILLION TONS
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at the lighthouse poi-tt was so sharp a:
to make it somewhat difficult for large
vessels to make the turn.
| Work on the present project was begun
under an appropriation by the Rivers
:! and Harbors Act of March 8. 1905
in accordance with the general plan
printed in the annual report of the
Chief Engineers for 1905. 1t provides
for an entrance Ace feet wide and IS
| feet deep at mean low water from deep
water at the junction to the lighthouse
point, for easing the curve at the juno
| ton of the entrance channel and the
| inner harbor by cutting off the light
/ bouse point, and for charging the har-
Ibor proper SO that it VIII have a gen.
eral width Of 1909 feet and a depth
| of 30 feet at meaa low water, at an
estimated cost of 81 ,G2S, S94.60.
! Between March 8 1905, and Nay q,
1905, 100000 have been appropriated
/ for work under the approved project,
! or about forty mine per cent. = the
| estimated cost of work and. shat
/ project.
| Work under the above approprit tions
was stopped by practioal eyIaust On of
funds on December Is, zoos TIE fol-
lowing has been aeco plished:
Dredging entrance , ann, /, reno Ting
| lighthouse point, and The pa tial WIDEN
| ing of the harbor 4oper All this
dredging was to depth of 35 feet,
! a total of 1,910,023 cubic yards having
| been excavated. Major Winslow states
that on June 80, 1909, the sum of 1884,
S3S.79 had been expended, 70 part of
/ which was for maintenance.
From July /, 1908, to tbs cessation
of work on December Is, 1908, 3308, 106
cubic yards of material were removed
| from the harbor and deposited ca shore.
A careful survey was later made If the
condition of the harbor This survey
showed shoaling to have taken place
at the following points: A general
shoallng throughout the entrance cham
| mel; noticeable shoaling in the Nuu-
anu slip at the head of the harbor; a
slight shoaling IN front of the wharves
| of the Naval Station; very slight
shoaling in a few other localities.
| On June 80, 1909, there vas a mini,
mum depth in the entrance channel of
there was, outside Of aarbor lines, a
general depth of IS feet. The normal
| tidal oscillation is about two feet. The
head of navigation is the head of the
harbor, about two miles from the light
| house department buoys marking the
| entrance to the harbor.
The commerce between this port and
ports not in the Hawaiian Islands, for
= H. aIoxo
approximately 100000 tons, valued at
ports Of the Hawaiian Islands amount
| ed to 100000 tons, valued at $4,000,
000
What effect the improvement of the
harbor has had upon freight rates can
not be stated, but vessels are now able
to enter and leave the harbor with their
full load draft. Should additional APP
preparations be made for this hafbor
il is proposed to expend the funds in
widening the harbor in pursuance of
the approved project so as to make it
possible for vessels to enter and leave
at all hours of the day and night, in
stead of by daylight only, as at pres
ent.
As to the reclamation of Quarantine
Island, Honolulu harbor, no work was
done there this year. At the close of
the fiscal year the sum of 900 had
been expended, exhausting the appro-
priation.
Hilo Bay is practically an open road
stead, says Major Winslow, protected
to limited degree by Blonde Reef,
but otherwise exposed through the angie
formed by lines drawn from Hilo town
to Kanaha and Keokea points. Strong
northeasterly trade winds prevail most
of the time. These winds cause
choppy sea outside of Hilo Bay and
considerable swell in the bay, which at
times makes it unsafe for ships to lie
at the existing wharves, and renders
loading and unloading in the bay diff
fcult The heaviest seas, however,
come from the north during northerly
and northwesterly storms, and during
this weather it is often impossible for
ships to lie at the wharves or even
work in the bay.
The present project, adopted by Con
gress March 2, 1907, consists in CON
structing a rubble mound breakwater
along Blonde Reef to point on shore
about 5000 feet east of COcoanut Is
land at an estimated cost of 81, 200, 600.
Between March 5, 1907 and March 4,
1909 100000 has been appropriated
for work under the approved project,
or about twenty-three per cent. OF the
estimated cost Of the work under that
project Under continuing contract,
the actual construction of the break
water was commenced on September
II. 1908, and on June 80, 1909, total
of 31,507 tons of stone had been placed,
making a total of 766 feet of completed
| breakwater. On June 80, 1909, the
sum of $71 900 had been expended, all
on the present project. The approved
project is about four per cent. COM
pleted. The commerce for this port for
/ the calendar year 1908 was valued at
| more than $16,000,000 and amounted to
more than $4,000 tens. Work on this
| In provement has nos been carried far
enough to have any effect on freight
rates 1t is proposed to apply the
| amount estimated as a profitable ex-
penditure in the fiscal year 1911, to
continuing the work of constructing
| the breakwater. The additional work
proposed is necessary TIC make the I'M
provement available.
! AS tn Pearl Harbor Major W1nSiow