The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-01
MATSON WHARF
IMPROVEMENTS
Extension ShoreWard Will Add
Another Big Change to
the Waterfront.

When the Marson wharf at the foot
Of NDnsru avenue is extended shore
ward. as : contemplated, there will be
added TO the waterfront still another
change which Will greatly Increase the
facilities Of the front
Where the Brewer building stood
until recently is now gaping and
ruinous hole. like an unhealed cavity
after the extraction Of an aching tooth.
but this is not to remain for long.
Soon that viii be filed in and the big
shed Of the modern Natson shed will
be extended inward until this wharf
and the Alakea structure viii have
close race Of it to determine which is
the more important or which Is the
more handy.
When the Brewer building existed
the complaint was that there was not
enough room for drays to operate in
turning and hauling freight, but, with
the shed extended shoreward to cover
most of the old site of the Brewer
building the system of hustling freight
viii be so simplifed that drays will 90
down the side Of the wharf and come
out at the main exit or entrance. or
vice versa, according TO whether yes
sci IS taking on freight or whether the
discharged freight Of a big steamship
IS being taken off the wharf.
When this is TO be accomplished is
another question, but that it is 10 be
done is assured, and before long.
There still remains a mystery TO be
solved concerning the up-todate Mat
son wharf and that is in relation to
docking facilities. or the lack of dock
ing facilities on the Waikiki side Of
the Matson shed Often is the question
asked. why do not vessels dock on the
Waikiki side, and the only answer OBJ
tainable IS that the dredging on that
side has never been finished so that
vessels Of any considerable draught
could dock there.
Probably this dredging will be ac-
complished by the time the shed is
extended shoreward as planned
Ships That Fall Down Hill.
There IS in Honolulu today one J. H
Jensen who arrived here as a sailor
aboard the oil ship Falls of Clyde on
previous trip, and who has been in
the Queen 5 Hospital recovering from a
clever operation performed by Doctor
Ramus Of the United States Marine
Hospital Service
Jensen has himself undergone numer-
Gus adventures, having suffered ship,
wreck and accidents galore, but he is
Of such caliber as adventure seeks. for
he IS the proud possessor of a brother
who claims to be the inventor of a
NEW ship type which he has pre-
sented to the Danish government
Jensen 5 brother brings forth his in
vention at this time ''the more so as
Ii comes forward at time when the
sea defenees all over the world have
called for and obtained millions of
money to he used III extensive new
buildings
He believes that the present type of
ship generally used is extravagant both
as to fuel and TO other operating ex,
penSes and he wants his method of
snip adopted. His method of working a
vessel Is by removing water currents
from under the stem and heaping them
up under the stern
This method is supposed 20 form "the
forward lnclining wave slope over
which the ship can glide In other
words. the idea Of the inventor is to
apply eontrivance which he claims Is
hls own idea and which will cause a
ship. IN motion, to suck up the water
LOCAL OFFICE OF THE UNITED
STATES WEATHER BUREAU.