The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-05
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR EXTENSIONS

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way, Kilauea slip, on the Eva side of
the wharf soon to be built, could be
dredged up to Allen street on front
age with the Alakea wharf, giving
room for several additional steamers.
The department of public works is
understood to have plans about ready
to bald seawall along Queen street,
from the Boat Landing to Emms
wharf, or the Inter-Island large wharf.
The wall will be built thirty or forty
feet mauka of the present shore line,
thus decreasing the width of Queen
street, but materially lengthening the
wharves
1t is shown by statistics that the
wharves will soon be little needed for
sailing vessels. Steamers on the other
hand, are not only increasing in num-
bers, but they are becoming longer and
longer, and this is true as well in the
Inter-Island service, for these steam
ers are developing from small vessels
to large ones of a length which re-
quires much more wharf space.
Longer Steamers.
The Matson wharf when first built
was believed to be of sufficient length
for the Matson service. Within year
it was found to be hopelessly short for
the newer vessels and the Territory
had to remodel the old Hackfeld wharf
just to accommodate the longer yes
sells and the increased business of the
company. The extension of the slips
for forty feet toward Queen street
viii give much more space to steam
ers. The present KHAN wharf will be
Temodeled and put into repair at once.
The seawall will be of concrete sim
Aar to the one at the Alakea slip.
The Richard street wharf, opposite
the Alakea wharf and adjoining the
naval wharf, is progressing under an
old contract. Piles are being driven
around the concrete seawall built
around the terra frma at the street
end. This wharf win have about half
the width of the Alakea wharf, owing
to lack of space. The wharf and pill
ings are to be built under contract for
$4,000 A shed will be built over the
wharf proper under the appropriation
made by the last legislature. This
wharf when completed will be- used
by the Canadian-Australian steamship
line.
New Designs.
The designs for the new Kila1ea
wharf will be a radical departure in
many ways from those made for other
Wharyes. The designs call for concrete
piling instead of wooden piling. A
study is now being made Of this propo
sition and wherever possible wood will
be eliminated from the under construc
ton of the wharf This wharf will be
600 feet long and l2o feet wide. Two
thirds of its length win be solid fill
and round this solid earth retaining
wall will be built to prevent further
water eneroachments. ra
The Legislature has granted a main
tenanee fund of only 100000 for the
two years. This viii be barely enough
as the upkeep of the wharves and the
property appertaining thereto involves
considerable outlay yearly. The
planking on the wharyes is subjected
to unusually hard wear.
Already some of the planking on the
remodeled Haekfeld wharf has giyer
way, owing TO the heavy loads being
hauled through the central part of the
shed with the horses digging then
shoes into the yielding timber. Two
or three dangerous holes have alTead,
been made and all such openings have
TO- DO replaced with heavy plankinq
Probably the whole Of the old wharf
van have to be Feplanked in the neal
few weeks,