The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-07-28
ANCIENT BLUFF
SAVING OF
HARBOR
Three Bags Of Gold Told
Of at Commission
Meeting.
ACTION ON WHARVES
Necessity for Increased
Shipping Facilities
Shown.
ACTION ON WHARVES
(From Thursday's Advertiser.)

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Three bags of gold, each containing
$4,000, placed before the monarchical
ministry, years and years ago, had
much 20 do with the decision adverse to
extending the old ENNIS wharf across
the harbor, a decision which marked
the beginning of the plans for the max
ing of greater harbor for Honolulu,
and it was this greater harbor which
was under the fire of discussion in the
senate chamber, yesterday afternoon,
from two to FIVE O'Clock, while the new.
Iy created harbor commission held a
session.
The general sense Of the meeting was
that within four OF five years Honolulu
will have need of every foot of wharf
space it can provide for steamships
making use Of the Panama Canal, and
that the community must awaken to
the sense of its responsibilities and aid
in providing the necessary facilities for
handling the business of the port.
It was B. F. Dillingham;, head of the
Oahu railroad company and the ex-
tensive wharf business which has been
created under that corporation, who
stated that there was a time when
meetings were held and committees
were appointed to wait upon the monar-
chical ministry with proposal to ex-
tend ENNIS wharf directly across the
harbor, making one long wharf, to be
used by shipping on one side only,
shutting out large area of tidewater
mud fats, which were believed to be
of NO benefit to the community.
Three Bags Of Gold.
But in those mudfats Mr.. Dilling-
ham then saw opportunity and sent
three bags of gold to the ministry,
offering to buy those flats because
they we're a sea frontage to lands con-
trolled by the railroad company. The
three bags were sent beck and the mat
ter went into the courts and the rail
road company then received the mud
flats as its proper ty, mudfats which
have been dredged out and the sides
lined with valuable wharves with in.
tervening slips where some of the larg
est shipping tonnage is handled every
year.
Even with these private wharves
and those provided by the Territory
and by the federal government, it was
shown yesterday, that there is not ade.
quate wharf space inrthe harbOr and
the present extension plans will not be
ample to cope with the constantly in
creasing business.
But the keynote of the entire pro
eeedings was struck when it was stat
ed that although most of the wharves
are competent fer the handling OF
freight discharged from sailing ships
they are absolutely inadequate for The
freight discharged in thousands Of tons
within a few lays time from steamers
While the Inter-Island Company was
stated to bs in hard straits at times
for space and time in which to handle
freight offerings, it was shown that the
Matson Navigation Company, with its
increasing business is even now in the
throes of distress resultant from con
gested and poorly arranged wharves
and whaTves that are in bad condi
tion.
Big Men Present.
The meeting was called yesterday
on motion of James Wakefield, a mem
Der of the commission, at a former
meeting. Chairman Campbell presided
and there were also present Commits
Gonars Emil Berndt, secretary; G. j
Mccarthy and +. B. McStocker.
There were present large number
of representatives of various inters
directly or indirectly connected with
the shipping business, and nearly al
spoke on the subject of the wharves
A Ia, foAo 1s
section other than Governor Frear, who
dropped in to listen, were B. +. Dilling
ham, Fred @. Smith, George Denisor
and Harry DenisOn, all Of the Oahu
railroad company; James A. Kennedy
president Of the Inter-Island company;
T.. ID. Tenney, r. II. Petris and Ship
ping Manager Drew, of Castle & Cooke;
representative of the Matson Naviga
ton Company; Richard Ivers ana Ship
ping Manager James Robertson, OF
Brewer & Co., representing the Oceanic
Steamship Company; +. w. Klebahn
shipping manager for III. Haekfeld
Co., representing the Paeica Mail com
pany; c. r. Morse, agent for the Amer
lean Hawaiian Steamship Company
Fred l.. WaldTon, representing various
shipping agencies; W. II. Hoogs, vii
liam Larson and Albion Clark, repre-
nenting draying eompaniesi Charles
Bon, AeCabe, Hamilton 4 Kenny, steve
d0rasi A. Davidson, representing Al
oil transportation eompanyi II. A
eohaafer Of aehaefeF & Co. Eben Low
representing q local shipping company
= p Paxton, Of Alexander & baldwin
Ohange IN Transpornon.
chairmau Campbell stated that fhs
form 81 sommerea IA the port ~ 10
naiulu has changed materially IL ibl
laal iHeiFs o. thirteen years, as q
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