The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-05-16
WOULD SAVE MONEY
FOR NEEDED CHANNEL
Merchants Association Takes Ac-
ton to Prevent $4,000 APP
preparation Lapsing.

Action was taken by the merchants
association yesterday to request the
army authorities to utilize federal
fund of $4,000 to survey the proposed
ship canal between Honolulu and Ka.
lihi harbors which will lapse II not used
before June 80, the close of the fiscal
year. A resolution to that effect was
passed as follows:
Whereas, the commercial bodies of
Honolulu have been notified of pro.
posed preliminary examination of Ka.
NH harbor aud channel by the United
States engineers, with. a further request
Tor suggestions bearing on this proposed
Improvement, and
Whereas, the rapid growth of the
shipping trade of the Pacific with the
increased volume to follow the open.
ing of the Panama Interoceanic Canal,
demands that steps be taken to increase
the now inadequate space offered by the
harbor of Honolulu, be it therefore
Resolved, that the merchants assoei.
alton of Honolulu heartily endorse the
proposed examination and survey of
Nalfhi channel and earnestly recon-
mend that channel not less than 900
feet in width be opened between Ho.
nolulu Harbor and Kalihi Harbor and
that the latter. basin be deepened suf.
iicient 20 accommodate the largest
transpacific steamers, and be il further
Resolved, that a copy of these pie.
anIbIos and resolutions, together with
the prepared table of statistics show.
ing the growth OF trade in Honolulu
Harbor, lie furnished Mai w. p.
Wooton, United States Army, Engineer
Corps, Honolulu.
T.. II. Paris said that the $40, 900 fund
was placed in the control of the army
engineer here to make the survey. Ma.
ior Wootcn, the engineer, in order to
ascertain the feeling of the public with
regard to .he proposed waterway, ad.
dressed letters to sixty local persons
asking their views on the subject. Mr..
Paris was informed that but only one
reply was received Major Wooten, be.
licving that the public was not inter.
cstcd, made no further move in the
matter.
Mr.. Paris said that If the question
had been brought before the merchants
association and chamber of commerce
he believed favorable action could have
been taken, which would have been
representative of the public attitude on
the subject.
From n health standpoint the cutting
Of waterway between the two harbofs
would not only give an opportunity for
currents to sweep out the channel, but
it would be hcalthful in many other
ways. He believed that the present
size Of Honolulu harbor with its con
,s.lhtM enlmgtpg shipping and its
crowded whPrycs would, in time, be.
come a health menace to the city, I'M
'"'s this additional waterway was cut,
thereby permitting flow to seward
80 nugn lhat medium. ,su
The lines had besn somewhat defn-
itelY fixed by, the engineers, it being de-
siqabie TO have n specified minimum
distance from the center of the chann;
10 tho quarantine island limits, There
fore. there would always be several
hundred feet space between the chan
mel and quarantine island, which would
be neutral belt and not used for com
mercial purposes. sd adf stsa.
In order that the matter may be
properly carried before the army au.
thorities and looked after, President
Swain named Il. II. Paris, chairman; II
NJ. Church and Merle johnson, as a spe.
cial committee in charge.