The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-12-26
kUHIO BAY WORK
WELL UNDER WAY
Present Status Shows Work Of
Properly Opening Up Hilo Har.
Dor Will Be Done February /.

The most vital point in the future he.
velopment of lilo il the opening TO
commerce Of that portion Of lilo Har
Dor known as Knhio Bay. ID enterprise
which is being carried on iomtly by
the federal and territorial governments.
Work of the Territorial Government
The portion of the work which the
territorial government has undertaken
is the building of the necessary
wharves to accommodate deep sea
shipping. II has made a good begin.
ming by building a wharf 400 feet in
length aud 1870 feet in width This
wharf is of solid rock and coral, ex-
cent strip forty feet in width along.
side the front, which is built of piles.
The depth of water alongside this
wharf is thirty.two feet for 1000 feet
of its length, accommodating two
ocean-going steamers, and depth of
20 feet for 400 feet of its length for
the accommodation of Inter Island
steamers. The wharf is equipped with
double track railroad along the front
with crossovcrs, and a sunken double
track down the center so that the floor
of the wharf comes flush with the floor
of the ears, thereby greatly facilitat-
ing the handling of freight These
tracks are connected with the tracks
of the lllo Railroad.
The work remaining to be performed
by the territorial government is the
erection of freight sheds and me.
chanical sugar handling plant. An
appropriation has been made for these
improvements to be paid for out OF n
territorial bond issue. The plans for
these improvements have been com.
pleted by the harbor commission and
simply await the approval of Governor
Pinkham.
Work Of the Federal Government.
The work of the federal government.
in connection with the enterprise. is
to build a breakwater along the outer
reef enclosing Hilo harbor and to wild.
en- and straighten the passage from
the main portion of Hilo harbor into
Kuhio Bay.
The Breakwater-C Congress has APP
proved a plan for a breakwater ex-
tending from the mainland to approx
imately the Whisting Buoy, opposite
Wainaku Mill, distance of approx.
JbuU Ittl. me eStllnaIeu
cost, under the plan, is nearly $4,000
600.
Under this plan 265O feet of break
water have been completed, an addi-
4 tional 5000 feet have been partially
completed, and contract is now IN
process of execution to complete these
5000 feet and several hundred feet in
addition thereto.
The breakwater, as it stands, al
\ ready affords good protection to the
\ Territorial Wharf at the east end of
Kuhio Bay. "Kuhio Bay is the
n name, in honor of Delegate Kuhio, Civ
en- to the eastern arm of Hilo Harbor.
kuhio Bay alone is Approximately the
a same size the whole of Honolulu
harbor. When completed the break
water will be perfect protection to
the entire Hilo Harbor.
Dredging Contract
An appropriation has been made by
congress to dredge a passage from the
outer Hilo Harbor to Kuhio Bay and a
contract for doing the work has been
let to the Hawaiian Dredging Company
The material to be removed is soft
coral similar to that used for the con
struction of the territorial wharf. The
quantity to be removed is approximate
4 ly 10000 cubic yards.
The present passage into Kuhio Bay
is 200 feet wide and thirty four feet
deep. This passage is now feasible for
small vessels and can be used by large
ones; but being on curve it is some
what risky for large steamers.
The completed dredging operations
will give clear channel 400 feet wide
n in addition to the present curved chan
mel, with uniform depth of "a feet.
Status of the Dredging Work-TherC
has been considerable delay in begin
ming of the work under the dredging
contract, but the dredge Gaylord ar
rived in Hilo from Kahului on Thurs
dav last in tow of the Matson tug In
trepid. 1t will get to work immed
4 lately
There are three shoals to be removed
from the passage in Kuhio Bay, know
as the North, Middle and South Shoals
The middle shoal consists of approx
imatey 22,O0O cubic yards of material
The removal Of this shoal will give ;
straightaway passage, 200 feet Wild
and thirty-four feet deep from tn,
outer harbor into Kuhio Bay an,
wharf. The engineers department o
the Army, which has control of thi
work, has directed the dredging con
tractor to begin work at this point.
Early Opening of Kuhio Bay.
The contractors state that, weathe
permitting they will complete dredgini
the middle shoal portion Of the con
tract in from thirty to forty days,
Captain Mosher's Statement-Cap
tain +. Mosher, harbor master AM
pilot of the port OF IIilo, having beel
asked to give his opinion AS TO tn
proper place 10 begin dredging and tn
status of the enterprise II the middl
shoal is removed, made the following
statement;
~ am familiar with the propose
dredging operations at the mouth o
Kuhio Bay, lIilo harbor in connec
tion with the question as 20 where th
dredging had better begin in order 9
give the quickest access 10 kuhio Bias
AS between dredging the middle shoa
or the southern shoal, being the on
next 30 lOeonnut island, I am strougl
of the uutuluu fhuf IA Would la urrfpi