Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-25
IDEIAES0T HARROR NEEDS AS
GIIENBY MEMBER OECOMMISsION


fuel coal. Plans are under way 10
remedy this deficiency The territory
will seek to secure title TO the marine
railway site and proceed to dredge and
construct pier wharyes provided with
mechanical devices for either dis
charging coal cargoes or giving yes
sells bunker coal
2.-Railroads and Wharves.
The natural functions of both in
situations demand their collaboration
and cooperation, the time is past
when all freight originating on the
island Of Oahu outside OF Honolulu,
must either be delivered at the pri-
.vate whafyes of the Oahu Ry. g. L.
Co. or be penalized SOC per ton to
place it aboard vessels berthed else
where in Honolulu harbor.
.To secure this desirable condition
the Nnuanu Stream bridge requires
strerigt hening, possibly reconstruct
ing The property of the Allen Es-
tate on Queen street. and the Robin
son Estate on the waterfront would
have TO be secured by condemnation
proceedings, and title to the Federal
property adjoining the Robinson Es-
tate property would have to be again
obtained This project has received
the unanimous endorsement OF the
Board Of .Harbor Commissioners, all
that is now needed is the cooperation
of the Transportation Companies, and
the money to put it into successful
operation.
.3.-Fort Street Bulkhead Wharf.
'aThis plan has been adopted by the
Board of Harbor Commissioners, the
dredging necessary for the wharf has
been completed, and the War Depart
ment has made the necessary changes
in the harbor lines to permit the work
to proceed, this wharf will give splen-
did accommodation at ,,one time to
three large ships with large inward
and outward cargoes, and will prob
ably take care of the large freighting
interests of the port for some years
to come.
4-carso Cranes and Mechanical De
vices for Handling Coal and cargoes
The amount of business available
will naturally govern the number and
location of cranes for handling heavy
pieces of cargo. the need of this class
of machinery was brought home to
many of Us very forcibly when the
s. s. Lurline" steamed from Homo
lulu to Pearl Harbor to deliver q piece
Of freight destined for Waikiki.
Coming 10 daily needs, quick and
cheap delivery of coal to ships and
quicker handling of cargoes by auto
matte machinery; it is purely a
question bf the right class Of machine
cry as an investment. The Chinese
method of transporting merchandise
for miles by wheel barrows Is regard
ed by all as archaic, but we are no
further ahead with handling freight
on our wharves than the Chinese
wheelbarrow truck. The truck man
tires, and occasionally goes on strike,
but the machine Is as fresh at mid.
night as it was at noon, and Is not
likely to- develop the strike habit. .
The Capital investment for this class
of machinery would not be large, but
1t viii pay, the. small charge for
the use. Of the machinery will bring
a direct revenue on the investment,
but the indirect revenue from the IN
OACdoCu VALUE Vi stue WHAT lGFIl10al
viii far exceed IN value the. direct
profit.
Fuel Oil Equipment. i
Owing to the largely Increased use
of fuel oil by ocean-gofng steamers,
the Harbor Commissioners have
equipped the entire waterfront from
the Hackfeld wharf to the Channel
wharf with a 10.ihch fuel oil pipe line
connected with the tank district, this
line has been in operation some
months, and is giving splendid SER
vice to steamers at the low cost to
them of 11sc per barrel on oil deliv,
cred to them or from them.
AT this time the only oil companv
using this line is the Associated Oil
CO., but the harbor commissioners
have no entangling leases, and If the
fuel oil business develops with the
opening of the Panama canal, other
companies can, and will. be given the
privilege of using the pipe line.
certain elements behind the venera-
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