The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-10-23
Superintendent Reports conClu-
siOns Of Recent Tour Of In
spection TO Chief Executive
ROADS, HARBoRs AND
WHARvES ADVOCATED
Charles R. Forbes Tells Of Work
! Under Way and Suggests
improvements

With the consent Of Governor Pink.
ham the report made 70 him By Charles
K Forbes, superintendent of public
works, on his recent official tour Of
Maui, has been released for puhlirn
ton. The portion Of tho report touch.
,ng on tho Haiku homestead roads has
been fully trcHted in The Advcrtiser.
Touching further on this question Mr.
Forbes says in his report.
This year's product of thc home
steadors is cstimatcd to DO ii least
1900 tons Of pinaapplcs, besides other
valuable crops of onions, beans and
small garden truck.
There are about three and n half
miles Of homestead roads. Iilinoi road
IS four miles long. ] am thoronohIy
satisfied that the Haiku cannery peo
pl2 have no selfish designs throuob hi,
Improvement, because the homestea ier,
are under contract to deliver their
pines at the cannery.S
yaleak.la Scenic Rord
The superintendent Of public work,
Regarding the Haleakala road, from
non. He says in his report.
Regarding the Halckala road. from
Information Gathered and observation
this road will cost In the neiehborhool
OF $loO,000, requiring about twelve
miles TO get six per cent grade. with
the use Of sixty prisoners this rond
could be completed within three wears
and strongly recommend that tho
territory render all possible assistance
towards building the same. y eH
Governor Pinkham is a strong adyo:
cate OF the proposed road to the sum
NIT of Haleakala. EE.#,rrfl
Haleakala crater can be made one
Of Hawaii's main tourist assets. /
believe that the Territory should do
its share. for the proposition, after ala,
Is for the benefit not only of Maui
but of all the. Islands, = said Governor
PinlIham yesterday He is OF the
opiDiOnnthat ,the NEXT legislature win
take up tho project seriously and Prob
ably sec to it that IL is put through
as expeditiously as possible,
Maui Harbots and wharves
Mr.. Forbes also goes deeply into che
question of Maui harbors and wharles,
especially in regard to the port of
Kahului. He says: It
''On October 0 I inspected thu Kihoi
wharf and found the repairs and irm
proyements progressing satisfactorily
and this work should be completed
November ~ .'rH
On the question of Kahului harbor
and wharves the report is as follows:
Kahului HARDER and Wharves az.
"rhc Territory owns no wharf or
mooring buoy at Kahului Tho Kahu
lui Railroad Company is DESTROYS 'of
disposing Of the wharf to sthc Terri
tory, and Mr.. Walsh and Mr.. Baldwin
informed me that il is not the inton
tion of tho railroad company TO build
another wharf at Kahului il the Ter.
ritory purchases their present wharf.
The Territory should OWE and control
the wharves at Kahulni also tho rnoDr.
ing buoys, although from an economic
standpoint, / question whether this
present wharf would be a sound invest
mont as it Is In mood of extensive re
pairs, and the advisabilitY of its pur
chase would depend on what the rail
road company PROPOSES to ask for it,
West BreaIgater Needed
''KHhuhli harbor should have a west
bTeakwater, as the harbor continues to
fill up, and within Ave or six years,
dredging will be necessary. / would
suggest that the Governor take up
with the federal authorities this i'm.
provement, not only to prevent the
filling up of the harbor, but to make
the harbor safe. With this break water,
the harbor would be absolutely safe
and vessels could at all times lie there
in perfect safety. myh'.
Concrete Bulkhead Recommended
81 would recommend a concrete bulk.
head wharf parallel TO the present
breakwater be considered as o future
project This would require a reinforc-
cd concrete wall 1900 feet long filed
in the back with dredged material, over
which would be laid concrete slab,
This l200foot bulkhead wharf would
accommodate two large vessels. The
depth Of water at this proposed bulk,
head is thirty,seven and half feet
and no dredging would be necessary.
''The Kahnlui Railroad Company has
done much III developing hhnului ana
great deal Of credit is due them for
their efforts. ... =.
Much Freight Handled
''There is received, inward and out
going freight, at Kahului, about 400
900 tons per annum, exclusive of inter
island freight. This freight consists OF
about 40, 900 tons of sugar, $4,000 tons
of mOlasses, 1000 tons Of pines; the bal.
ance in oil, food stuffs, gasoline, ferti
lizer, lumber and other products.
81 invite your attention to the rules
and regulations governing wharyes un
der the control of the Territory, which
provide for a charge Of two cents per
net registered ton, of the vessel PEI
day as wharfage,
Kahulm Shipping ',a NJ.
For the past three years there ha'
been an average of ninety vessels Of
all classes calling at Kahului, aggre
grating an average Of S2s,544 net tons
AT the present time the Kahnlui Rail