The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-10-23
HARBOR BOARD HAS
LONG C0NFAB OVER
NEEDS OF ISLANDS
But Every Time Some Question
Is Settled Empty Treasury
#. Is Recalled
II the Commissioners Only Had
Money Trey Would Do
e. 81. Many Things

While no definite action was taken at
Che meeting Of tho harbor conmission
last night, Il was the c6nconHus Of
opinion that Che aoo@iug Of Pier !,
formerly called Krhio wharf, at fIilo,
shonid consist OF four,inch pianking
covered with ono quarter inch asphalt
and screcniuga The commissioners
agreed that block paycmcnts had prov.
IN altogether unsatisfactory
There was a general talk on the
whole wharf situation, the financial
5utlook and the possibility Of selling
Bonds N order to obtain the money
necessary TO carry ont the urgent work
how required IL was stated Tint in
yiuw of the failure to Goat the bond
issue in the mL'i.and, local interests,
Which would be Ecst subsctvod through
setter whaHagc Facilities, would prob,
IDLY come 70 TIE rescue OF the Terri
sory and take up large blocks of The
Bonds The allotment for Honolulu
Sharvos amounts to $4Tg,lS9, 1iilo
fl34.O00, Hilo wharf approach $24 400,
Waimea, Kauai, $4,000.
70 Adhere TO Former Policy
The question Of tho reconstruction
Of Piers s, 8 and 10, Honolulu, was
liscpsscd at quite some length and Com
missioner Wakefield called attention TO
1 resolution passed by the board two
toais ago outlining the policy of the
commissioners. The resolution, which
is stu in force, reads as follows.
Resolved, That as the ultimate and
early destruction Of any underwater
timber is 80 certain. and its protection
so uncertain, that II be the policy Of
this board Of harbor commissioners.
81. To replace WORKOUT wharves on
wood-pile foundations with wharyes
constructed on reinforced concrete piles
with steel frame floor joists protected
by reinforced concrete, with working
surface Of the same permanent charact-
er as ohia; -... - sa
''2. TO establish irTcvocably a type
of wharf construction whose perma.
money will Secure a reduction of repair
cost TO o minimum, increased immunity
from loss by fire, and absolute Compli-
ance with tho most exacting modern
quarantine regulations An .t.a.-
Mr.. Wakefield said that the commits.
sion should consider and outline plan
TO put tho whole wharf system of the
Territory on a self sustaining basis and
that once this was done that the next
legislature should be asked TO appro-
.priate the required capital to start the
thing going. N.a E.f -.
Honolulu Pier Construction
. II. . .
AS to the reconstruction Of Piers s
and o, Honolulu, Chairman Charles X,
Forbes said that his department would
have the plans ready in five or six
weeks, Mt which time an estimate could
be made in regard TO the probable cost
Of the work, but he thought IL possible
that he would be able to furnish work
aLlo figures when the board meets next
Tuesday morning. 49,. .s
The Mala wharf, near Lahaina, TO be
constructed 80 that all occan.going
steamers might dock alongside, was
under some consideration and It was
freely intimatcd that this wharf once
completed would be one of the best
paying in tho Territory. Mr.. Forbes
stated that Louis Wcinzheimer, man
ager Of the Pionccr Min Company Of
Eahaina, would guarantee an annual in
como OF $4,000 to the government from
that company alone. ..s ..
Throughout the whole meeting the
commissioners sang tho same song Of
lack Of funds Yhilc pointing out that
at no timo in the history of tho Terri,
tory was there ever more urgency for
more and better wharVes and wharf.
ago facilities than at present.
Those present at the meeting were
Charles r. Forbes, chairmah; James
wakefield, A. NJ Church, Col Charles
J. Met arthy and l.. +. Bodge,