The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-27
.KAL|HI CHANNEL
|. SCHEME REVIVED !.
BY ARMY BOARD
Esrly BecisIoa Ihai Port D 51
Eaily Decision 7FatiPortDid Not
Warrant EspendItare Has
Been Reversed
cAAMBER or -rnlaaEReE
CHAMBER ELECTROMAGNETIC
GELS MATTER REOPENED
Rivers aaap FFai6Sfs Experts
FasOrCiD0OsFuut waterway
and Other improvements

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H. The presentations bg1 Goyernor Frcar
before tho riycrAta and hmboFs, board OF
the facts, relating tn the necessity for
lsome immellateA work bong done in tho.
.dredsipgl Of the channel toscoHpoct the
IIonOlulu, and the Kaiihi. harhors, as
prepared by thercommittcc OF inc cham,
bqs Of eommsre@i has broueht quick re-
snitss rs sAsls,., ~ s4ob yAat
Dhe, army, board hfsl practically re
vefeeal its 'eaflier deeisaon that the pres
l3ent needs of the port ana not Justify the
EexPense insoiye Nm the project, Ii has
Egon6 'cren farther than that and has
sageestbd tine adSfsaBility OF dredging
a ons.tlfcusaiNr foot channel instead OF
tho sikh hundred foot one recommended
lin the eplaff now bef6fe The boHrd, and
instead OF the, f0arsfundred foot chan
mel 'reeomfncndea BY the predecessor Of
ainlonell AfuInlegc in charge of the local
Office Of the army engineers. Il
0ficial Information asneeasT
local. ofiee or the army engineers
mas received a letter announcing that
tho rivers and liarbOrs board has recon,
sidered it's former stand and has decid.
ed to- refer the matter OF the channol
dredging back Ia. Colonel Bromley for
IA further report. The communication
from Washington makes further very
important suggestions. II states that
the board has talked over the advisable
| ity of increasing, the width of the pro-
posed channel by dredging an addition.
al four hundred feet on the federal res
ervation side, to make the channel one
thousand, feet, in. width, thus providing
Sufficient seaway for ships to turn and
make, the channel practically anlexteR
sion of the harbor. The harbor itself,
at the Waikiki end, is only inst over
a thousand feet, aud a thousand foot
1ehannel towards tho Kapalama basin
will ldouble'the harbor spaee,long before
the dredging is carried through to Ka
lnm Bay gEt sftE IT. e.,.,,yg '2t,.
Commercial Possibilities
The second important suggestion
made by the rivers and harbors board
las that some arrangement might be en-.
tered into between the federal and the
territorial governments whereby the
Sand Island side of the proposed chan
lnel might be utilized commercially. In.
lRsmueh as il Is obviously out of the
question to connect this section of the
roaI Il WAGON - roaa tso str;n ba;ng
l'specifically reserved for channel to be
cut through sooner or later, it is sug-
gested that here could be placed 20 the
lereatest advantage, the coaling plants
loil stations, quarantine and immigra.
ltion, stations and other such waterfront
Necessities az do not necessarily 70.
lauire lind connection with, the city.
lIncal Act,v,+v Arorsad y sa
-,
me text OF the1otncia eomnnnleatio on :
from " asnlhston was communicate
4 yestverday morning 70 we narnor poaru
the enamoer OF commerce, tne ooSorhoI
ana otherSi directiy Interested, anu steps
We're taken az once 70 secure anu cor
iate an necessary data 10 ne presented &c
ooiohei' bromley showing, the aDsoluUt
necessary ror an early start on TINS very
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