The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-03-17
Change
to- BOOM
TRADE
Harbor Commissioner Wakefield
Points Out where Crescent City
Should Get Busy and Open the
Door to Opportunity Prosper,
ity Of Hilo Helps Prosperity Of
Honolulu and Cities May Co
operate.

wake up and take active steps towards
so developing her harbor that she can
make a bid for foreign shipping which
will be attfactlye 70 the owners OF the
big steamship lines is the opinion Of
aarbor commissioner Wakefield, who
arrived on this island last week, land
ing ut Mahukona, where he inspected
the wharf which Is under. construction
at that port, and coming to Hilo later.
Wakefield says that before llilo can
think Of having any success at attract.
ing foreign Shipping TO her harbor she
must see to it that she can offer the
shipping the facilities which il de-
mands. These are in the main good and
cheap water, oil and coal.
oonged in Honolulu.
On the water question Wakefield
pointed ont that Hilo is IN very ad.
vaptageous position. Shipping was
Wiling to pay well for its water, but
it objected 60 being Louged in the way
it was being done Ia Honolulu, where
the vessels are being charged two dol
lars thousand gallons. ,rhe price of
wateh was always one Of the first con.
siSsfati ius lool ed into by, the operators
Of steam vessels, said Wakefield. asd
II lido could offer water at fifty or
even at twenty Ave cents "a thbnsan.l
gallops, no oil lection would be raised.
,ffsit could offer water FORGIVEN less, il
would prove a very great adsanta ees 20
the community inaits efforts TO attract
shipping TO Ililo. pst.9ls rs g
Use Of Waterfront Lands. 'ae
There shonld not be insupcrablc diff.
teulties 10 the way OF seeuring oil and
eoalng depQts, thought Wakefield. Ilild
had the unique advantage OF hasina
large areas of land lying vacant right
by the harbor front, and as soon a.
there was any demand made Tor these
for the purpose Of using them for OH
TANKS or coal yards, tho. hafbor com
missioirwonld try to get the land board
70 recommep'l their release for such
purposes ~ ~, 80 n "a ~
Wakefield wanted to see IIfio develop.
and he did not feel that no was in, any
way disloyaf to Honolulu i'm having
such n desire. On the contrary. Hilo
prosperous was good thing for Hol
jnolulIi, while Hilolin a bad way had N
bad effect on Honolulu. He desired 10
see the Hilo. business community 90
after the business which should .belona
tofit. II should start 70 work iunedi,
ately to provide the fuel and water IA !.
cilities, which IT must have 10 seeure
foreign shipping, and IL should then
write letters to every big shipping Arm
In Europe, calling attention 10 tina .atl.
vantages Htilo would then. have TO offer.
II wonld, however, be useless 10 attract
shipping unless good and abundant WA
Ter and fuel supplies could be offered
unreasonable rates, Enrthermore, IA
Hilo has no additional fretght,to offcr.
= must tempt shipping by, cheap. and
good facilities. ,t fta aita;
Kuhio Bay wharf.
4 With regard to the now Kuhio Bay
wharf and the use thereof, Wakefield
was able to give considerable interest.
ing attenuation. Phere has been much
talk for and against the wharf, itsscon.
struction and its location, partly BY per.
sons who are, interested in various
ways, shipping men and others, and. IN
this con1eetfoD considerable criticism
has been INDUCED in tEps "a
As a matter of fact, il is still uncer.
tain to how great an extent the wharf
will be used by the steamers.
Use When Practicable.
Wakefield states that the Hawaiian
representatives. Of the American Hawai-
ian Steamship Company have received
Instructions from the head Office of the
company to the effect that they must
send their steamers to the Kuhio Bay
wharf, when they call at Hilo, as soor
rs the channel has been dredged AMI
marked to the satisfaction of the cap
tains and the pilot.
Marking the Channels.
The channel has already been mark
ed temporarily by means OF small buoy,
with white flags, but the permanent
markings and lighting thereof win b,
in the hands of, the federal lighthous,
district authorities. These viii hay,
the matter attended to in the proper
time, and will provide both buoys ant
lights Of sufficient number and size Il
sIake the entering of Kuhio Bay a per
icctly safe proposition to large vessels
10th day and night
Wakefield stated that the American
IlpH allan boats Will use the wharf Al
soon as they can got up TO IL, in spit'
OF the tact that there IRE no wharf
sheds at present. There is $4,000 il
sight for wharf sheds from the mex
loan fund, and If a loan is negotiated
Hawaii, said Wakefield, is sure to have
this money for the wharf sheds. Wake
field was Of the opinion that II wa,
fOirly certain that the loan would b.
negotiated, as soon as the governor hal
satisfied himself in respect to tho q
nanical standing Of the Territory. Unit
the sheds are provided, II has beer
planned to load the suPar on hoard thu
steamers direct from the railroad ears
B.. Hilo Must Choose,
Whether other steamers would com'
up TO the wharf or not, said Wakefield
was question regarding which th'
commission could not make any state
ment 1t depended entirely upon thu