The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-03-19
RECONSTRUCTION
OF HARDOR WILL
commence soon

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Superintendent Forbes Of the depart,
ment of publie works gave out yester.
day a synopsis Of the plans which the
board Of harbor commissioners has
adopted for the reconstruction of Homo.
lulu harbor on q basis Of modern en-.
gineering. ~. N ) 49, -.
Work will be started in about three
months and there is now on hand TO
lefrny expenses Approximately $780,.
100 Of loan funds. Ultimately, the
plans call for an expenditure Of about
$4,000, 600. How this money shall be
raised is now q subject of active dis.
cussion among business men and in the
ommittee rooms Of the legislature.
At its annual meeting Wednesday,
he chamber of commerce rejected the
plan put forward by the harbor com.
missioners to make the wharves self.
sustaining by the Imposition Of a ten.
'ent toll on every ton Of incoming and
outgoing freight.
Hard Blow TO Commission 3
The chamber took the position that
the wharves Of an Island community,
luch as Honolulu, were public utilities
and should be paid for and maintained
out Of the receipts from general taxa
ton. 3tr#
This rejection was hard blow to the
commissi oners, who had worked over.
lime many a ni.ht TO evolve the best
plan they could devise, but they win
make no fight, and their bill now be.
fore the Legislature probably will be
amended in committee to meet the
sentiment Of the business community.
Whatever the outcome of future
conferences, however, work on Piers
eight, nine and ten, calling for the ex.
pcn liture of approximately the amount
AVAILABLE, will begin in a bout three
months. Plans and specifications are
ninety per cent complete now. .. =.
Outline of New Harbor
Here follows an outline Of the new
harbor.. % -#.,E F..
Piers eight; nine and ten are to be
"ep!aced by modern structures Of rein
forced concrete, resting on concrete
piles and pillars, which are immune
from the attacks Of teredoes and white
ants. .ow 5fi
Piers eight and nine are occupied by
he Oahu Shipping company, more
generally known as Eben Lows mos
quito fleet. ia b.
Pier ten is leased. to the Oceanic
Steamship company, the Spreckels line.
This work is the most pressing, but
it will be followed by acquisition Of the
marine railway property, which will be
replaced by a marine belt line, owned
by the territory, similar to- the line
trimming the San Francisco waterfront,
which is owned by the State Of Cali
fornia. .t',' Il
Other Concrete Piers ,,.- Ase, -. 4. ~.
Other new concrete piers will be
numbers two, seven, sixteen and .
future slip to be known as number
eleven, dredged out Of the property now
held by the Allen Robertson interests
All win be of concrete. Va
Pier two is the old channel wharf
| and is now vacant. " z. II. "' go"
Pier seven is the Alakea wharf, now
used by the Pacific Mail and the Toyc
Kisen Kaisha liners. t.s. . d.
Pier sixteen is now assigned to trans
tents and might be called wharf Of
call. &itHBsG 49, 49,
1t is also hoped that Sand Island car
be acquired from the federal govern
ment in exchange for other property
owned by the city. II this arrange
ment should go through, the presen'
quarantine station would be moved II
the mainland and Sand Island would b,
made a depot for. coal and lumber, con
nected by bridge with the mainland
and the proposed belt line. s@.If