The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-02
.REP0RISFAV0RABLY'
ON kALlHT HARB0H.
Delegate Cables News Showing
Rivers and Harbors Bin viii
Sustain Honolulu
(From saturday Advertiser

nolulu chamber OF eoinmerce and John
~ Colbhrn, manager Of the Kapi0lani
Estate, says that the senate amendnaiit
to the house tiyei4 md hafbofs appro
pfiatipn bill, providing for an initial
appropriation for the dredging OF the
iKalihi channel addition to the harborl
Of Honolulu, had been favorably fe-l
ported by the senate folnmifffe, TO
which the amendment, whitd ~ 81 lbiith
vital Importance to Honolulu and the
. Territory, had been referred The, riv.
crs and harbors bill MS passed in the
house made no provision for the much
!, needed improvement.
In view Of the Recommendation Of
the committed 1t Is lelieved that the
bill as amended viii pass the senate,
after which Il will be reported taek
I 10 the house and then likely .go to-
! conference, The dredging Of the en-
tire Kalihi channel, which will eventu-
ally connect Honolulu harbor with Ka.
I lihi harbor, will cost, It is figured, about
&l,800,000, To complete the portion
wanted immediately about $6s5,000 will
be required. "a
I Warrington Sees Necessity (,
! There has been considerable agitation
for some years for the improvements
\ which now seem TO be In sight. II was
at first proposed TO dredge a channe,
600 feet wide by 1000 feet longs but
after better consideration II was de-
ei,ied TO work for channel 1000 feet
square, as a preliminary TO the COM
4 pietion Of the entire undertaking
Since the Opening Of the Papaina
Canal has brought home to Honblulp
the absolute smallness of the present
harbor, crowded, as il is at present
with but a small number Of refugee
ships, all efforts have been concentrated
on an enlargement that will meet the
growing requirements of the port. On
this score Honolulans have been united
and through the Efforts Of the Honolulu
chamber OF commerce, primarily, naval
officials, the Gdyefnor and Others, the
needs Of the harbOr have been, appar
4 emily, successfully pressed to the con.
sidefation Of the authorities in Wash
. i1gton. az hi
!, Plan Explains Proposed Work
II The accompanying plan shows the
outlines Of the proposed initial en-.
largement of the harbor and is part
, Of the general scheme to connect the
local with the Kalihi harbor. The
shaded area shown In the plan will
when the dredging Is completed and
: other improvements made, atou doublv
, the area of Honolulu hafbor, which Ii
now only eighty -eight acres In extent
According to the plan; the dredging
: a 10 be done in that portion OF ~,
} low water area OF the hafb0f, from
! point beginning on the Eva side d
the deem sea channel immediately bach
Of the crescent lighthouse, running along
Sand Island, parallel With and about
j 900 feet malSai of tie quarantine wharf
n d distance Of 5000 feet; thence 100,
feet inland to the Oahu Railway 4
Land Company Is property. thence l0O(
feet along this PROPERTY TO q point neal
deep water Of the present harbor, anc
along the low water mark, following ii
various windings, to the mouth OF thu
channel by the lighthouse. d.
Z 1t Is proposed to remove the presen
, lighthouse some 200 feet makai, a
Iwell as the present quarantine wharf
: which win be placed elsewhere and o
! q more convenient and accessible point
The portion to be dredged will aforC
: room for at least dozen Of the larges
i ships going, and will likely answer al
I purposes and requirements until tn,
4 work Is continued and the two harbor
:. mentioned are eventually joined. RI
what to DO with Dredged Material
The material dredged win likely b
= !, used to raise 4fe level Of Sand Islan'
along the IIlakai edge OF the enlarge,
harbor, thus making a seawail whicl
viii afford all the protection the In
|. land harbor win need in all kinds Q
! weather. BY moving the deep waite
8 makai edge Of the harbor 600 feet bael
0 and seward Of the present quarantin
|. wharf, vessels will be able TO max
I the turn into the harbor at the light
house corner that Is, It's new locatio,
with more ease than they do at pres
i emit. %9
The news OF the reeommendatio D
The senate committee on the amend
ment to the rivers and harbors bin wa
: received in Honolulu yesterday witt
I the greatest satisfaction, even thoGgl
' no action Of any considerable impor
may be taken at the present session o
congress. Should the amended bill pas
J. eventually and become law, 1t mean
: THAT once the enlargement Of the har
Tor Is begun it Will be pressed to al
ultimate end, and within a few year
IIonoIuIu hnrbor will have an acreag
many times that which it possesses q
this time }#FE
4 Former Governor walter F. Freal
during his recent stay Of q year 0
more in Washington, worked nnee6e
EingIy OH behalf OF the projected i'm
n prOvement. and 1t was in large meas
ure the uneontestable facts and figure
: which he presented before the proDe