The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
H|LO TRADE BOARD
ENDORSES Forbes
PLANS.FOR WHARF !:
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viii Be First Omit Of Extensive
HarbOr improvements For
the Crescent City
CREW WILLfSTART SOON
To'cOMMENCE BORING
Scheme Will Be Laid Before Har-
Dor Board At Its Next
Meeting

Construction of a big new wharf at
HilO, as the first unit Of an extensive
harbor improvement plan mapped ou'
by Charles X. Forbes, superintendent Of
public works, has been unanimouslv en-.
dorsed by the, business men Of the Big
Island metropolis and will be presented
to the board Of harbor commissi oners
by Mr.. Forces at the next meeting of
that body.
A crew to begin boring operations
will start to llilo Eext Wednesday, ac
oording to Mr.. Forbes, who returned to
Honolulu Saturday.
With a unanimity that stands as a
CceOrd for Hilo, the representative bust
ness men Of the community agreed to
haek the harbor Improvement plan
after it had been submitted by Mr.
Forbes to meeting in the board Of
trade rooms Friday morning. Some
discussion was raised over heading the
proposed new wharves from Kuhio
wharf. and after consideration this idea
was abandoned in favor Of a plan to
start the wharves from the bulkhead
shore line. This will necessitate build
ing unit Of the proposed bulkhead to
provide for the first wharf. Forbes ex
Fiained the status of the proposed con.
ttruetion yesterday as follows:
Crew Starts Wednesday
'The crew starts for Hilo Wednes
dHy next to begin boring operations
The proposed wharf will extend six
hundred feet out from the shore end Of
the present structure. Necessary
dredging will be about 10000 yards
costing about 5000 900. The scheme
will be presented to the board at its
next meeting"
According TO an account from Hilo
Mr.. Forbes had line drawing of the
upper part of Hilo Bay on which was
outlined his plan at the meeting Friday
ut -Hilo. The drawing showed Kuhio
aud the shore line to Reed 5 Island
cove, along which ii is proposed tc
build q bulkhead. The drawing ais,
showed three wharves from the present
Kuhio wharf and at almost right angles
to il.
After explaining the plan as shown
by the drawing Mr.. Forbes said tC
the members of the board:
Scheme OF Engineer
1--WE offer to you a scheme like this.
- These three concrete wharves and slips
are six hundred feet long and the Slip
two hundred feet wide. The wharvef
will be covered and will be equipped
with eonyeyOrs 1t will require about
fffty-six thousand yards of dredging
for the slips and over two hundred
thousand for the bulkheads along tn,
shore line to depth of thirty five feet
7tC1 am in favor of concrete, such a.
a haP - In lnl
haTbor," added Mr.. Forbes. "As fast
us the wooden piles of Kuhio wharf de
teriOrate they will be replaced will
win permit six ships to be handled fo
cargo at the same time. / would like
TO get complete plans TO be submitte,
70 the legislature, and would like I,
hear any criticism of these plans
which ore merely tentative"
President William Mckay, of tn,
board of trade, aud marine superin
tendent of the Inter Island Company
said it would be better to have tn.
wharves projecting out from the bulk
head shOrehne for four hundred an,
sixty feet.
According to former borings ther'
are three lava Vows which have Gov
cred the site of IIilo in ancient times
Mr.. Forbes said last night. Be
tween these flows there are layers OF
coral and sand, which indicates what
great periods If time have interpOseC
between the flows.
Filler Piles Objections
Superintendent W. X. Filler, of tn,
Hawaii Consolidated Railway, who was
present at the meeting in HilO, opposed
the idea of the new wharves and slips
headed on KuhiO wharf. He stated
That he would not attempt to run tn,
railroad while these extra wharves
were building. He said il would ruiz
KuhiO wharf, and he iced with Mr.
MeKay's plan for the bulkheac
wharves az the best. He asked if there
are any figures available to show the
cost of the proposed work.
ayes, have an estimate for the
work, a." replied Forbes.
=''Well, don t care about the cost, l"
replied Mckay, "what We want in
,Hilo, and what we need, are wharf
facilities.
There followed detailed discussion
based on the drawing, regarding the
feasibility of putting wharvHs out from
. the proposed bulkhead line. HarboI
Master ,M"sher of Hilo, stated they
n; saslI Eis 3 pun, Ala asoPe'"otaR s il"
az you viii build these wharves
there ] win guarantee to take the
steamers in TO them," said the harbOr
master.
@. II. Wears asked about the HilO
railroad wharf and whether anything
could be done with that old structure.
IL was stated that since the building
of the breakMRter it was not safe for
ships TO lie at this wharf or in that
vicinity.
Proposes Dredging
AR. Mckay sugg 'sted that the hoard
tfirade take up with the federal gov
'rEdnent the question Of dredging tn,
rhRnDrls for the proposed whnrves and
slips beyond the line where tho Terri
tory will have TO dredge.
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