Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-31
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PIERPLEASING
TOLUMBERMEN
Harbor Commission Will lnves-
tigate Further; Delay Follows
Illness of Supt. Forbes

In the near future the board Of har-
Dor commissioners will confer as a
committee Of the whole concerning
the various ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and
pier-eonsIruction propositions for
which the legislature will be asked to
make appropriations. ~:..
AT the board meeting Tuesday the
commissioners voted to take up the
various propositions with Chairman
Forbes, as a committee of the whole.
Forbes Is now in the hospital suffer
ing from tonsilitis and appendicitis,
so that he has not been able to begin
work drawing up plans and specifi-
cations for one Of the most important
harbor projects, that of a S20e. 900
lumber-unloading wharf maliai OF
Pier 2, the Channel Wharf
Illness Delays Start -.
Forbes made the first announce
ment of this big project last Saturday
in the Star.Bulletin, and said he
would start drawing plans for the
work this week His sudden attack
of illness has prevented him from do
ing so, but as soon as he is able to
return to work he will take up tho
matter at once. -" -.-...
According to Col. c. J. Mccarthy,
one of the members of the board, Che
proposed lumber pier should make
lumber considerably cheaper than it
now is. The pier as stated Saturday,
will be 900 feet long by 800 wide,
large enough to permit three schoon.
ers to discharge at once. I
nrn of No. 70 snh han h .
the price of lumber higher in Homo.
lulu is that of the time needed to un-
load lumber schooners. Under pre-.
sent conditions they are unloaded by
antiquated methods. largely by hand,
and the expense and time involved in
getting the lumber off the vessel and
onto the wharf is all charged against
the retail price.
Equipment to be Modern
When the new pier is completed,
provided the legislature grants us an
appropriation of 100000, it will be
equipped with modern lumber-convey.
or systems capable of unloading
carload at a time from the vessel
and loading it aboard cars or trucks.
The board plans to have room for
trolley and railway tracks alongside
the pier, so that the lumber can be
hauled by rail to the yards, if the deal. |
ers think this method of hauling
would be cheaper than the present |
system"
The new wharf viii reduce by more
than so per cent the length of haul |
for lumber dealers having their yards |
in the Kakaako district. Those firms |
having their yards in the other end |
Of town, near River street, will not |
be required to use the new pier I'm. |
less they desire to, so they will not |
be put to any more expense than at |
present, as they can have their yes
sells discharge at piers near their |
yards.
Lumber Dealers Pleased
Lumber importers are all Interested
IN the proposed lumber pier but are
their opinion until they /
learn more of the details. Their yards I
are scattered more or less all along /
The waterfront and unless they are 1T i
that end of the harbor where the new
pier is to be constructed the only
saving will be made in rapid discharg.
ing and there is some doubt OF much
saving even there. ia
Lumber vessels are chartered for
20 long time, including loading on
he coast, the voyage down and dis.
charging while here IL the vessels
ire discharged inside the charter time
he benefit is entirely on the side of
he owners. The only advantage to
asst discharging would oe the short.
sning of the charter, but certain
line has to be alloted for delays and
he saving therefore would be very
small
The lumber dealers, however, all
lgree that a centralized lumber pier,
( handled right, would he of benefit I
Is it would do away with the clutter
ne up of regular merchandise
Tharyes and assure place tc dis.
,harge as soon as the vessel arrives.
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