The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-27
UNCLE SAM WANTS
PART OF CHANNEL
WHARF HIMSELF
Harbor Board He Needs
That and Some Of Adjoining
Land For Depot
MAJ. R. R. RAYMOND ASKS alrr
FOR SPEEDY CONSIDERATION
Piles Making PiIikia In construc-
ton Of New Piers On Local
Waterfront

Maj. R. R. Raymond, United States
engineer officer in charge of the work
In this district, has requested the board
Of harbor commissioners to turn over
to the exclusive control Of his Office
a portion Of the channel wharf, and the
territorial buildings thereon, and on the
tract of land adjoining. . n".+.:.t .
Accompanying his letter to the board,
which proved surprise to the commits.
sioners at their special meeting yesteT-
day afternoon. was map showing q
tract of land extending from the wharf
to the Eva line of the United States
immigration station.
The land and the wharf is wanted,
says the letter, in connection with the
Notifications "now under consideration
for the Territory" The plan of Major
Raymond is to construct depot or
warehouse on the site, and II is also
planned to make permanent and ex.
elusive use of the wharf for unloading
broken rock and other supplies. 100
Warehouse Greatly Needed ~.
The need of such depot, or ware.
house, declared the letter, has been
growing steadily, with the growth Of
the fertilization work down here, and
the locality of the channel wharf is
deemed ideal for the purpose. ..,,-.
In commenting upon his letter later,
Major Raymond said last night:
I'VE have felt for a long time the
need of a warehouse where we could
store our property. We now have stuff
scattered all over the island of Oahu,
and il is q most inconvenient and cost.
ly method of attempting to do business.
The wharf we want for handling the
broken stone, and other supplies needed
for the structural work at the Waikiki
Notifications, and I am most. anxious
to know if the Territory can not spare
US enough for our purposes" o..
Chairman Forbes of the commission.
appointed a committee, consisting of
Commissioners Church and Mcclellan,
to visit Major Raymond and see If a
swap of land cannot be arranged. This
committee will see Major Raymond as
soon as possible, and report on the offer
he may make.
Rumpus Over Pilot
The board, after listening to a state.
ment from Forbes, in which the chair.
man advised the transfer of Capt. z.
II. Parker, pilot and harbormaster Of
Kahului TO Honolulu, and sending Capt.
j. +. Haglund, territorial pilot, to Ka-
'hului, in place of Parker, took the mat.
ter up in executive session, to which
Harbormaster W. R. Foster and Capt.
M. A. Madsen, one of the pilots here,
were called. The argument over the
proposed transfer was anything but
quiet while it lasted.
eve took no action and will take
none for some time" said Forbes
after The session was over.
Piles Making Trouble
The board received another minor
shock at yesterdays meeting, when
Chairman Forbes announced that there
was pilikia in connection with the driv.
ing of piles for piers eight, nine and
ten. A ledge of coral rock extends out
beyond the wharf line, and into this the
piles have been driven. Now it appears
that the concrete piling. for pier eight
is scaling the coral off the side, and al.
lowing the water to reach the softened
coral and sand into which the wood
piling is to be driven. This, as was
pointed out by Forbes, would expose
the wooden piling to the action of the
water and the toredo.
In order to avert this, it was sug.
gested that the board authorize the
construction of concrete retaining
wall, which would keep the water from
the wooden piling and also serve to
sustain the concrete piles themselves.
After some discussion it was decided
to approve this plan.
The board announced that it would
re-advertise for bids on the Kahului
dredging job, after making certain
changes in the specifications.
A mass Of routine bills and letters
were disposed of by the board during
the meeting. =