The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-09-17

10 make Honolulu the greatest city
bordering upon the Pacific Ocean and
its harbor one Of the great ports of the
world is the ambitious project of the
Pan Pacific Union and the optimistic
business men of this city, as shown by
the talks made by Governor c. J. Nc
CHrthy and others at the an-Pacifc
Conference held at noon in the big
diningroom Of the Commercial Club yes
terday.
Through the improvements to the
harbOr and development of the Kalihi
harbor project, combined with the es.
tablishment of free port and terri,
tory free from Interference Of customs
duty, it is expected will be brought
about the proposed transformation; cen.
.tefing here in the middle Of the Pacific
a land where the East and West will
meet without any tags on them and
twenty five big steamers a day will
dock in the harbor of Honolulu.
Vice President Frank c. AthertOn, Of
the Pan Pacific Union, presided, and
Governor Mccarthy and expert trans
portation men told of what could be
done with the harbor, as we'll as out
lining what it is proposed to do. Gov
ernOr Mccarthy was the first speaker
and said in part, speaking of the Pan
Pacific Union and its purposes:
Hub Of the Pacific
"The principal object is for every
body in Hawaii to make Of Honolulu
the Hub of the Pacific, commercially as
well as in other ways.
Az bo TTn;to1 :, no,r
ing an immense merchant marine, and
as the government win have to make
business for these vessels after the war,
II is up to the people Of Honolulu and
their representatives in the legislature
to make our harbor what it ought to
be "
The Governor then told about trip
he made to the waterfront at seven
o'clock yesterday morning and found
the substruetuTes Of the new piers prac-
ticallv complete, which when finish
ed will he as large as the MHtson pier
and will stand as a credit to the build,
ors for years to come. He stated that
the money originally intended for the
sheds on these piers had been diverted
to the building Of Nhp belt road, but
within the month he had arranged a
nlan by which these sheds might be
built in1mediatelv
Would Buy Own Bonds
"TbCrc was a fund originally Of
$1,000 900 provided for. Now there is
100000 for rcdceming certain bonds
on October next. The plan now is
to use this 100000 to buy that amount
of the 1917 issue of Territorial bonds
and devote this sum toward the build
ing Of the pier shedS,' declared the
Governor. "But these sheds will cost
at least $325,000, and l believe it is
not too much to ask the commercial
men Of this community to buy the bal
ancp of $4,000 worth of bonds to help
carry out this Improvement.
We also have another project in
ViPw but which must await Presidential
approval, namely for the improvement
Of Pier No. ., for the handling of lam
Der; but while We are waiting this will
have to be done on Pier 10. If we get
the authority to issue new bonds TO
complete Pier ., I believe it is possible
to acquire frontage on the harbor to
build all the piers necessary for SERVICE
and we hope soon to get started on
thr KaIihi harhOr project, so that Ho
nolulu will be able to care for all shin
ping needs for five years to come -
Holding Up Shipping
Governor Mccarthy then called upon
Chairman Frank C. Athcrton, who nc
ccntuated the need of making Homo
lulu IIarbOr more attractive to ship
owners. He paid high tribute to the
work Of the Intrr-Island Steam Navi
CATION Company for establishing a dry
dock here and supplying coal piles for
ships, which help in the quick despatch
Of shins. Also the Honolulu Iron Works
and Cation, NELL & Co., are important
factors in the shipping life of the har
Dor.
Then Mr.. Atherton criticized the
method of supplying ships with water,
stating that on one side of the street
the city charges cents, for 1000 gallons
while on the other side of the street it
charges the ships $3.50 for 1000 gallons
CIT is not the city which is to blame,
but YOU and |, - declared Mr.. Anterior
1t il because we do not want to pay
fair rate for our water that we hold
mp the ships We should provide all
the facilities for distributing water and
divide the expense, and we would
benefit by it, especially by the prompt
despatch Of vessels. /"
Big Plans Ahead
Chairman AthertOn then called M
on George p. Denison, chairman of the
maritime committee Of the chamber Of
commerce, who stated that the mari
time affairs committee was more in.
tcrestcd to hear of what can be done
than make plans and suggestions itself
at this time.
" However, continued Mr.. Dcnisnn
"Thr plans which we win probably
submit to the chamber of commerce at
rs meeting next Wednesday will be
larger than Is believed by the Cover
nor as being possble'
Stanley w Good, Of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, who is in clos"
tough with the gigantic developments
in the shipping world, was emphatic