The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-18
BREAKWA1FRPtlN
GETS HARD BLOW
'Harbor Board Withdraws Sup
port When Railroad Refuses
To Extend Lines I. Y

As the result of a special meeting
called yesterday afternoon by the har-
Dor board, support, From the board Of
the effort 10 obtain q federal appro.
priation at the present session Of con.
gress for the proposed breakwater at
NawiliwiIi has been Withdrawn and
notice Of this withdrawal has been for
warded by cable to the representative
Of Delegate Kuhio at Washington.
The action of the board was taken
when unexpectedly IL became known
that Kauai Railway company had no
intention of extending its lines TO Ma
wiliwih, even IL breakwatef Is con.
structed there, and the boards posi-
tion was given added strength by the
statement made at the meeting that
the Lihue Plantation would only ex.
I tend its lines to the harbor in the event
that the Territory offered '.proper In.
dueeinents on fair and equitable lines. I,
Move To Get Land tE#hEis.u'
Some weeks ago as n step toward OBJ;
tanning the appropriation for the break
water the board set in motion o plan tC
condemn shore lands In the vicinity OF
the Improvement. II was urged al
TINT time that the Territory could ask
for the appropriation with better grace
il il owned lands that would be tire
mendously benefited by the improve
ment. Upon the occasion of the recent
visit of congressional party the
general project for Nawiliwih was lait
Ebefore visiting Legislators with the re
suit that members of the harbor boaTC
were informed that congress probably
would not look kindly on any improve
men that would enrich private intl
yidnals. As an outgrowth Of thil
expression the move to acquire shor,
lands by condemnation was undertaken
1t is not expected that any further &C
ton along this line will now be taken
! 7 AT yesterday IS meeting Commissions
Mccarthy stated he had learned from
Alexander & Baldwin, agents Of tn,
Kauai Railway company that they ha'
no intention of building an extension I,
Nawiliwih harbor. The railway com
tpany's headquarters are at Port Allen
fsome thirty miles from Nawiliwih. Z
Seeks Inducements ~
The position of the Lihue Plantation
in the matter is set forth in a state
ment issued by J. f. c. Hagens, presi
dent of Hackfeh & Company. Thi
statement, which is in the form of
Ecable message, says:
"Lihue owners favorable to connect
ing their railroad line to Nawiliwil
wharf and extending same to Kealia
also tapping Kappa homesteads proyid
ing Territorial government will offe
proper inducements on fair and equit
able business lines. Koloa may ais
ultimately be, connected up formin
connecting link between establisbe
line Of Kauai railroad and1heN lines
At yesterday s meeting Of the harbo
board the question Of what might b
bconsidered 'tiDducements on fair an
equitable business lines" for the Lihu
Plantat was not gone into at an.
length 1t was suggested, however, tina
J the Inducements probably meant tn
granting Of lands and shore rights t
the plantation company.
In withdrawing it's support from tn
; purpose of obtaining from the govern
ment the appropriation, the harboT boar
took the position that it could not pIac
the Territory under any obligation t
:; offer the inducements in question
The estimated cost of the, propose
sbyeakwater apd wharf is atOund "
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