Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 52, 9 ʻAukake 1890 — THE HARBOR BAR. [ARTICLE]

THE HARBOR BAR.

The statement mude' by the. EsMiaister of the Intarior, in hU R ?p irt to the prt?S9ut Session of tlie Lcgislature, that " the defpeniug pf the Bar to a depth of 30 'jfeet to aliow of the to the harbor of large ateamers is, without doubt, one oī the most import;Uit and most ueee»sary publio w«rks for whieh au' appropriation will be asked,'.' will hardīy be contradicted with reason by any ae. Th<a_ eomiuoi'eial activity of the New Word, surrouuding the PneiAe, has increased so rapidly that llnwuii's efforts to maintain her reputation us oue of the most pi'ogressive of the, comparatively speakiug, receutly oivilized QOUntj?ies mu3t not fee retarded. Leaders of ,thought ju her own aud other couutries have recognized her impreguabie position as » " Way.side Inn" for thti comuierce of many nations. The annual reports of the Collector-Gcneral of Customs liave. j shown how by degrees this commerce has bocn develoyed by the increase of j tounage of ships visiting her ports. This very success, necessarily creates |a demand for inereused facilities for i neeomoāiiiion.

īlie futuro prospects are so bright with ttie of tbat no rivaU'y sl)ould esist !>et#ee}i tbe few| ports of the.lslaud Group. For the| present, ut least, the port of Honolulu i is, and must be, recognized as preeminenk, and to the sucqoi- thej eapiial aud, the conimercial ceutrs o{ the ppfpe. Many ideas bave been suggested during the last s©veral years for the improvement q( Honolulu Harbor, but the latest is that of Mr. AUardt> C. E. wUpsp repor|; has repently been presented to the Legislature. Following out the instructions of the Exau4 °f Interior, his investigatipps l£ud hiqr to propose to 1 exoavate acj : OSS U»e bar a sti-aight ehannel two hundred feet in width to a uniform depth of thirty feet at low tide, aud then 2 to deepeu the whole harbor to an uniform 4epiU qL feet. He suggests that this could, aud should, be done by the Von Schmidt Dredge at a cost of less than 1200,000. The dredge and plant costing about $65,000 would remaiu propepty of the Government, anc{ become notonly for dredging īfonolqlu Harbor and the Bar found to bc necessary but also for harbor impro\ement« ou the other Isinads, While th« dredgo. ]>e b«ilt iu 3uu Praiicisc'o, H wonla L>o i)Df. np have giving eiiiployrm?iit to loeal labor. The scow would huve to be eoustrucied horo also. Mr. Al!ardt wisely sujggests in the iuterests of the laboriug c}asseg here well as in tbe eeonomioa! infe?iest« of the kingdpui tb»t the Goveriuiu".it should tlo tin: work themselves and uut ask farpou : tr&cri>Qs. He points out the rousons why if contracts are cailed for the Govermuont might be ojtly by ilobut by haviug to pay double piim k very inteivstiug and ablo rcport by the following ftHuial rocomuīou4ations.

1 Tlif t ietnoyal of thc bur aud ;i!l iu h«rbor bo dono dūctAly h\ iUo (W* erniuont, un.l not b\- coutract - Th«t tho uoni bo dono by t|io hydraulic motliod ;is thoix>iudoscrib#\l. ii. Ti»st jhe (iovi:iumout> īuini diatoly aftor tho woik «»īiuH t r tormiuod uj>on, Uko tho nooo,s4t\ to Hoviuiiv II finit cl«ss Von iX'Uuii4i D]^oo t or ono of oqp«i odioionoy, aud, 1 to titiit «t»4. to tho CoAist a ov»iujH?t«ni |>*apare |ilaus ih >f for s supenū*} iU ;uu.i ha\o iho naiuo u> ih'u» jktn carlidt4 dstc» practic«bk ; al«p tUnt tUc aeow for tUe hvdge, ntod

such other parfcs as ean lie furuished by loeal e,skbli,shments atreasonable pi'iees, be constructed in Honolulu. £. Tliat as soon as the dredge is ready fo/ ieo, the doeponing of the bar be commehced, aiul diligehtly prosecuted to completion. 5. That the entire work be put in charge of an experienced hydraulic engineer. 6. That after the eompleiion of the work on the bar, the deepening of Honolulu harbor be undertaken at such points as shall be, in the opinion of the Minister of the luterior, most needed for the better accommodati©n ; of the commerce of the port. , 7. . That for the $gyeral purposes i herein set forth, an appropriation of, not less than two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars be made for the j uext eūsuing bionnial* pariod. j The matter is of one of suph vital iuiporta.nce to the future of tlie oomuiunity that it will „ undoubtedly receive th<e most ssrious attention of tbsi-pi'actical uien iu tiie Legislature, and if fouud feasible will probably be adapted, inasniucli >vs it appears to be the quickesfc aheapest method yet adopted for improving the harbor and opening it to the largest commeroial and national vēssels.