Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-03 | Page 8 | Pictureque Scene in Haw All Will Disappear

PICTURESQUE SCENE IN HAWAII WILL DISAPPEAR HONOLULU, T II . Jan. 1. One if the picturesque bits of landscapes re-1 numbered by tourists visiting Hono . lulu Is to be removed after months of effort, if definite plana or the ter rltorial board of harbor commissioners, are carried inio ezet Utlon. The board ; has called for bids for ihe first unit of, the Waikiki rec lamation project which j proposes to drain and eventually to fill the Waikiki duck pond district, an area of more than 40i acres which at present is given over largely to prop agatlon of rice and the mro root from, which Hawaiian pol is made. The popular name of the "duck pond" has been given to the swamp I because of large numbers of domestic ducks raised by orientals along the I roul i of a street railway line crossing I th"- swamp. i rat Improvements contemplated I by ihe harbor commissioners entail I construction of a canal draining the I entire area and the filling of portlons of lowlands adjoining. The bourd alsoi is considering a proposal to dredge coral from Walklkl beach, the tour ista" bathing beach, thereby improving! v inming conditions The coral thus-I thus-I obtained would be used for filling in j the swamp area., oo