The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-04-10


we ryysrei h- ,he AS; mail q cry Of Ire
W-.-1 D-r a. IN which Tire dr.
e-i.- la re-rs 90 an an nation ar -1Vr-y-
h-H- % wla- = --rL Ni-W-y l.an~-
Vs. printed IN f-- IT, parties resting IN ta~
i--az- Sl.Er- q tl= --~ IL rel- O. taer
-e,-. j. seems ~-lH- ti-- "a u~zt-e
nan -e4 . ana u-e an aU--l,1u Of
$1,000 ~ -e Improvement I'd ;-- mouth u
q l-l- IN O. aw cl-- island
We a.e l-cg-s--y c.ayer-el with -e hte
Ca..an Sow. Who evr=i ara steel she t@-k
G-a1. which Captain B-.ss- c=---l-i AZ
gre ,-e 5s tae -egl-ol discover ID; tie EEaor-
IN re--i u tie Islands, and be never entertained
The idea caac re l-,1u Y1~~@t value = a
ha-tor. ezy.--t - IL : . every wiui ,lat blows
Il, ! ey.5sa; from cae remarks -; >e1a,5r Me-,
,-a- he ha- h1- .lr,e knowledge Of Midway L.
and, All their barber. When first ~GaLeiup1n 70
give tac.s concerning the ownership Of Tire islands,
be started IL with tie blunie- o- mis>,a,emen'
,aa- they were - discovered about three years
a-3 BY an American citizen by the name Of
Brooks. and this : a far sample of the Hon.
Senator's knowledge concerning the islands
To ,h5-e who are acquainted with the coral
and sand formation 4, the mouth Of l2Eoons. II
seems the acme Of absuriIry 70 ask an apVropris-
ton o. $4,000. Or even 800, 600. for the pur-
pose q dredging them % any required depth.
and keep Them -. Again, when tie Senator
ur-@ the importance O: The Islands for - our
whaIcmen. who are now whalin. in the northern
s4s u the Pacific" who now - have T. - 70
Honolulu every year - winte--LUt # this
Improvement i made they can winter NJ Midway
Islands. where there i plenty Of fresh water, and
save some cwensy-tour hundred miles Of some
what dangerous navigation, we must smile.
This : rich. and viii make the whalemen who
:" have y 20 u Honolulu every year" laugh.
The only ililcemenc the Hon. Senator offers 10
the whalemen i that they can geJ plenty Of
fresh water" Certainly the idea Of .. twenty
four hundred miles Of somewhat dangerous nayi-
CATION . will be news to the whalcmcn. Doubt
les all ocean navigation may seem dangerous 70
the senator. but that the navigation from Mid
way Islands % this group Is extra hazardous, may
d. to tell marines OF ms brother Senators, but
not 70 seamen.
The Senator's ideas in regard % the outfit Of a
whaler Do not seem 10 have got beyond e. plenty
Of fresh water An apprenticeship in New
Bedford or Honolulu would soon satisfy him
that. let alone the matter Of bread and salt pro
visions, it i sometimes necessary 70 get men. and
after you get them to give them 4 chance 10 land
where they may have q chance 70 get the =curyy
out Of their bones. - far a. We know Of Mid
way Islands, from whalemcn and others. and We
believe wha.emen knew Of them long before Cap
tam Brooks ever saw them, their population l.
rather limited, and not OF such material as man
whaleshiIs, consisting principally Of land crabs
and turtles moreover, that The pienteJus
supply Of fresh water only exists in the imagin-
alton Of the Senator. Senator Coles descrip-
ton Of the island n being in the form Of a
crater Of a Volcano differs somcwha from the
description Of others who have been there, and
even that Of Captain Reynolds. Of the Laata-
JrorHa. who visited it for the purpose Of survey
ing. Senator Grimes statement that there was
- eight feet Of water ut low tide, and perhaps
twenty or twcuty-gnc feet Of water at high cie,'
VIII certainly a-t1uiSh those acquainted with tides
ia this ocean. However. tie perhaps" which
the Senator makes use of VIII let him out when
the contrary i proven. When the gentleman
Gays that lie 4. was satisfied that so. 600 would
not DC required u make thc proper improvements
mt thI= harb5r. and remove the obstruction. We
en only reply that we should like t. see the data
laid before him upon which 10 base his opinion.
We however DO believe that . the gentlemen rep
ro-enting the Pacific coast are very deeply in
tsre-teI in it
We can stand a mild taking down, but when
men attempt 70 eztol the advantages Of = sand
island or atol, and its harbOr, NJ the expense Of
our verdure-clad islands, and harbor, we must en-
ter our protest. Money can accomplish wonders,
and it may convert Midway Islands into 4 coal
=taitOn for tie China line of steamers, or evcn 4
naval station, bat we don't believe that whale
men Will take ADVANTAGE Of IL.