Evening star., 1897-03-25
the work you can have the job-otherwise
it is going to be done without YOU And

the work you can have the job-otherwise
it is going to be done without YOU And a
good deal larger appropriation will be
wiser than that paltry 100000, although
the actual dredging may possibly not ex-
ceed that cost-Drohably 1t will be more.
The difference it will make to the United
states Is likely to be in what you will
have to pay for the land required for your
naval station. You will be obliged to pur-
chase some tract for that purpose of a
considerable acreage. say, 800 acres. Some
such tracts could probably be secured now
at moderate price. But the day that
ocean steamers begin to slip up the harbor
up prices will go, and your government
may nave TO buy at many times the pres
ent figures. There are two tracts esne
cially eligible for your purposes One Is
on Fords Island, say. $50 acres. a coral
nat averaging twelve feet above sea level.
Win oeep water along shore at several
points This is three or four miles from
the harbor. mouth A mile nearer the
mouth Is the lower part Of a peninsula of
Joo acres, the end of which Commands the
Whoie lower channel This is the tract
most preferred by naval men, There Ia
deep water anchorage on both s;das op
thls peninsula UP to four miles from tho
entrance. The bar is a mile fs o,,t
80 .p that an enemy cannot approach nearer
than four or five miles to the pronosel a n
chorages. Low batteries couId hs nI.aad
10 command the bar one mile distant
Either Of these desirable tracts 10 no,,,
Mor'h ABOUT $loo an acre, to be reclaimed
Tor cultivation by artesian water n;nad
from inland, or by wells unon tbe isIa,'s
Where some rice is now PLANTED. Whenever
the harbor becomes freduented by sbins
ootn these tracts. especially the island
' with u,ilnensely tha Increase IN value. Indeed
WI, win me present prospect of speedy omen,
lhs, tneir price must already be much ad
Vanced l believe that by the treaty of
cesslon the United States possess the right
oa';a " eLilhent domain, whereby to take pos
ard ia
statlon But they must paw for If az !.
uuly assessed value. Such assessments will
unquestionably be very much higher q aftnr
:, 1,ie De, oar is removed than before that event
II VIII therefore be greatly to the adyan.
tase OF the United States to conch,1e thsir
purchase or the needed lands before Won
open the bar. or we open it for you Gur
ptopie are not going to wait, and it will he
heeded appropriations for buyine tho ,,nd
1 pelore dredging begins. No time is to he
i've we are getting well used here to
amo9n+ o'efeing. by reason of the large
"iHui5t i;nI OF such work already accom-
ptished IN the enlargement and deeneninp
or, uui 'tie harbor. as well as In the deem
nils i.s ot the bar five years ago. which ed
hand is the nearly completed task Of go
va natns slip of area 45O by 12O feet With
oo leet depth of water. adequate to ac.
MN SW,iioaa!e i TWO first-class grey hounds,
c
SOFT enough to yield to the cutters of H.
niachine. 1T is intended to excavata q
sroO,,' slinliar slip next to this one. The
%eaUunu % mas previously been a shoal nm
e..;t, Goyefed at lowest tide. Many acres of this
VIII be filled up into good hand by tha
ureusinss. and will all be needed for coal
pies. IL Is not improbable that by means
T., i,,,,, si,lliiar work on other shores of Homo
age can at least be doubled Rut hT ,
speedy opening of Pearl Harbor nronsrt%
owners there may hope for an early di1,a,
sto ston rom Honolulu of the fast increasing
steam traffic calling here, before Honolmi,,
wharfage can be much increased A. pal
fharpor natural wharves already exist.
Comment on Qnecn LII.
Our latest mail brings reports of tho d.
lhgs OF Liliuokalani which nust seem do
pioraple to any friend OF hers of the small
est good sense. One hardly knows wha! ia
write about them. Perhaps the strongest
ieehns IS profound compassion for the
poor woman, that she should be 40 mis-
sulded as to entertain that despicable in
'eh'ioh that her opponents here are irving
10 compass her death We have not ner
maps peeh as sorry as we ought to see her
uispiay some folly at Washington an tho.
~ nl!snt De better understood what an i'm
pso,e tried re person Mr.. Cleveland had once
td trled 10 reinstate over US. Parhans we
nave nave been uncharitably glad to have ber
. ate the fafthlesSness of her char
' acter' which we so well know. by giving so
ou,r pa,en, "a1, pretext for repudia ting her
oMh @ unsolicited abdication For this last
9lspiay OF bitter feeling, and revelation ~
iiSi ' iowef Qualities, cannot lack some
sincere regret 1t is a pity that she had no
such base suspicious VI
we recall our early hopes of Lvdia,s
soouhess' notwithstanding her unfortlInate
,rainsa r,y oescent She was well and carefully
and 'ea Mrs. ~ Caah cn,tahood by the excellent Mr.
young chlefs, some fifty years ago, and
later on profited by association With her
sister hy adoption. the noble and pure
a~anoa ee ra1ahl. But the evil parental in
huence and heredity contributed to the for
iidtion OF ner character. Her life has been
struggle between the hcathen and the
nrisian tendencies the former often
strong within her She ia NOT IN he es,i'
mated nor brought to judgment like a per
son OF civilized antecedents and Christian
heTeolty' however graceful a yeneering of
sa'ernai a culture she may wear. We here
90 not Judge and condemn her in that way.
out would strive to extenua.e her errors
as we nave learned to do those Of all these
weak out gentle and kindly Hawaiians. It
Is only painful to witness a public displav
or these unhappy tendencies.
Llliuokalani has some extremely apres-
able qualities. The Polynesians always had
much in, gentieness and sweetness Of manner.
~ ne , oid cnieis We're also stately and court
~, and were wont to carry themselves gra-
ciously and becomingly. The later genera
tion, Lydia included, learned to add much
cnoiee caeiee.1 exter1 ter manners. copied from oc-
casional int. course with British aristoc-
racy and royalty. No manners can be more
winning than those Of European royalty,
SUCH as we sometimes see here In passing.
botn kalakaua and his sister became sue
cessiul lmitators. But beneath this exterior
finish and winsomeness lie dark and heavy.
as more or less In most men, lower quail
lles which this unhappy lady has had the
awkwardness to reveal in the glare of
Washington. Aloha ino! Oh. the pity of
it! KAME.H AMEEA
Mr.. COrbett's Claim.
The legal brief In behalf Of the claim of