The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-13
sTACKABLE ORGANIZING NEW
FORCE.
Hawaiian Business Ends at Midnight
Vessels That Might Make Port Befors
the Change Comes.

The last day at the customs depart
ment of the Republic of Hawaii was q
very busy one. Among the officers the
greatest interest centered in the ap-
pointments Of officers to be sworn i'm
as federal officers tomorrow. After to-
night Collector General Stackable be-
comes a United States federal officer,
and he will swear in the others OF the
bureau. Up to midnight the Hawaiian
custom house VIII remain open for busi-
ness. on the stroke of twelve II Will
cease to exist and thereafter Stacka-
ble's accountings will be with Uncle
Sam.
Under the American system there will
be a good deal of difference in the way
of handling the business, both on the
outside and in the upstairs office. The
outside work win be greatly reduced in
one respect as the custom house will
not have to keep track of American ves-
sells. The boarding officers will not
have to go out to meet and get papers
of ships with the American flag, and the
elaborate system of discharging them
and collecting duties from them Will be
| unnecessary. American vessels do by
far the greater part of the business
here, so that the number of arrivals in
which the custom house will be spec
! tally interested will be cut down
This week has been a very slow one
/ for arrivals of foreign vessels. The
] regular mdll steamers nave DIOuBnI
slightly larger cargoes than usual get
ting in freight from the Orient that will
| be subject to duty hereafter There
are three sailing vessels that might ar
rive before the stroke of midnight to-
night. one, the American bark oregon,
| Captain Parker, is Il days out from
| Newcastle with cargo of coal, and
would save a lot of duty If she showed
up and got her papers into the custom
house before the American tariff goes
into effect. The other two are from
Germany. The German bark Solide,
Captain Schumacher, is overdue from
Hamburg, being l64 days out, and the
German ship Hera, Captain Kulsen, has
a chance by making record time to get
in She is 122 days out, and Will have
made a very quick trip If she arrives
any time today.
The outside work will be under
George Stratemeyer as superintendent,
performing about the same duties as ne
has had while port surveyor, the port
not having been granted port survey
or as a Washington appointment Col
lector Stackable and the advisory oth-
GERS from Washington, with the port
surveyor, have been busy for day OF
two making plans for the organization
of the force under the new system
! There will be lot of changes, and
some of the officers may have howl
to make about reduced salaries The
district inspector system goes out and
the force of discharging inspectors, as
well as of guards, is to be reduced.
There are to be twelve inspectors, all
of the same rank, and twelve guards, in
the new force. The salaries in both
cases are to be slightly in advance over
the present pay. The inspectors get
SO so day, and the guards, 81 The
INSPECTORS have been getting 800 per
, month, and the guards $50. There are
nd Oh
5 on dutv now. so that a number will not
find places under the new schedule.
The harbor masters office becomes
Territorial office, instead of being under
the customs service, as formerly
Y The bureau of immigration will con
4 tinue as now until the new officers ar
. rive. Two are coming from the states
S TO take charge. John w. Short immi
n grafton inspector, is said to be the maj
0 for chief weigher,