The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-12
WILL RUSH
NAVY WORK
Pearl Harbor Must
be Surveyed
at Once.
LAYING OUT
THE STATION
Capt. White Will Prosecute the
Task Of Mapping the
Lands.
nEARL Harbor matters win be-

rushed by the Federal authorities
u here in accordance with sugges-
tions from Washington. The mail Tues
day brought authorization to Captain
U. s. White to proceed with the sur
vey of the proposed site for the naval
station, which indicates that there will
be no delaying of the work as soon as
the questions bearing upon the owner
ship of the site are settled.
While there will be some questions
argued Monday bt.-~tng upon the
amendation of the answers of the de-.
PENDANTS in the condemnation suit
brought by the government, the hearing
upon the main suit is not expected to
come until November. There may be
special session held for the purpose of
disposing of this matter, but from the
present outlook the main question will
be decided during the winter term.
i The Navy Department is exceedingly
anxious that there be no delays in the
there can be no definite report on the
Pearl Harbor station in the annual re-
port of the Secretary of the Navy to
the President this fall, from which the
annual message of the Executive is
made, special report early in 1902 will
be in plenty time for consideration by
Congress
The surveys to be made by Captain
White will be exhaustive. The first
thing done will be to make contour
survey, from which the map of the land
may be prepared. There will be made
borings along the coast line so that the
location of the drydocks may be deter
mined. On the topographic map he
streets will be located and the sites for
the buildings indicated. This work Is
under the Bureau of Yards and Docks.
and an appropriation from the funds Of
that bureau has been made for the pur-
pose of carrying on this preliminary
work
There will be a delay of. several weeks
before the surveys may be taken UP,
as time will be necessary for the arrival
of certain instruments which are being
forwarded by the department for this
use. When they arrive field parties will
be organized to take up the work, which
will occupy them for at least two months
All this must be done before the actual
task of making the estimates for the
completion of the station. The estimates
will include the cost of the clearing and
preparation of the land and thiss of ne
cessity must await the finishing of the
alious surveys
! Captain White said last evening that
he would not delay the preparation OF
the estimates once he had the data at
hand. The reason for the rushing OF this
work was to have the report, upon the
site, and the estimates for the station.
in the hands Of the Secretary of the
Navy before the end of the year. or early
In the next one, SO that a special mes
sage might be sent to Congress contain
ing all the data, and this will furnish
the Committee on Naval Affairs of the
House with all the information for the
drawing OIL tne Teaii E1dtpoE' ciduss W
the appropriation bill.
| Since the return of Captain Merry he
has received from Washington a letter
urging a speedy termination of the suits
and a report which will permit the prep
laration of estimates for the work, which
must be done here. as soon as the Con-
gress shall pass the appropriation bill.
AS the coming session of Congress is the
long one, there will be nothing done
here until the opening of the next fiscal
year. and it Is expected that the first ap-
preparation will be of about $2,000. 900.
which Will permit the Inauguration of the
work upon large scale at once,
The fences of the Carr Company, in