The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-10-18
PEARL fIARBOR SURVEYS
SOON TO BE UNDER WAY

the shore. the point being kept in view
all the time, that there will be always
a chance that the station will have to
be enlarged, rather than contracted.
1t has been decided by Secretary of
the Navy Long that he Will make no
recommendation to Congress for an
appropriation for the station here un-
til he has been assured that the land
has been secured or price set upon
it. at least. This is the usual course
of the department for the reason that
il is certain that the entire sum ap-
propriated would be needed for any
purchase. The work of the court is
expected to be completed before the
end of the year, and the surveys and
mapping will be done in time to per-
nit the report of the engineers to be
sent to Washington not later than the
middle of January. This will permit
the making of a special report to Con-
gress, which will be in time for the
consideration of the committee on ma
val affairs during it's work upon the
regular naval appropriation bill.
While there has come to the officers
of the naval establishment stationed
here nothing officially of the intentions
of the government as to the ultimate
end to be attained in the Pearl Har-
Dor station, it has been learned unof-
| flcially that there is a belief that this
should be when 1t has reached its full
growth, the second in point of size and
capacity of the naval stations of the
Pacific. The greatest naval station of
the United States for the western
ocean will be that at Subig bay. There
is contemplated for that port sta
tiop which will give to the vessels on
the Philippine station every advantage
of repair and new construction enjoyed
at any yard in the country.
| Captain White, who has had wide ex-
perience in the East, said recently.
when speaking of the site for this
naval station. that at no place in the
lcountry was there perfect "A point
for the location of a station as the
lands now condemned at Pearl lochs.
He said he had visited all the stations
from Portsmouth, y. H., down the
Atlantic coast and the two on the Pa
cilc, but that the availability and
natural adaptability of the local sta
ton site was superior to all Of these
The fact that this will be the port of
call for all ships of the navy taking
station in the Philippines and return
ing from that point, will make ii nee
essary to have the local yards mos,
perfect, so as to complete any work
which may be needed.
! The policy of the nation is to make
, the docks which it builds of a size t.
|
this plan it is expected, will be follow
ed here. The advantage Of such docks
is apparent, as the navy docks ar,
always at the command of the mer
chant marine when they are not in us,
by the navy for it's own vessels. Th'
' result would be that large vessels
would come here where there wer,
shops where they could be repaired il
the event of any damage being don,
to them. The docks which are to b.
, planned here will be large enough t.
take in and handle easily the larges
ships of the navy. and this means tina
: there is at present no vessel built o
. building for the Pacific which coul,
| rot be accommodated. The Navy De
partment has proved at Boston tina
, with large docks the merchant nav!
will always increase. because of th'
sense of security, and this will surel,
result in the western ocean.