The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-02-21

/ Among the military passengers In the
Grant on the way to Manila is Col.
VIM. T. G. IL. Davis. corps OF engineers.
Colonel Davis was last here I'm the fall
as "A member of the Notifications board,
which formulated the plan for the de-
| fenses of Honolulu and the Island Of
| Oahu. He has been appointed as the
engineer officer on the staff OF General
] Chaffee. and president OF the board
which is to prepare the plans for the
Gcfenses of the Philippine group.
Il saw IL printed before | left San
Francisco that the plans for defenses
OF Honolulu. Oahu, mad been approved
by General Gillespie, chief of the corps.
and that an appropriation had been
asked for the inauguration OF the work
of construction. There evidently was
a misprint as the figure was put at
$1,000, but both Colonel Heuer and my
self believe that the amount meant was
a half million dollars. This will be
little enough to start this important
work. There was nothing made public
of this report. and there never is any
open publication of plans for defenses.
There is "A great deal to do I'm the
/ Philippines, and | am looking forward
to a very busy tour OF duty there"
The transport Grant. which arrived Off
port and anchored outside on Monday
b night, locked in the naval slip yesterday
morning. She showed signs of having
[ encountered rough weather and her
smoke stack was encrustod with salt.
! During the worst of the weather, sew
oral OF the forward ventllators were car
ried away.
The Grant has on board 800 recruits
under command Of Lieutenant Colonel
Charles IL. Noble, Sixteenth Infantry, u.
/ $. 4. There are also twenty school
teachers ana twenty hospital corps men
going through to the Philippines.
The only arrival yesterday was the
I steamer Mauna Loa, from Lahaina, Ma
aiaea, Kona and kau ports, which got
in at Sl5 a, m, with passengers, 76iO
bags Of sugar, 30 head OF cattle and a
lot Of sundries.
She brought news that the wharf at
Re Au llou was totally destroyed last
Friday by heavy seas and that the wharf
at Hoopuloa was partly wrecked on the
game day,
lie Au Hou harbor Is one OF the best
sheltered harbors in the Islands, and Ia
situated quite way from the sea, access
being gained to 1t by means OF narrow
channel.
on Friday the waves broke on both
sides of the channel and banking up IN
the center toward the landing, rolled IL
with such force that the wharf could no
resist them, and had to give way.
Following is PuTser smerson's repor
. OF the trip:
. . Fine weather and smooth seas a
/ Hamakua, no rain, Fine weather ant
smooth seas along Kau coasts from tn
day We arrived, "Wednesday, February Il
until two days later, when 1t blew gal
. from SW, At II o'clock on Friday morn
. ing We had to stop work on account o
p. the wind. At 1880 Saturday the win
/, moderated, and did not blow again unit
We left,
Returning from Kau on Sunday, W
did not land at Hoopuloa on account q
y the heavy southern swell The mail wa
% brought on board on canoe. Hoopulo
g wharf was partly broken by the SCI
At ilookena We attempted to land bu
Il failed. We We're forced to return bac
y To steamer and proceeded TO Napoopo,
Is where We laid to all night. The ma
It was brought overland to Kailua.
'on Monday morning We took on Nj