The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-20
the irrigation plans of the Nahiku
sugar plantation.

the irrigation plans of the Nahiku
sugar plantation.
MAY DELAY NAVAL STATION.
Delegate Wilcox is in receipt of sew
eral letters from the owners of land
adjoining Pearl ISarbor, which the
government proposes TO take under the
right of eminent domain. These let
ters protest against the low price fixed
for the land and request him to appeal
TO Congress and Navy Department au-
thorities in their behalf. A talk this
morning with Admiral Bradford, chief
of the Bureau of Equipment and Re-
pair, convinced your correspondent
that they have nothing to hope for in
that quarter. The letters from some Of
the owners to the tax authorities, pro-
testing against a valuation of $50 an
acre for the land as too high is pretty
good proof for US, said the Admiral,
as to what they regarded the land as
really worth.
Stepping to big roll of maps on the
wall, he selected one which shows the
vicinity of Pearl Harbor. That little
island in there, he continued. pointing
to Ford'S Island, could have been
bought a few years ago for 100000:
now they are asking 100000. 1 would
have liked to have 1t for the govern
rnent. but Gid not have the money.
The admiral Indicated that he would
hardly ask Congress for any more
money for the construction of the ma
val station at this session. The War
Department is now engaged in DIRE 1S-
ing and Strengthening the channel, said
he. 1t will take us a little time yet to
go through the formalities of getting
the land. We shall fence 1t and survey
ii. Then there is some work to be done
in building the sheds for the coal piers
on the reclaimed land near Honolulu,
which was taken for the United States
government. The admiral commented
with satisfaction upon the prospects CT
a dry dock on the swampy portion Sf
the plot, which, he says, can be easily
dredged out. The official papers re-
garding the proceedings for the Bishop
estate have been received here.
HELIEF FOR HOWELLS.
1t was expected that the Secretary OF
War would have reached a decision to-
day in the court martial of Lieut.. How
ellis, frequently referred to of late in
these letters as of special interest in
Hawaii. Mr.. Root has carefully read
all the evidence in the case, and it has
been reviewed by the Judge Advocate
General of the army, who at the pres
ent moment has the papers in his pos
session. Some weeks ago when the
matter was first taken up, it was re-
garded as almost hopeless for Lieut..
Howells, but it can be stated on good
authority that the Secretary of War, in
studying the evidence, has found little
to warrant the severe verdict. Unless
the Judge Advocate General comes for
ward with a strong recommendation to
uphold the verdict of the court, there
Is pretty good ground for believing that
the young officer will get off with a
light sentence. and that he viii escape
dismissal from the army.
Mr.. II. Z. Hendrick. manager of the
Iron and Monumental Company of
Honolulu is here, a guest at the Ma
tional hotel.
4 patent has been granted here TO
Benjamin d. Baldwin of Maui. Ha-
waii, for plow. Considering the pop
ulatior and industrial conditions in the
territory, there are large number of
on file from Hawaii before
the patent office.
Mr.. r. w. BreckonS OF Cheyenne,
Wyo., the new District Attorney for
Hawaii, is in Washington, awaiting his
by the Senate. He eX-
poets to start for Hawaii to assume
his official duties about Feb. l. Mr..
Breckons is n graduate of Georgetown
University in this city and has many
friends here.
BEET SUGAR MEN ACTIVE.
The crusade against 'v-er tariff du-
ties on sugar from Cuba has been in
allegiance for some weeks, but Will be
now .ith Vigor. Mr.. l1erry
T. Oxnard, representing the beet sugar
irit -: IS in Was,JiT gtnl. has Dc Ell out
=; town for sev-.. u days, hut i"ITrae1
Saturday and is UrGIng his bounty
viso .ous!y. The sentiment
-TlHrg men We'll posted IN Legislative
lEa'-s is quite ur vAr5Il that n Sucn
{ Gi;; ition as the Cubans desire i5 pes
-ible az this sTsr' II. in fact that noth-
in.g -,ill be done - al. In the first
MACE the Cuba Il rlGEt 'i's as I'3,ntec
out in these letters some time since,
injured their cause by coming here ana
prociainninF what they must
nave. Then. until the Cuban govern
nent is inaugurated, it is regarded as