The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-10

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torial revenues for carrying on the pub
lie business; the necessity of the estab-
iishment of a bureau of forestry, to be
upon scientific principles;
the need of a Federal building in Homo
lulu for the accommodation of the Fed
eral Court, the postoffice and internal
revenue officers; the question of the in
PRODUCTION of Chinese laborerS for linn
tied periods and for the performance Of
agricultural labor only, and protection
of sea fisheries.
Pardon this very brief statement Not
knowing the methods your committee
would adopt in making it's investiga-
tions, the government of the Territory
had refrained from the initiative but
holds itself in readiness to respond to
the plans of your committee and to aid
1t In all possible ways.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) SANFORD B. DOLE.
SECRETARY CooPER's POINTS.
AS the Governor made no oral COM
ments Secretary Cooper was examined
next being sworn and presenting Ills
testimony at length and at times Illus
trating his points by the use of maps
and being assisted also by Assistant
Superintendent of Public Works Mars
ton Campbell. He began with the state
ment that the lighthouses of the Ter
ritory were here under it's control,
which was not the case in any other
portion of the United States. Senator
Foster wanted to know if any member
of the Lighthouse Board had visited
the islands, and was informed that
there had been no such inspection, but
that the Board and the Secretary of
the Treasury had approved all of his
suggestions and had recommended his
appropriations as he had submitted
them. The trouble was that there had
been no action by Congress upon these
recommendations.
The items of lighthouse appropria
tions as Mr.. Cooper set them forth be-
gan with that for Makapuu point, to
cost $4,000, which was needed as
through the Molokai channel there
passes the commerce of this port with
the California coast. AT Kahului there
is needed light at the cost of $40, 600,
as it would have to be on the reef and
would be constructed of concrete. On
the Pupa coast, at Ala point, one would
cost $4,000. For the use of local COM
merce light should be placed at Kai-
lua, Hawaii at a cost of $4,000. These
had been recommended last year, but
there is now the need of light at the
entrance to Honolulu harbor, the pres
ent light being of small size and so
obscured by recent buildings that it is
not picked up until the vessels are
coming into the harbor. The proposed
light will be of better quality and in
a much different building. There was
too an estimate for a tender for the
lights which would cost $125, 900. The
improvements asked would cost about
$50 600, and the maintenance something
above $500 a month. The department
had also recommended a revenue cut
ter at cost of 100000.
Secretary Cooper then took up the
dredging of Honolulu harbor and show
ed by map just what would be need
ed as well as what had been done by
the Territorial government, at an ex-
pense of S61 1,02S, before the funds ran
out. The estimated cost of the dredg-
ing was 100000. The commission then
noted the ownership of the riparian
rights and that as the harbor now
stands vessels can enter it at night
as well as in the day.
Senator Burton wanted to know about
Quarantine Island and wanted to see
the contract of settlement between the
government and the railroad company.
Secretary Cooper said he had never had
the contract which it turned out was
in the possession of the governor.
Senator Mitchell introduced the Kalihi
harbor plan and asked if the Secretary
thought the dredging of a channel wise.
Cooper said he thought it would be-,
though he was not informed as to the
soundings so as to talk of the cost of
I,,k n
that the bottom in the latter basin was
of mud which could he deepened readi-
ly. The commission showed some de-
sire to know if this would not give
the railroad company great frontage,
and asked again If the contract provid-
ed who was to dredge the channel.
Taking up Hilo Mr.. Cooper suggested
the necessity for S500,000 for a break
water. He said there should be such
an aid to commerce, owing to the open
roadstead, and answered Mr.. Burton's
suggestion that naval officers said ev-
erything was safe by telling of an ex-
perience with a gale in the harbor when
many ships We're greatly endangered.
Speaking next of the public building
situation he said that the purchase of
a site for building here would amount
to s150,000 and that the government had
no lands suitable for such purpose.
The recommendation for Hilo was for
postoffice, to cost $4,000, and the
commission was shown that the custom
house could not well be at the same
point, owing to the great distance from
the water front. There was some dis
cussion on this point which Mr.. Burton
dismissed with the remark:
"Oh, that's largely a matter for the
Delegate to Congress-
VIEWS ON LABOR.
Secretary Cooper said he had other
matters to present, such as the COIN
age, but was advised to write letters
containing them fully, when he men
toned the labor question, and at once
the commission wanted information
Mr.. Cooper said that this was the most
important subject before the commits
sion. He said the need of field labor
was great and he thought the best
plan was that suggested that there be
introduced an amount of unskilled la
Dor for the plantations. men who when
they ceased to perform such service
should be sent back TO their native
country. He explained the old system