The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-11
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the fair sex of the island, desiring t
beautify their gardens with new varie
ties. He says he is confident that tn
appropriation for the experiment sta
ton, under Mr.. Jared Smith, will reacl
$4,000 this year, instead of $4,000, a.
1t was last year.
The papers in the court martial o
Lieut.. Howells, whose wife was a Hon
olulu girl, are still on the desk of Sec
rotary of War Root. a few days age
Senator Allison of Iowa called at the
department in behalf of the young
man, but the Secretary at this writing
has taken no action. Strong influence
is being brought to bear in his favor
SITE AT PEARL HARBOR.
The Geographic news of the success
of the government in securing a site
for a naval station at Pearl Harbor,
printed here few days ago, was re-
ceived with much satisfaction in the
Navy Department Admiral Bradford,
the chief of the Bureau of Equipment
and Repair. who has the matter in
charge, has received nothing yet Off
cially from Honolulu about the con-
demnat ton proceedings. Regarding the
purchase he spoke as follows:
.swhat the government desired was
on the south side of Pearl Harbor, on
what is known as the Bishop estate. The
site originally fixed upon covered an area
of 500 acres. The estate fixed the value
at $500 an acre, which the United States
considered exorbitant. The condemna-
ton proceedings We're then instituted, un-
der the laws of the Hawaiian Islands
providing for the condemnation of lands
for government purposes.
II the reports of the finding of the
jury in the condemnation proceedings be
true, but Of this have no official knowI-
edge as yet, the United States will pur-
chase from the Bishop estate a tract OF
too acres, which. at SIS acre the price
reported fixed by the jury, would make
purchase price but $4,000 We have an
appropriation OF s15O,Oo0, and this would
leave residue of sos, 600 to be expended
for damages and all other expenses. The
damages that would of necessity have to
be paid, would be those in cases where a
company had leased a part of the
ground. and had IL ready for sugar cane
cultivation. PREPARATION would be de-
manded for such improvements
Again, the United States government
would have to meet the claims of certain
people to whom the government of Ha-
wan has sold certain fishing rights, and
these would in all probability have 10 be
adjusted. in order to free the land in
Guided in the prospective naval station
from all membranes
CUBAN AFFAIRS.
There is little new in the Cuban sit
uation, as affecting Hawaiian inter
ests- The proposition to grant a boun-
ty on Cuban sugar, instead of reducing
the tariff, which was outlined in the
last Washington letter to the Advertis-
er, Is being pressed and reports from
the White House are that it meets
with some favor from President Roose-
welt. 1t was put forward by Mr.. Hen
ry T. Oxnard. representing the beet SUI
gar interests here, as already stated.
and viii be strongly urged before in
nuential Senators and members of the
House, when Congress reconvenes one
week from today. Mr. Haywood viii
JOIN In urging the plan. just as soon as
the statesmen came back here and the
indifference to legislative topics. char
acteristiS of the holiday season, has
disappear
1t is to our interest to ally our