The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-09-04
IMMIGRATION
STATION WILL BE
PUSHED ALONG
Sareent's PIans...Another Pearl Har-
Dor Commission May
Come Here.
MAIL SPECIAL TO THE ADvERTIsER)


WAsHlNGTON D. c, Aug. 21.Commissioncr of immigration
Sargent said TODAY that he expected for bids for the
construction of the Honolulu would be ready about Sept
preparations of the plans for the new station have been
over to the Supervising Architect OF the Treasury Mr. James Is lay
He work them and the specifications VIII proDaDy
be ready in the course OF a week or So
TN the meantime" Sargent this afternoon 81 am pre-I
pairing filling done the site OF the station and IN the
vicinity thereof going advertise to have that work done just
possible that may be out OF the way by the date W"
ready to proceed the construction of the station
1t is Navy Department that while the compromise
with regard acquisition of land at Pearl iaror has been ac
ccpted specific ideas prevail the expenditure OF available aPI
propaion towards the improvement OF the harbr I'D"
been taken probably will be for the present 1t was stated
at the Department that probably the first thing done
would be the appointment commission of officers to visit Pearl
IIarlo recommendations on which to proceed Noths
in that has been considered however, but Will
be no surprise if that is done in the early autumn
Dr. Walter Wyman surgeon general OF the Marine Eoha oe'
vice said Yesterday should await recommendations from the
surgeon stationed Honolulu about the expenditure Of the appo
praons by Congress for the wharf and seawa we
have done nothing yet added the Doctor and Will De some
months before the work be nauguaed expect the recoeoa
ons of DR. Cofer will reach me before long
The Hospital service is taking no steps towards further
investigation the eper settlement Hawai- as means OF verifying
dpoving the assertions the Mitchell report But u'e Woo
has gradually gone here that the recommendations OF the Nit
ce report pers should not be seriously considered Tor no
one else than Mitchell himself has made it known that he
likely insist Jpn legislation out his recommendations and
in fact entirely that the situation should remain just as Is
leaving the Hawaiian authorities to manage the settlement as y l"'
done years gone by.
Sonic careful inquiry Interior Department to the
for change in public land the territory
brought out similar The officials OF the Department do
not sanction any propositions for radical changes realizing that the
system working fairly well and that great caution should De OBJ
making sweeping changes There endevor to make
great mystery but officials plainly state that it exceedingly
doubtful whether the recommendation OF the Mitchell report as TO p"
lands will be seriously considered in Congress
War Department today little could be learned about t
policy sending army transports to Manila by way OF honolulu
I1nfl, Inv Of
quaremase generals department at San Francisco co., long now
in the office quarermaser general and immediate charge OF
the transport service said that nothing official had come to HIM on
the subject and affirmed by the acting quartcrnaster general
Hall acting adutan general in the absence of Gen Cor
bin said that had been the custom OF the Department in recent tunes
send other transport to Manila by way OF the southern
and Honolulu added the rested entirely with the
Quatcrmastcr General who could his pleasure direct that trans
ports go entirely the Southern by the Northern route lhe wa"
Department poessed knowledge OF communications from
in Honolulu regarding the price OF coal or transports
touching there but probably that because many officers IN cS
OF such annual leave
DR. Waiter Wyman sayshe has been compelled to torego his trip
Important Washington has made impossible for him
get away from Washington for a long period ,
und Industr OF uv IT, 1903 according made
Russia the planted in 1908
352S dcsan (S6525 acres) being o2 per cent
less than in OF the 47376 dessane 779o acres) pae
1902 25o5 dessatnes oo76S acrcs) failed seedme leaving
only 524S69 deatines (47,I46 acres to produce crop
Very efforts being made just to widely adver
projects irrigation throughout the arid regions OF the West
The irrigation Congress in Ogden the middle OF next month
The Union Pacific Railroad has completed plans to take large COM
Of Washington correspondents representing leading papers on an
eighteen day trip touching several cities going and coming he
purpose furnish information these writers who have large
share in modng public opinion about the extent and importance
irrigation
coming years irrigation questions will undoubtedly claim great
Congress- The government will be called
to spend many millions O dollars in such projects.
Assistant Attorney General Campbell OF the Interior Department
has under consideration law question from Governor Dole about the
form of transferring titles to lands in Honolulu 1t kindred to the
question submitted about year ago as to whether title should pass
through the Territory through the United States 1t not known