The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-19
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any Hawaiian legislation Its first work
will in all likelihood be the statehood
bills, which will occupy the time for
several weeks.
Assistant Secretary Armstrong of
the Treasury Department stated today
that no further action had been taken
about sending revenue cutter to Ha-
wall The feet has just come down
from Alaska and he should be able to
make his selection of ship for the
islands at an early day. but he is not
able yet to speak anything definite.
IMMIGRANT STATION.
The construction. of the immigrant
station for Hawaii also remains in
stated today that the matter of formally
transferring the title to the site from
the Navy Department was still hang
ing fire. There is, of course, no effort
to hasten the matter because of the
apparent mpossibility of fastening the
work on the construction. Members of
Congress and Senators from many
states are plying the supervising
architects office with requests for the
early construction of buildings author
lied in their own localities by the last
Congress and there is a vast accumula-
ton of work which it will take several
months to clear away
Lucio Ferreira, of Paauhau, Hawaii.
has been granted a patent on an aerial
tramway for conveying crops or mer-
chandise'
Mr. w. N Armstrong, of Hawaii,
who has, been away from the islands
for several months, has been in Wash
ington for several days. He is enjoy
ing good health and has been visiting
many of his old friends in town. Be
fore long he plans visit to Hampton,
Va, his former home, where he still has
some interests
HAWAIIAN POSTOFFICES.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow has prepared a list of gross
receipts of all postoffices by states and
territories. This shows that the gross
receipts in Hawaii for the last fiscal
year were $II7,o22. SO. This includes,
not only the presidential Offices, figures
for which were given in recent letter,
but also the fourth-class postoffices. The
average expenditure per capita for mail
nlstcrial, was therefore 70 cents in Ha-
wall. which thus ranks well down to-
/ wards the foot of the list The average
! expenditure per capita in New York.
which heads the list, is $2.o8. There
are 81 postoffices all told in the territory
of Hawaii, which in the average ex-
penditure per capita. ranks 44th being
Just below the average in Tennessee
and just above the average expendi
ture in Indian Territory The territory
,-a,,l-s 81, -
Offices with the states and other terri
tories of the union
There has never been but one petit
ton from the islands for the establish
ment of rural free delivery route,
says Mr.. BriStow That petition was
reported upon adversely
Hawaii has 50 postoffices, where mon
ely orders are issued and "a postofices
where there are no money orders is
sued. These are solely fourth class
| postoffices, where the postmasters are
appointed by the Fourth Assistant and
not by the President.
/ There is much favorable comment
here over the conservative character of
the immigration and labor committees
! OF the House, just announced by Speak
er Cannon. Heretofore Speakers have
been careless in the makeup of those
committees, which made annoyance
from ill-advised legislation on the sub
lects of immigration and labor, both
vital to the territory of Hawaii, easy.
As things look now that will not be
so easy in the House hereafter and
there will not be any necessity of so
much reliance upon the Senate to stop
bad legislation.
ERNEST G. WALKER.