The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-15
TO Spend $l5,OOO,OOO
ON PEARL HARBOR STATION
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE ULTIMATELY
SPENT BY UNITED STATES IN ESTABLISHING NAVAL
YARD AND SUPPLY BASE AT PEARL HARBOR-WILL
MAKE THIS POSITION ABSOLUTELY IMPROBABLE.

The press dispatches regarding the probable appointment
Admiral Merry this again and of the nava
yard Pearl arbor taken the local naval indicative
of the fact that the compromise regarding the Honolulu Plantations
lease OF Pearl Habor land has satisfactorily settled Fran
will be about the best that Honolulu has received
annexation will that OF money be spend by
Pearl Harbo and that large OF this will be
these islands.
In the opinion OF Captain L. S G. White the acting commandanr
Naval Station and SI5Oooooo will prob
ably be spent by the United States in making the Pearl Harbor naval
station OF the finest in the possession OF this Captain
White has prepared estimates and plans for the first OF the work
may be mde CAPTAIN Whites estimates which are now in the hands
the Bureau OF Yards and Docks the Navy Department. call for the
eXpendg SoooOoo He has figured the construction OF
$50 length the other $50
length There will be machine shops pumping plants railway Off
and various other departments incidental the manen
of upoate naval base The ordinance department to be
located Kuahua island
The estimates Captain White engineer
Honolulu do include everything that will ultimately
added the station He has provided for machine shops
but there will doubt be more added Repair shops OF the most ca
description will be the yard The Army and
Navy Journal stated time that the intention OF department
make the Pearl Harbor station he second largest the Pacific
the largest to be located at either Cavte or Manila.
The Hawaiian Islands the strategic key the Pacific Their inn
from military standpoint has long been recognized The
QUESTION OF the right establish base Pearl Harbor by the
islands In the opinion OF naval and military men Pearl iabor will
have be made absolutely the complete bases the
this place Dry docking facilities being provided ea
scale and in addition the repair shops and boundaries be added
But the Pearl 1abor base not only be made compet will
made absolutely mpregnabl. With this end in view
has already selected the sites for the ong OF this ISL
AS illustration OF the importance OF holding this Pearl Habor
yard anywhere
twenty houses where food supplies will be kept
The instant that with foreign nation likely supplies
feed than the number OF people the island for many months
would be rushed house In addition these food
houses, coal storage facilities accommodate
will be added to the naval station.
Naturally impossible the when the work
Naval will begin There excellent thinking
that the preliminary appropriations will be secured the
Congress- This would work would be begun year
Captain White thinks that within five time there will lie pretty
fine yard Pearl Habor In that he thinks that least
$5oOOOoO will be spent by the government the work OF building
the yard and establishing the base.
The question of supplying the material and labor for this
work Honolulu Captain White
with the the broken rock be used the
practically all of the Supplies and materials will have
mainland The will be from these islands
dock about 10000 cubic yards this will be required In
on this dock there will be other Wo
necessary. All OF the material this purchased
islands.
Captain White people
the contracts for supplying the material The mainland
will be after the why
other important permitted except
certain classes OF SubcOnrac large body will given
Oyment the work begun After ward will
completed force of from $50 will be constantly employed
in the various departments al the yard
In addition the work the naval ward the orfcatOns
commended by the Heer board will call Cor the eNpndng
100000 $5OooOOO will be but question comparatively
time before all OF this begins be coming Honolulu The
policy OF the United States take among pow
erfu nations In order do this effectively mpregnabe
at Pearl Harbor is OF the necessary details