The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-05
ISLAND MATTERS
PRESENTED At
FEDERAL PITAL
Continued from page L,

0AOunuS. he haQ numerous phott
graphs and maps of Honolulu and Hi
along with him and these were exhil
tied to members of the committee. Sci
rotary Shaw and members of the Hous
: committee expressed surprise that NJ
y Eustis had been able to so successful
n arrange for sites for public buildings 4
the two cities, and without cost to tn
Federal government. Mr. Eustis rea,
his report to the committee and tomor
row expects to formally submit it t,
Secretary Of the Treasury, who viii
transmit it to the Speaker of the House
Mr.. Eustis's report describes tn,
necessity of having a large space fol
handling mail and five separate deliv.
cry windows for the different nation
i alities. He says the post office is badly
crowded at present He cites the serv-
ices of Postmaster Oat, and states that
in ten years the postal business has
increased tenfold. He also tells about
the meeting of citizens in Honolulu
and the choice of a committee at the
| head of which was Hon. L. A Thurston
to assist in selecting a site. He told
about the quarantine at Honolulu, and
| the increasing receipts of the customs
house as a basis for the statement that
! he agrees thoroughly with the citizens
| of Honolulu that the customs house
| should stay where it is.
| Mr.. Eustis then says he thinks the
Bishop site the best and most available
one for postoffice, and tells how Gov
ernor Dole has cabled his approval of
it.
Taking up the situation at Hilo, Mr..
Eustis comments upon the public spirit
and loyalty of the residents there, and
upon the probabilities of a great har-
Dor there. He says that the present
postoffice building is both inadequate
and unsafe, and recommends a public
building for all Federal offices upon the
site selected by the citizens. He quotes
Superintendent Cooper's opinion that
the entire block is too large, but Mr.
Eustis says he does not agree with that
opinion. He adds that so much Of the
block as is not Immediately used can
be devoted to uses as public park.
Mr.. Eustis also devotes some space
to the lighthouses of the Islands, de1
scribes the crude lights and recon-
mends the transfer and maintenance
thereof to the Federal government. In
concluding his report, he says:
!. In submitting this report, permit me
to express my warm appreciation of
the favors and kindnesses shown to me
in the matters had in hand, and the
public spirit manifested by the citizens
of Honolulu and HiIo. Earnest, enter
prising citizens, full of faith and pluck, |
noble of principle and broad of thought |
make a progressive city. Such is the
type of citizens responsible for the
present, and on whom rests the future,
Of those cities of our tropical seas. 1t is
but a young while since voluntarily
they came under our flag, and yet 1
find the spirit of patriotism and love of
union as keen and strong as though
he Stars and Stripes had for a century
waved over the Islands. Since the
lays when the Friend sailed from New ;
England with missionaries for the dis
ant isles, planting there the faith and !
haracter of Plymouth Rock, their his {
Dry has been eagerly watched and t
herished by the American people. ]
a. IL
lay this happy union be to them in
material sense helpful and not hurt
IL G,
The passage by the Senate today of ?,
bill to construct a revenue cutter for :,
lie Hawaiian Islands probably pre- o,
ages the enactment of the bill into E,
W at this session. !,
NO ADVERSE LEGISLATION. m
It is known here that Mr.. w. o. ia
NTH, of Honolulu, is en- route to I'll
ashington to make vigorous protest CT
'ainst some of the recommendations d
Senator MitchelIs committee. Mr.. m
nith's visit will undoubtedly do much la
emphasize the sentiment of the Is tiC
nds upon Senators and Members, but su
is fair to say that there is not the of
hottest prospect of any legislation at of
IS session along the line of suspending lul
= land laws or of colonizing the We
ers. The Importance of such mat tai
5 to people on the Islands undoubt- fie
y emphasizes the supposed danger, era
Hawaii has TOO many friends in he
ngress to permit of the passage of pri
h legislation without a long and tai
tracted struggle, which will be i'm
sible at this session of Congress,
en- there is little time and every bit
that in demand for bills of general
crest. By next session much of the A
chelI report will have been for Toll