The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-15

AID To The
PORT.
River and Harbor
Bill Soon To
Shape Up.
HonoIuIans at Capitol.
The Governors
Report.
(Mail Special to the Advertiser.)


WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. s.
Chairman T. E. Burton, of the House
River and Harbor Committee. when
here few days ago, stated that there
would be a river and harbor bill at
the session of Congress this winter and
that his committee would begin the
preparation of that measure immedi-
ately after the election, which is Nov
ember 8. The purpose of the early
preparation is to have the bill some-
where near ready for consideration by
the House when Congress meets early
in December.
He reiterated his friendliness towards
Hawaii. 81 feel disposed to do some
thing on that bill, for the outlying pos
sessions, if it be possible said Mr..
Burton, ''but I do not want the facts
regarding the harbors out there pre-
scented to me now. 1 should forget it
all between now and November. After
the election I shall be glad to hear
can be considered when we get to
making up our BILL
The intention is to ask the commit
tee for $25O,o for Honolulu harbor and
to press for that very earnestly. AS
is probably we'll understood already in
Honolulu, the Territory will get moth
+l,s fno
are pressed before Congress. The eff
fort will be to concentrate upon a few
of the most urgent matters and not
let up till they are granted. One of
these few items will be a $a50.000 ap-
preparation for Honolulu harbor. AL
though the appropriation of that with
out complete survey may be irregu-
lar Mr.. Burton is a very sensible man
about improvements and a strong plea
will be made with him as to the urgen-
cy of the Honolulu improvement. The
to enter the harbor there and the pros
poets that they will have to take the
northern passage, unless the harbor be
deepened,. as well as other arguments,
will be pressed home forcibly.
JAPANESE FOR PANAMA
Some inquiries have come here from
Japan and also from Honolulu about
the availability of Japanese laborers
for digging the Panama Canal. The
information thus far gained is not
of very favorable character In the first
place it is not altogether improbable
that little labor from distant places will
be wanted. Admiral Walker, chief of
the Canal Commission, said the other
day that laborers were pouring in up
On the isthmus from Trinidad and adj
jacent places in expectation Of getting
long jobs on the big ditch. The French
left quite a working force in the Guile
bra cut. Furthermore the recent es-
Inmates of the engineers are for much
smaller number of 1aborers than ORR
ginally. AT first Admiral Walker
thought that as many as 10000 labor
ers would be wanted. Chief Engineer
Wallace, after looking the project over
closely, is convinced that improved
will play a much greater
part in the excavations than was sup
posed and that this machinery will
take the place of thousands upon thou
sands of laborers. Admiral Kenney
who has recently been upon the 18TH
mus, stated his opinion the other day
that the working force of laborers nee
essary might be as small as 1000.
There is another difficulty about en-
yaging japanese laborers. 1t is the
assurances required by the Imperial |
government that these laborerS be well |
cared for and that they be returned |
eventually to their homes. These bonds |
Ind guarantees, required by the I'M |
oeria1 government, are costly and OBJ |
,ained only after considerable difficult |
". Especially with but small force |
If laborers needed. the prospects of |
Japanese labor being employed on the |
,anal is very small
IN WASHINGTON. |
Mr.. j. S. McCandless. of Honolulu, Is
rip to New York tomorrow. He is
here primarily to place his neice in a 1
boarding school at Forest Glen, which /
s about half hours ride from this
,ity. Mr.. McCandless expects to re-
urn here before he starts West.
DR.. I. Mort, of Honolulu. well known /
IS physician there, is at the New Will
ard Hotel in this city. He has come
o the States TO read a medical paper
IN brain surgery before the Medical |
Congress at ST. Louis. His visit to
is both on business and on
pleasure. The doctor is highly pleased
'ver his trip through the States.
Hon. and Mrs. William HAYWOOD