The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-10-18
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AID TO THE
PORT.
River and Harbor
Bill Soon To
Shape Up.
Ntan sneclal to the AdyertIser.)

Chairman T. f.. Burton, of the House
River and Harbor Committee, when
here a few days ago, stated that there
would be q 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 S. 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. Il feel disposed to do some
thing on that bill for the outlying pos
sessions If 1t be possible" said Mr..
Burton, but / do not want the facts
regarding the harbors out there pre-
sented to me now. / should forget it
all between now and November After
the election l shall be glad to hear
what the conditions are so that they
can be considered when we get to
making up our bill"
The intention Is to ask the commit
tee for $4,000 for Honolulu harbor and
to press for that very earnestly. AS
is probably well understood already in
Honolulu, the Territory will get moth
ing this winter If too many requests
are pressed before Congress The eff
fort will be to concentrate upon few
of the most urgent matters and not
let up till they are granted. One of
these few items will be a S2500o0 APP
preparation for Honolulu harbor. AL
though the appropriation of that with
out a complete survey may be frregu-
lar Mr.. Burton is very sensible man
about improvements and strong plea
will be made with him as to the urgen-
cy of the Honolulu Improvement The
inability of the big Pacific Mail liners
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 availa bility of Japanese laborers
for digging the Panama Canal. The
information thus far gained Is not a
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 We're 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 working force in the Guile
bra cut. Furthermore the recent es
Inmates of the engineers are for a much
smaller number of laborers than ORR
ginally. At first Admiral Walker
thought that as many as $1,000 labor
ers would be wanted. Chief Engineer
Wallace, after looking the project over
closely is convinced that improved
machinery 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-
gaging Japanese laborers. 1t is the
assurances required by the Imperial
government that these laborers be we'll
cared for and that they be returned
eventually to their homes. These bonds
and guarantees, required by the Im-
perial government, are costly and OBJ
tanned only after considerable Difficult
ty. Especially with but a small force
of laborers needed, the prospects of
japanese labor being employed on the
canal is very small
IN WASHINGTON. |
Mr.. ], $ McCandless. of Honolulu, Is
I'm Washington today and starts on n |
trip 10 New York tomorrow. lie is |
here primarily to place his ueiCe In a
boarding school at Forest Glen when |
is about half hours ride from this |
city, Mr. McCandless expects TO re- |
turn here before he starts West
DR., l. Mort N Honolulu. well known |
as physician there, is al the New VIII
lard Hotel In this city lie has come
10 the states "a read a medical paper |
on brain surgery before the Medical |
Congress az s. Louis, Ills visit 10
is both on business and on |
pleasure Tho doctor Is highly pleased
over his trip through the states.
Hon ana Mrs, william Haywood |
have arrived here from Honolulu ana /
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lipth enjoyed thuir stay tn lhr islands
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