The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-01
WHAT Pearl HARBoR MEANS TO HAWAII

OF at Pearl HarboT great
national enterprise affecting relations and world
politics The relation of the subject discussed
elsewhere will purely local effect Hawaii and
the OF but academic interest the great outside
world, but vitality interesting who live here
The Advertiser believes direct and indirect
effects naval Harbor will rank in importance on
equal with the overthrow OF the monarchy annexation 70
and the establishment OF cable communication
with and Asia.
A necessary class naval station at Pearl a
Dor will be first fortifcations protect it.
Adequate Notifications of twelve inch mortars, eight
and guns and turets contain them In
these for OF officers
and soldiers vu1be required
will consist shPyard docks shops ana IN
cdntai enpoments less than 1000 to
5000 according the work hand while not less than 500
officers and guards will be required for naval
purposes
permanent employees and Of the officers stationed at
and the naval station will be accompanied
by their families. ]
The ordinary number family FIVE Reduce this
FOUR number of with families
only thousand and this will addition to the Popu
1aton of 5000.
This will not be ALL for being point midway between
Francisco the Philippines, China Japan
Siberia and Alaska for the Pacific
squadron otherwise busy and the place Tor
lis repairs All of the officers and of the feet will
be added 0 the other population
summary probable minimum added population OF Ha
Pearl Harbor naval station will be:
Artillery IN charge of
Naval staff, marines and guards. 500
Families of officers and employees ....-....... 5000
Naval crews in port, average Of 1900
Total ................... 5000
Added to this will be persons who will be
engaged supplying the necessities of this large population
say fully equipped station at Pearl Habor
viii add 10000 people the white population of Hawaii
That than all of the Germans English and American
born United States citizens in Hawaii today. s6
They beef with all of the accompanying
pettes and needs Not rice eater among them Is
be told what TRIPPING the white
American population of Oahu will mean II
temporary increase of third Of this number what largely
created the flush times of 1899 and 1900
buildings Notifications will several millions OF
dollars seventy Of the OF which will be for labor
practically all of which will be spent here II
The Oahu Railroad will be compelled to double track to Pearl
hourly if half hourly meet the de
Honolulu suburb
for that what Pearl Habor will be most respects The people
of Honolulu for their theatres ball 6
games other the ladies will do their shopping
marketing churches and schools will feel the nfu
ence blood while society will and
addition combined with the wdeopen hospitality
which known will make Honolulu OF the famous
social centers of the world Il
The financial by any be the
greatest be felt More important and far reaching still will be
political The military and naval officials soldiers and
marines entitled here but all of the permanent
employees workmen either directly
indirectly connected with the station will be voters It
prophet predict what radical effect th
twothousand white American
to of Oahu will have on local politics fe
up, the establishment of naval station at Pearl Har
Hawaii that protection which is entitled
of Hawaii. particularly of Honolulu,
will be permanently stimulated as before; #
and intellectual atmosphere of the territory will be
benefited
The,potics Territory by improve
in the ca1ibre and character of the electorate.
of every and child in Hawaii
should be established Pearl Harbo and
government Territory
combined and individual, to t