The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-05-20
SITES FOR FORTS COME
HIGH NEAR HONOLULU
Purchase Of Land for the Defences of Oahu
Difficult Because Of the Steep Prces...A
Fortune for a Lease.

what do you want to build upon it ?
asked Mr. uillett.
"a post of two companies next year
and possibly more later ON" replied Col
Ruhlen.
Have you any coast defenses there?'
NO sir" was the reply. "This is in.
tended for the garrison, probably in.
fantry, as contemplated at present II
would not be available for coast defenses
In fact the site of these defenses has not
yet been fixed"
How can you get this under this ap.
propriation?" asked Mr.. Gillett. "What
right have you to use land for military
purposes under this appropriation, which
are not purposes of seacoast defense?' ?
81 do not know, sir" replied Col
Ruhlen. when the question was up
last year it was not intended to put coast
artillery there: and they recently con-
cluded to build post for infantry"
"That could not come in under this
section" asserted Mr.. Gillett.
81 do not know how they construe the
law that way" asserted Col Ruhlen. 81
could not strictly say it is a seacoast
defense. Under the law | should say it
would not strictly come in" which ended
the hearing on that particular question.
LIGHTS AND LIGHTHOUSES.
Capt Charles T. Hutchins, of the
Navy, appeared before the same subcom-
mittee and testified about an estimate of
$4,000 for the maintenance of the ex-
isting lights and lighthouses in the Ha-
waiian islands. The item was not en-
acted into law for obvious reasons, but
o,;es,;ons of members of the Committee
NAV not he without interest
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Delesa.e ilo''l :l,e iiaMdi'an Ii:: isial'os
edlie III any Saiu 'iis' law az va va. d
,errltory. NOBODY VI tie Lisli'liouse .as
poaru seeiiieu u hlioM .l'ai II % wa. d 'v..
litoiy, aiu " uetei iliilie .l.e i'dtt1l We
sot up iet'Gr ioi '"e iaa It.ietaiy ol NoLi .l,a
iielee ni anu -too, o., T Seul essee ~ ''f :
Oo',lp:io on., oi Wv laSS, 80 a'ns o.ai
we palu out any money nom oul se'e. 'l al
applopiiat,I,iI ioL .ie Ill real i'o'e nae;soa,, ai
''a'e' N,neh nay oeen i"'.l ~ p..nt,a..s
MnI't'e' ;, lie Mouau TIL .I .,iaJ .,o
ana ne sa'd tI,, ne Wou'G: !iat set.ied .i .,le
puesi,o., ; .no ,rd ,n ,he ilIvu ;,n
pioe'a'iid'ioi' ~ ~ iesa,u ~ 'ne .i'i,
iSia''us ai,u a'i i''a',e ,' menl ''ile e,,.
we VIII laNe ~ .aNe tlrd. IT, W. - Ia,Jod Jo'i
general applopira'lon tE, i',at - iUaI.u ,:pi'.
on 10 US now mere are ,, ABOUT 20 i,sh's
out 'ielc anu llle'e ,r,' Miit nav ~ " Ia a
great many iioie' ne p''oy WIN .i.'s .,is
an Deen aohe oy pf'Nd.e pa,.eI; @ 1;t,1a ,s'v
NoyeI ,.Is, iliiie,it siu soihe ~ - .i.
neii my 'i", ~ .o;l Ns A.. C;,latt
Se.vSs .y up 10 iloM nIad sSiu Son+ WI urtnI;ns li,
w., 60, copt;nue ta nav what ;s
,,ocasSarr a,,+ ~ tha oerer,i fund ," ask
nd on. uer,nru,,y ch,;r,n,r
~ the Annrnnr;at;on Comn;ttee
Wv hauo @ 80 baro ~ ann;neer aud
,,o,.aI oe;nor ond c1o-l. and ,,esserge,.
and tbe, we vii, have to aet Quarters
and ,ra ,,,;i1 horn ~ t,ve son,o sort "a
i. niaro ~ stove an, s,nnl;es out of the
,ese ,uostboro renIied Cant Hrtchins "It
rai,,s there more than half the year"
This item was nut IN the bili before
tho dac;sio,, Of tbe CorntroIler was oh
ta;neds' SUGGESTED Col d w. Lock-
wocd e,g;nser secretary Of the Light
house hoard
"Then i can he stricken o,,t?" said
Cb,;r,,,ar uenerwav
81 do m not see anv reason whv if cam
NOT !" renI;cd Col Iockwood
"Is there anv harbor in the Hawai-
n, Islands besides Honolulu ," asked
Rc,resentat;ve r BENSON, al Missouri. A
~ ~: A., ,,.,,;.,
"Thcre are not many harbors," re-
lu