The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-11-24
WALKER
SUMMARY
tMan Special to the Advertiser.)


: ing upon sugar importations from that
island to the United States. Accord
ing to advices here President Palma
has been urging the ratification OF
that treaty, for one reason, because of
a. new commercial treaty that Amer
ifans contemplate urging upon him,
Pne important provision of which
would be the extension of the United
w States coastwise laws to Cuba.
Porto Rico furnishes a warning to
Cubans in that particular. The coast
wise laws were extended to that island
with the result that freight rates have
increased about 40 per cent. AT pres
the shipping of Cuba Is largely in
tramps, which bring the bulk OF the
sugar crop to the States. But should
the coastwise laws by any future ar
I rangement be extended to Cuba, this
trade of the tramps would be taken
away and the vessel owners of the
United States would have a monop-
oily. The three or four big steamship
lines, such as the Ward line, the Nor
gan line, and the p & o. line would
favor such a cnange as would the own
ers of sailing vessels all along the
Atlantic coast Should the treaty with
| England be ratified it is felt that no
| arrangement favoring such a monop-
oily of shipping could be consummated.
| The Interior Department is looking
| daily for the arrival in Washington of
ySecretary A. L. c. Atkinson. coming
on q mission of interest to the Terri
tory. permit for his leaving the is
lands was granted some days ago, the
understanding being that 1t was ur-
gent.
\ CHINESE EXCLUSION.
/ President Roosevelt has had many
discussions with members of his
cabinet on the Chinese exclusion ques-
ton There Is wide divergence Of
opinion among the members, Secretary
|V of Commerce and Labor Metcalf, whose
home is in California, taking the ex-
treme radical view, for the enforce
ment CT the very letter of the law. The
President has been holding numerous
conferences also with representative
citizens, who have information on the
subject and it seems assured that he
will make some representations regard
1 ing it in his annual message. How
I ever there is little hope that he will
A have anything to say that will bear
materially on the labor question. what
ne does say will refer more to the ad-
n mission of the educated classes fl ON
China.
HAYWOOD AND HATCH.
MIR. William Haywood arrived mere
a flew days ago from his summers II ip
ojHawaii and the Orient. In San Fran
cisco he had accepted an invitation
fxcm Senator Warren, of Wyoming, TO
apend two or three weeks on the lat
fter's ranches but, when informed Of
fthe change in the representative of
the Hawaiian Sugar Planters here,
N came on direct to Washington that he
l. might be on hand to turn the books
and papers over to his successor, ex-
I Judge Francis NJ. Hatch. Soon after
! arriving here he received a letter from
/, Judge Hatch, who was at st. Johns
bury, VT, and later Judge Hatch came
Z to Washington and the two conferred
! over matters pertaining TO the Sugar
Y Planters. Judge Hatch remained here
b one day, during which he called on the
q President, and then returned to st.
! Johnsbury He does not expect to take
Y up his residence in Washington till
4 about the time when Congress assem-
\ bles. Mr.. Haywood continues in the
! employ of the Sugar Planters, under
A his contract, till some time in Decem-
n ber.
y HAWAIIAN HARBORS.
y The annual report of the chief of
army engineers, Gen. Alexander Nc
henzie has considerable to say about
tho improvement of harbors in the
Hawaiian Islands. 1t begins with
4 statement about Pearl Harbor where
. no money was expended during the
last fiscal year. There has already
!, been expended on the project $99S2S62
out of an appropriation of SlOO,OOo by
Congress in an act approved March 3,
n zinc
n ed $676,3S The report says that 1.-The
channel has maintained itself" and
adds:
"As yet there Is no commercial ac-
tivity in the harbor. Inside the bar
the channel Is so crooked and the turns
81 sharp that it is not safe for the
navigation of large vessels. No esti-
mate for remedying this defect has
yet been authorized by Congress The
! mean range of tides at the entrance
/ is shout IA inches.
J! 1.-THE work. so far as authorized and
appropriated for, has been completed
n in accol dance with the project. The
4 heau OF navigation is at the head OF
I, each loch forming the harbor. NO
. further funds under the existing pro-
ject are required.
Honolulu harbor is discussed at
length in the report, winch says iHis
harbor is situated on the south coast
of the island of Oahu. 1t is formed by
a coral reef, narrow channel through
the reef affording access to the harbor.
The entrance channel and harbor prop
er were dredged from time to time by
the monarchial, republican, and Terri
torial governments of Hawaii prior to
July /, 1904. on this date there exist
ed an entrance channel having depth
of about 80 feet and minimum width
! of about 200 feet at mean low water.
The harbor proper (that portion COM
mencing at the lighthouse and extend
ing to the mouth of the Nuuanu river)
had general width of 800 feet. The
water for about 200 feet Immediately
along the wharves had a depth of from
80 to S2 feet Elsewhere there was only
about % feet at low water. The bend
\ at the lighthouse point was so sharp |