The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-03-28
HARBOR
MEND|NG
CMail Special to the AdvertIser.)

ut the w AT lOi N tOhASA-
ence with Gen. Alexander Mckenzie,
chief Of engineers. Their errand was
to determine the prospects for prepar-
ing the project and improving the har-
Dor at Honolulu. Gen. Mckenzie went
over the matter with them In some
detail and promised them that the work
would be expedited as much as pos
sible.
A day or two later Gen. Mckenzie
was asked to tell the Advertiser how
far he has put the plans for the exc
cution of the project into operation.
II have already communicated with
Col. Heuer, the officer stationed at San
Francisco, who is in charge of projects
on the Pacific Coast and Honolulu"
said Gen. Mckenzie. I'VE are trying
through him, to reach Lieut.. Slattery,
who is on wedding trip, that the two
may have a consultation before the
lieutenant returns to Honolulu"
Gen. Mckenzie added that all rea-
.sonable expedition would be observed
in preparing the project in advertising
for bids, and putting the contractors to
work II do not apprehend that there
need be much delay in preparing the
project" said he. 1.-THE engineer off,
GERS nave pltnty VI udtd Oh W
outline a project and to tell specifically
what ought to be done for the inn
provement of the harbor The plan will
be to outline a project that will call
for the expenditure of all the money
authorized, including the extra 100000
for a continuing contract. In other
words we will advertise for a project,
calculated to call for an expenditure of
approximately 100000"
Gen Mckenzie added that 1t was i'm
possible to tell whether or not the War
Department would encounter some diff
ficulty in finding contractors to do the
work. 1t would be a question whether
the contractors now in Honolulu, could
do the work and whether it would be
necessary to secure additional dredges
from San Francisco or elsewhere or
the Pacific Coast. All that would
probably enter into the total cost OF
the Improvement
BY the terms of the River and Har.
Dor law all the money appropriated by
THE bill becomes available at once and
therefore no question can arise about
delay in the payments for whatever is
done. While there is no official survey
. for the Honolulu improvement, the da.
complete as to furnish all the informa.
ton. the engineers office here will want
While Gen. Mckenzie was talking
about the Honolulu project, Represen.
tative Alexander. of New York, mem
Der of the House Committee on Rivers
and Harbors was in the room.
II hear" said Col. Alexander "that
THE river and harbor committee is talk
oil xtfcit % Al,,1, e,nt,af
distant day"
We'll, IL your committee goes to Ho.
nolulu," replied Gen. Mckenzie, don,
you fail to make the trip with them
1t Is one of the most delightful spots
on the globe and the people are the
most hospitable I have ever known
II am afraid the committee will not
get out there added Col. Alexander
''at least for the present. The members
are going on a trip to Porto Rico in @
few days and I imagine that will suf-
flee for them for the present. But II
they do ever go to Honolulu I want to
be with them"
But while the River and Harbol
Committee will not visit Honolulu this
year, many Congressman, including
Senators and members, expect to touch
big party is forming to go with Secre.
tary Taft on trip to the Philippines
The plans are not specific enough yet
to tell how long they will stop in Ho-
nolulu. 1t seems to be definitely set
tied that they are going by Pacific
Mail steamer and not by transport as
first intended, and the stay in Homo
lulu will probably be determined by
he .Sfn ha fha Do
steamers make, on their trips to the
Orient.
The opportunity will undoubtedly be
a golden one for the influential people
of the territorial capital to impress
upon these congressman something
about the interests of Hawaii. Besides
Secretary Taft, there will be aboard
Speaker Cannon who, however has al
ready been in Honolulu, Chairman
Payne of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, and the nominal floor leader
of the House: Chairman Cooper of the
Insular Committee and Chairman Hull
of the Military Committee All three
of these committees will be we'll rep
resented on the trip, including both Re-
publicans and Democrats. The cor
responding Senate Committees will be
represented but the personnel is not
fully determined. as Secretary Taft has
not yet received all the acceptances
In all there will probably be as many
as fifty congressman in the party. They
intend to make stay of thirty days
in the Philippines. Secretary Taft
wants to bring them back by way OF
Honolulu but most of the congressional
travellers want to encircle the globe
and return by way of the Suez Canal
The matter has not been settled yet
Miss Alice Roosevelt. the Presidents
daughter, is planning to go on the
trip, under the chaperonage OF Mrs
Taft. The wives of many of the Con-
gressmen will accompany the party.
BOND PRICES ELSEWHERE.
A recent sale of Philippine improve
ment bonds here will be of interest in
Honolulu in comparison with the re-
cent sales of Hawaiian Territorial
bonds. Advertisements for bids for an
issue of 81 500 900 ten wear four peI