The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-08
let alone the placing of guns upon the
sites already purchased
HARBOR DREDGING.

sites already purchased
| HARBOR DREDGING.
| Gen. Mckenzie has no definite word
about the progress of preparations for
| Slattefy is forwarding the customary
monthly reports, required of engineer
officers, but is sending nothing specific,
which reaches Washington, about the
Honolulu project. Gen. Mckenzie said
/ today that the proposition 70 use the
/ government dredge Chinook at Port
land, on the Honolulu harbor work had
apparently been abandoned This
dredge was formerly known as ''The
/, Grant" but the name has been chang
| ed. .The idea was to use this dredge,' -
said Gen. Mckenzie, "only in the event
that the private bids should be excess
, objection to taking the dredge to Ho-
nolulu, because of the condition of the
furnaces. Tt was feared these would
not stand the work, if taken SO far
away from the mainland"
BRECKONS' TRIP.
1t is learned here that the trip which
District Attorney Breckons, of Honolu-
lu, is taking to Japan has some bear
ing on immigration questions. While
Mr.. Breckons is understood to be TAX
ing the trip as vacation and at his
private expense, he expects to acquire
some information about the methods
of the big emigration companies, by
which japanese secure permission to
go to Hawaii and then reship to the
mainland. Mr.. Breckons, according to
information here, is toierably convers-
ant with the japanese language, much
of which he has learned from his little
daughter. During a sojourn in Japan
he is counting on bringing back con-
siderable information on immigration
current problems.
DIR. NEILL'S REPORT
labor, who was in Hawaii last spring
in connection with the preparation of
the labor report on Hawaii, stated to-
day that it would be about two months
am just now writing to Hawaii for
more material, which we shall need in
the report said he. II shall start
away on a vacation in a few days and I
ax,ect ~ +o1ya with mo a ro,,qh o11fJina
of the text of the report. The tables |
have not all been made up yet. Mr. |
Victor S. Clark, who accompanied me |
to Hawaii. and gathered the statistics, |
is now here and some work has al |
ready been done on the material he /
Assistant Attorney John L. Lott, of
the Department of Justice, who was /
in Hawaii some weeks ago, accompany |
ing the Commissioner General of Imni-
grafton, Mr.. Sargent, is back at his
iesk He tarried on the Pacific Coast |
as he returned, giving attention en-
route to the inspection of the offices
Of United States district attorneys and
10 iilVoiSCu liiS Si1oISS- /
nent of Chinese exclusion laws.
IMMIGRATION OF CHINESE.
''The danger from the admission OF
by alleging their birth in this
and American citizenship, has
,een largely removed said Mr.. Lott. |
by the judicial decisions that immi-
,ration officers may inquire into such
llegations and cross question the wit Z
lesses before landing and before these /
witnesses have opportunity to consult
With those on land who are ready to
efriend them It
He expressed great satisfaction with
he manner in which the federal laws y
re enforced in Hawaii He found .
othing in the District Attorneys Of .
ce there to criticize, but much to t
Mr.. Lott came away from
honolulu, as do all visitors, deeply i'm
ressed with the scenic beauties OF the p
lands and the hospitable character =
the people. Tourists said he, in b
cad Of going to Europe, would do well G
go to Hawaii, which is real para p
Sc" He does not entertain hopeful :
ews about encouraging white labor |,
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