The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-25
CAIail Special to the Advertiser.)


WASHINGTON, D. c.. March IL
Before Delegate Kalanianaole left for
Honolulu he and Mr.. Mcclellan called
at the War Department for a confer
ence with Gen. Alexander Mckenzie,
chief of engineers. Their errand was
to determine the prospects for prepar-
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.
Il 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 a wedding trip. that the two
may have 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. Il do not apprehend that there
need be much delay in preparing the
! ha Tha l.
GERS have plenty of data on which to
outline project and to tell specifically
what ought to be done for the inn
prov ement 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 $200,00C
/ for a continuing contract. In other
/ words we will advertise for a project
calculated to call for an expenditure OF
approximately S40O,00O
J Gen. Mckenzie added that it was inn
! possible to tell whether or not the WaI
| Department would encounter some diff
! ficulty in finding contractors to do the
work 1t would be 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 on
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 bin 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-
/ ia that Lieut.. Slattery prepared is SO
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.
/ Il hear" said Col. Alexander that
the river and harbor committee is talk
! ing about a visit to Honolulu at some
distant day"
well. if your committee goes to Ho-
nolulu,' replied Gen. Mckenzie. don't
you fail to make the trip with them.
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 a
few days and 1 imagine that will suf-
flee for them for the present. But if
they do ever go to Honolulu 1 want 70
be with them"
But while the River and Harbor
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