The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-12-26
IN HARD LUCK
Leprosarium Has
No Mainland
Bidders.
CMai Special to the Advertiser.)

(Mail Special to the Advertiser.)
| WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 9.-Ha-
waiian affairs have been moving slow
ly in Washington the past week. Con.
gress has been too much occupied with
general questions to pay attention to
Hawaiian bills, OF which there are
really but few now pending, although
some of them are of great insular in
terest.
| An incident. that created amusement
as well as CONSERVATION in the office
of the supervising architect of the
Treasury, was the failure of any con-
tractors to bid on the construction of
the buildings for the Leper Sanitarium.
The bids were to have been opened last
Monday and. when request was
cabled from Honolulu to defer the date
for opening bids, the Treasury De-
| partment ruled that 1t could not do
that, as was told in my last letter.
Soon afterward 1t was discovered that
| the plans for the leper sanitarium had
been held in the drafting division of
the supervising architects office for
some unaccountable reason and would
be bidders had nothing tangible on
which to figure.
Accordingly as there had been no
plans on which to figure. there had
been no bidders and the Treasury De-
partment has deferred the opening till
February /. In the meantime 1t has
transmitted six sets OF the plans for
the building to San Francisco and six
sets of plans to Honolulu.
HILO AND HONOLULU HARBORS.
Mr.. l.. A. Thurston, Judge f. M.
Hatch and Mr.. Sherbourne Hopkins,
attorney for the American Hawaiian
line of steamships which will carry
freight from the new Tehuantepec
railroad, appeared last week before the
board of army engineers that passes
upon river and harbor projects to
argue in behalf of the Hilo breakwater
project. They were given very cour-
teous hearing and the decision of the
board will be ready for the chief of
engineers and for Congress within a
few days.
When inquiry was made of the board
at this hearing as to whether its mem
bers wished to hear arguments about
additional appropriations for Honolulu
the reply was made that the board did
not care to hear any arguments as it's
members were in favor OF the improve
ment as whole and they had now
to determine simply questions of detail
before making their recommendations.
The necessary facts for that action
were already before them.
Delegate Kalanianaole has not ar
rived in Washington yet 1t was ex-
pected that he would arrive yesterday, ,
when the mail that was brought by the
China came.
THE JAPANESE QUESTION. !
The little Jap still agitates Congress,
sharing attention there with the negro
soldiers, once of Brownsville. Texas.
There is to be senatorial debate on
privileges, which 1t is al
eyed the President encroached upon
IN his now famous threat to use the
civil and military forces to prevent in
Justice TO the Japanese In California.
In the meantime the President Is go
ng right thead with his plans for
the question. The Califor,
'"hS No'Nhiuc W iuHit anu ITtli lHe
OF the California delegation
n Congress give out occasional inter-
'iews. but they are fully aware that
he President viii do all he can.
The story of new treaty was put
orth with much eclat. The Califor-
lians here seemed to encourage the
tory. Some believe they originated the
tory. which gained such Roadway In .
ONE newspapers, without means OF ,
blaming inside information here, that !
led to an authoritative and explicit 4
email from the White House. The I
OF a new treaty is out OF the /
uestion. Japan would not think Of It d