The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-22
Lepr0sarium Has
No Mainland
Bidders.
Good Outlook for the
Island HarbOr
Measures.
taan Special to the Advertfser.)

tMan Special TO the Advertiser)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 9.-Ha-
waIfsn affairs have been moving slow
Iy 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 we'll 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 q request was
-cabIed from Honolulu to defer the date
for opening bids, the Treasury De
partment ruled that it could not do
that, as was told in my last letter.
Soon afterward it 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 it 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. NJ
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 IIilo breakwater
project. They were given very cour-
teous hearing and the decision of the
hoard will be ready for the chief of
engineers and for Congress within
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 its
members were in favor of the improve
nd
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
constitutional privileges, which it is al
legged 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
ing right thead with his plans Tor
handling the question. The Cali1or'
mans continue to fume and fret; the
members of the California delegation
in Congress give out occasional inter
views, but they are fully aware that
the President will do all he cam
The story of new treaty was put
forth with much eclat. The Call1or-
mans here seemed to encourage the
story. Some believe they originated the
story. which gained such headway In
some newspapers. without means OF
obtaining inside information here, that
If led to an authoritative and explicit ,
denial from the White House. the
framing of a new treaty is out of the
question. Japan would not think of II /
and the matter, it is understood, mas
never even been suggested during the
conferences and negotiations over the
San Francisco embrogNO.
1t is expected that Japan VIII, or
her OWL motion. restrict the emigration
of her cnolies to the United States Just
as sbf, did for time three or tour
wears ago. This seems 10 have been
overlooked entirely in Washington, al
though It is well remembered IN Ha-
waii. where the ebb and flow OF the
Japanese migrations are watched IN
detail
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