The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-02-19
THE WAR SCARE
A GOOD THING
FOR THE ISLANDS

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goes into conference, as does the amend
ment increasing the separate amoun
from 100000 to 100000. In an,
event there win be large sums fo
Notifications in Hawaii within the mex
year as there is now s26s,oO0 availa
BILE.
An effort on the floor of the Hous,
by ex-Speaker Keifer to secure ai
amendment appropriating 100000 t,
purchase sites for Notifications in Ha
waii has been misunderstood there
This grew out of an error by the As
sociated Press in transmitting the arti
Gle. The House voted that amendment
down because it was explained that the
government had already purchased sites
for Notifications in Hawaii and that
the money now needed was for EN-.
placements. fire control. etc.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Delegate Kalanianaole has been i'll
with grip for several days but was up
to the Capitol yesterday and is able
to attend to his Congressional duties.
He has received several letters about
the Notifications item.
Mr.. E. c. Shorey, chemist at the
Federal experiment station at Honolu-
lu, arrived here yesterday from Homo
lulu, and is registered at the Shoreham.
Mr.. Clemons, the attorney of Homo
lulu, is also here. He came to Wash.
ington yesterday for the purpose Of
being admitted to the bar of the Su-
preme Court of the United States. He
was presented by Mr.. F. M. Hatch
and then started for Vermont to visit
his family there. Mr.. Clemons' faith
er is in poor health.
Mrs. Henry Waterhouse and her
daughter have been in Washington for
a week and gone to New York where
they will meet Mrs. George Castle and
may go with her on trip to the
beginning February 8.
If not they will return to Honolulu in
about month.
HARBOR IMPROVEMENT
The Rivers and Harbors bill is being
considered before the House and prob
ably will reach vote there by the end
Of this week. Hilo and Honolulu are
provided for in the bill, as has already
been communicated to Hawaii. The
language of the bill for those two prof.
ects is as follows:
fImproving Honolulu Harbor, Ha-
vail: Continuing Improvement and for
according to the report
submitted in House Document number
ID three hundred and thirty-two, Fifty
ninth Congress, second session, two hun
lred thousand dollars: Provided, That
| contract or contracts may be enter
ID into by the Secretary of War for
such materials and work as may be
necessary to prosecute said project, to
oe pail for as appropriations may
rom time to time be made by law, to
IN amount not exceeding in the aggre-
,ate two hundred thousand dollars, ex-
.lusive of the amounts herein and
heretofore appropriated.
Improving Hilo harbor, Hawaii, in
accordance with the project submitted
n House Document numbered four hun.
lred and seven, Fifty-ninth Congress,
econd session, two hundred thousand
lollars: Provided, That the Secretary
# War may enter into contract or
ontracts for such materials and work
s may be necessary to prosecute said
'roject to an amount not exceeding in
he aggregate two hundred thousand
lollars, to be paid for as appropria-
ions may from time to time be made
" law, in addition to the amounts
erein appropriated: Provided further,
hat notifications in said plan may
Q made in the discretion of the Sec
etary of War, and that no part of
hid appropriation or authorization shall
0 expended unless the Chief of En-
ineers, upon further investigation,
,all determine that commercial benefits
ccruing from such expenditure will
arrant the same"
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