The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-17
SEC. GARFIELD
ARRIVED
EARLY
Got Busy at Once and
Saw Something
of Town.

1t was like old times along the Wal.
kiki end of the waterfront yesterday
and on all roads leading to the AIakes
street wharf, where the battleshipS
Maine and Alabama We're docked al
ten o'clock yesterday morning. The
vessels came to town without many
people knowing of their approach and
so there were not nearly the number
of spectators present to see the deck
ing of the floating fortresses and the
arrival of the Secretary of the Interior
But they gathered later.
The band was present and greeted
the approaching warships with the
"Star Spangled Banner" As soon as
the vessels were at the wharf Gov
ernor Frear called on the Maine, which
is the flagship, and which bore the
Secretary of the Interior.
Captain Rees, the Commandant of
the Naval Station, was an early caller
on the Captain of the Maine and the
Secretary of the Interior and they,
accompanied by the Governor, return
ed the commandant's call at the Naval
Station about half past ten After a
very pleasant chat the officials pro-
ceeded to the Executive building where
the Secretary of the Interior will make
his headquarters.
THE SECRETARY GETS BUSY.
Secretary Garfield plunged at once
into the work he had marked out for
himself 10 do in Hawaii yesterday
morning, Immediately after the Of
fetal reception rendered him and the
official calls had been made and re-
turned. 1t was before eleven o'clock
when the Secretary came ashore, call
ing at the Naval Station and on the
Governor. Then, after busy morning,
he lunched with Governor Frear at the
Alexander Young Hotel.
Immediately after lunch automobiles
were taken for trip around the city.
In the party were the secretary, the
Governor, Major Dunning, Captain OF
well, Captain Harber. Captain Veeder,
Ex-Governor Carter, Marston Campbell.
Walter Wall and Justice Ballou.
The party went first to the summit
of Punchbowl to inspect the Federal
reservation there and to obtain
birdseye view of the city and the lag
of the city and harbor in relation to
Pearl Harbor. From Punchbowl the
party ran through Makiki to Waikiki,
visiting the Aquarium and the beauti-
full grounds of Ainahau. The visitors
expressed their pleasure both at the
tropical landscape gardening in Gov
ernor Cleghorn's park and at the finny
wonders from the coral reefs in the
Aquarium tanks
From the Aquarium the party circled
Diamond Head, an inspection of the
tion of the mortar battery on the Wal
alae ridge being one of the principal
events of the afternoon. The Diamond
Head reservoir. the lighthouse and the
lookout station were visited and the
necessity of the United States deciding
back to the Territory some of the Dia-
mond Head land was pointed out to
the Secretary, reservoir site be-
ing needed for one thing.
On the return trip along the Beach
road the fort reservation on the beach
was visited. the old Along place. The
Immigrant Station was then inspect
ed and a tour of the waterfront con-
cluded the first days inspection.
The idea of visiting the different |
wharves was particularly to show the !
Secretary the ownership Of the lands |
in and around the city and fronting the |
harbor. the additional frontage for the /
government when the Naval Station is /
after the establishing of the i
Pearl Harbor base being mentioned.
Throughout the various inspections |
the Secretary was keenly alive to what
was going on and what was to be seen, !
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