Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-09-19
Pearl HARBOR IS
VISITED BY LOOMS
CommissionersMake Trip
As Guests Of
Capt. Rees


Commissioner LOOMS and Secre-
tary O'Laughlin of the Toxic Expo
sition Commission were the guests Of
Captain Rees, commandant of the
Naval Station, on a trip to Pearl Har.
Dor yesterday afternoon. The trip
was made in the Iroquois. which left
the dock shortly after 2 o'clock. In
cluded in the party were British
Consul Forster, Judge Wilder. Supt.
Marston Campbell. Engineer Parks,
in charge OF the Pearl Harbor work,
and Wallace II. Harrington. Capt.
Moses was in command of the lro-
quois.
The work at the Harbor entrance
and in the vicinity of the Naval Sta
ton site has developed so that the
laymen can get some idea of what is
going on. II begins to look like bus
mess. The entrance of the Harbor is
marked with pipes where the borings
for the dredging specifications have
gone on, and 1t is possible from these
to gain fair conception of what the
engineers are driving at.
The hannel-straighten process
includes more than the immediate
entrance of the harbor. 1t cuts OFF
two large shoals encountered after
the shark pen" is passed. thereby
giving the warships practically n
straight course to the Naval docks.
Among the first signs of activity
on approaching the Harbor is the
dredger used by the Army in build
ing the landing and wharf at Puuloa.
This is to be the headquarters for the
Harbor entrance fertilization con-
Istruction.
Proceeding along the tortuous
channel, flags and buoys show that
the channel dredging for which bids
are to be opened the LIST of December
will be very different matter from
the dredging operations carried on
some years ago at the mouth of the
harbor. A straight and broad chan
rel is to be dredged all the way to
the coal-pile, which is to be on the
south side of the yard for two rea-
sons-convenience and the direction
of prevailing trade winds that will
take the dust away from the main
yard.
Maps in the Office of Engineer
Parks show the plans for the dry
dock, the twelve slips for battleships
and twelve for torpedo-boat destroy
ers. These plans also show the quar-
tiers for the officers and men. the ma
chine shops and the whole ground
scheme of a perfectly equipped Navy
Yard
The ground at the Naval Station
site is hardly scratched. but the loca-
ton of the boring outfits, the stakes
flags, and pipe lines enable one to 10.
cate the sites for the docks, buildings
and wharves. The work is going
ahead. There is no doubt of it. but
II is all too slow to suit Engineer
Parks. who will not rest easy until
bids are let for the Navy-Yard con.
struction as well as the dredging.
The arrival of Admiral Holiday
on the Mongolia Monday will have
much to do with the future. progress
of the Naval Station. He is the heat
OF the Bureau of Yards and Docks
and there are many matters cup t
him" to decide before the engineers
can proceed.
1t is very apparently the desire o.
those In charge of the plans and spec
ihcations to hasten the preliminarie'
SO that the bids may be opened ant
the work begun before the end O
February next.
Capt. Rees took his guests over tn,
usual course. the Iroquois turning of
the Naval Station and returning t,
Honolulu. Both Commissioners Loo
mis- and OLaughlin were very mucl
interested and impressed.