The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-09

L While the Navy Department eonsid-
ers the practieability of establishing an
oilburning station here for war vessels
it is unlikely that the government will
build tanks or otherwise establish oil
bases on the same plan as they estab-
lish coal yards. There is more hkell-
hood that the government will make
contract with an oil company, pos
sibly with one of the two now doing
business in Honolulu, requiring that SO
much oil shall be kept on hand at all
times, subject to the call of the de-
partment of supplies. Such oil would
necessarily be the highest grade. The
tests aboard the monitor Cheyenne,
which is stationed at Mare Island, have
proven eminently satisfactory to naval
officers, and torpedo boats now build
ing are being equipped with oil burners.
Is Debris shoaling Shoals?
|. Certain sea-going men who have Wis.
tied Pearl Harbor since the dredging
operations began in the channel, have
formed the opinion that, where the
dredging company is permitted to pump
debris and deposit it few hundred
feet away, directly into water where
the depth is supposed to be anywhere
from ninety to 125 feet, the debris does
not all find bottom. Much is believed
| to be carried off and deposited on adj
iaeent shoals. These marines claim that
shoals that were covered with fourteen
feet of water have become more dan
gerous now with only seven to eight
|. feet Of water above them. They claim
that the current is strong enough to
carry much of the debris down or across
stream, before it has time to settle.
However, this is not bothering the
dredger people much as many such
shoals have yet to be dredged out, ac-
cording to the specifications which
cover the whole job.
The Worlds War Ships.
British Parliamentary paper No. 1877
details the present commissioned build
ing and projected fleets Of Great
Britain, France, Russia, Germany, the
United States, Italy and Japan on
March 81, 1909, as follows:
Battleships.--Great Britain, 50 built,
building; France, Is built (including
one to be condemned), 6 building; Rus
STA. built, building and projected,
Germany, 80 built, 10 building (includ-
ing 3 in naval program of 1909 Joy;
Italy, 10 built, j building; United
States, 26 built, 6 building; Japan, 10
built, 4 building.
Coast Defense Vessels.-Great Brl-
tain, none; France, 10; Russia, 2; Ger
many, IL; Italy, none; United States,
IL; Japan. none, none building.
Armored Cruisers.-Great Britain, 3s
built, l building; France, 20 built, 2
| building; Russia, built, 2 building;
| Germany, 5 built, building (including
/ in the 1909-10 program; Italy,
| built, 3 building; United States, Is
| built, none building; Japan, II built,
| building.
Protected Cruisers. - First class:
Great Britain, IS; France, s.; Russia, Z;
Germany, none; Italy, none; United
States. 3; Japan, 2, none building. Sec
ond class: Great Britain, 50 built, :
building; France, Il built, none build
| ing; Russia, built, none building;
| Germany, q built, Z building (includ
ing 2 in the 1909-10 program; Italy
/ 4 built. none building; United States
Is built, none building; Japan, 10 built
/ building. Third class: Great Britain
16; France, II, including to be con
demned; Russia, 2; Germany, u; Italy