The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-10
Army and Navy News


Charles p McAyoy, class and room
mate of Secretary of the Navy New
berry while they attended, college, ar
rived on the transport Buford from Ma
Mia to be inspector in charge Of the
dredging work at Pearl Harbor The
arrival of Mr.. McAvoy was rather I'M
expected. He has called at the navy
station, and as soon as the Hawaiian
Dredging Company is ready to go
ahead with the work he will immedi-
ately begin his inspectorship on be-
half of the government.
Among the local inspectors who have
passed the required examinations and
received assignments for duty on the
dredging work are Bruce Cartwright,
Jr.. Mr.. Van Huizen, who has been an
assistant to Superintendent Rath of
the Palama Mission; Mr.. Warren, who
has been an inspector on work con-
Company's operations in the Honolulu
harbor, and Mr.. Benton, who has been
acting as an inspector while the navy
was making borings at Pearl Harbor
preparatory to the issuance of the
specifications on which the Hawaiian
Dredging Company based its bid.
No Removal for Some Time.
The naval authorities are not likely
to transfer their headquarters TO Pearl
Harbor within the next year, nor is it
likely that the Honolulu naval station
will be transferred to the Army. The
dredging of Pearl Harbor and the chan
mel will not be under way for some
time, and until there is sufficient sea-
way and depth so that supply steamers
and sailing vessels can go into the har-
Dor, little of the permanent building
will be done. Thus far specifications
for the buildings have not been issued
by the Navy Department. The sites
for the buildings have been selected,
and the clearing of the reservation will
be something of a job in itself. The
bids for the drydoek will be opened
on February IS, but it may be some
time before the ground is scratched.
Not until the work on the drydock is
well under way will any effort be made
to commence the erection of the sta
ton buildings.
As to the Honolulu naval station, the
pay office is likely TO be continued
there even after the Pearl Harbor sta
ton is occupied, and that may not be
for about three years. The coal supply
on hand at the local naval station is
large and may not be utilized entirely
for three years, even if new supplies
are not added.
AS to the Army, it expects to have
the channel wharf turned over to it
through deal to be effected by the
War Department with the Territorial
government. Already a portion of the
| big naval reservation on the Waikiki
side of the channel has been allotted to
| the use of the War Department fo1
storehouses and for base for subma
! rine mine work. It is expected that
the quartermaster department will main
/ tain its coal yards on this reservation
in close proximity to the channel wharf
so as to cut down long hauls to and
from the wharf. The deal for the
| channel wharf was referred to in thi:
paper several months ago, about the
time captain Humphrey, former quar-
| termaster here, went to Washington
The taking over of the channel wharf
| for War Department purposes was !;
/ pet hobby of Captain Humphrey. Here
tofore the War Department had to us'
| the naval wharves for it's transports
Pearl Harbor's Future.
/ The establishment of the naval sta