The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-14
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and expects to sail on the Mongolia
| from San Francisco, July D. All the
| formalities have now been completed.
His commission has been issued and
signed and with him it IS now simply
a matter of getting his household and
personal affairs arranged for a four
years residence at Honolulu.
The plans are for the Congressional
party to leave San Francisco. August
24 but the continued session of Con
gress is damaging the prospects some.
what IN that it is nindrance to MANY
men, who hoped to accept the invita-
tion TO go on the trip. It looks now as
though Congress could not adjourn
much before the last day of July. but
much depends upon the length of the
debate over the excise tax.
Supervising Architect of the Treas.
ury James Knox Taylor said TODAY it
would be fully a year befose work
could be begun ON the Honolulu publie
building. The architects. who have
been named to prepare competitive de-
signs for the building will have till
September 5 next, as has already been
stated, IN which to present their work.
but whoever is given the award will
expect several months more to make
ready for the advertisements for bids
and for the award of the contract.
While it has been a considerable
time since the money for beginning
work on the Honolulu building became
available, the delay in getting around
to the work has not been unusual The
Treasury Department has many prof.
eets In charge and it takes a deal OF
time To reach all Of them. The policy
OF the Department is to dispose first
of projects for repairs, extensions and
improvements and it Will probably be
quite two years before the last of the
new public buildings is under wav.
But considerably before that time the
new building at Honolulu should be
rapidly rising.
At the Office of the Bureau of Yards
and Docks in the Navy Department to-
day, it was stated that the work on the
dredging of the Pearl Harbor channel
is progressing well. The latest re-
ports received here indicate that the
progress IN excavating material is a
little beyond what the Department exr
peeted. Probably there will be no
steps toward constructing buildings at
Pearl Harbor before next year. The
present idea is to have the buildings
completed about the time the dredging
of the channel is completed and the
new drydock is ready to receive ships.
The contract for the drydock calls for
It's completion in thirty-two months.
but the chances are that it will be
nearer three years. Almost invariably
there are delays in putting the finish
ing touches upon such prtolie works.
The last word on the schedules in the
tariff bill has been spoken by the Sen.
ate for the present. There will be
something more, after the excise tax
question has been disposed of and the
administrative features have been
agreed to, but those proceedings are
not likely to affect any items in which
Hawaii is particularly interested. The
sugar schedules are now virtually out
of controversy. The same is trHe of
sulphate of ammonia, which the Senate
has placed upon the free list, at least
temporarily, at the request of users of
fertilizer the country over. Senator
Aldrieh has intimated that he might
ask the Senate to reconsider that item
Senator Burrows, member of the Fl
nance Committee, is very insistent
upon there being duty upon sulphate
of ammonia for the benefit of the
great coke makers in Detroit He has
been given a little encouragement, but.
apparently the present disposition is to
leave sulphate of ammonia on the free
list
The pineapple rates are to be set
tied by the conference of the Senate
and the House. The rates on the fresh
fruit and also the rates on canned
pineapples remain as indicated in pre-
yious letters to the Advertiser Mr.
Mcclellan was unable to persuade the
Finance Committee to make any fnrth-
er changes in the rates on the canned
fruit, but is still hopeful Of securing
some changes in conference that viii
be slightly more advantageous to the
Hawaiian raisers and producers.
The Treasury Department has issued
bulletin regarding the care of Sick
and disabled seamen in the various
ports of the United States for the com
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