The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-05-12
SENATE KILLS
DRYDOCK
ITEM?
,..,o,,,y. Reason for Cutting Out
Appropriation Providing
Enlargement
,,oNoLULU ISSUES APPEAL
,,,sr Of Commerce and Other
o-s,nizations Working for
Its Reinstatement.

~. item in the naval appropriation
Hr Dronding funds for the enlarge
=. WI Of the Pearl Harbor drydoek IS
"a to have been killed in committee
IN, senate on Saturday last. If the
i correct and the action of the
ni+t.e is sustained, the Pearl Har-
'. I,v1oek, when completed, will not
!, he enough to handle the newer
...3soncbts launched and building.
v.rs Of this decision, 50 important
.u,nolulu, was received here on Mon
:, and for some reason was kept
=, orlv few of the members Of
". bomber of commerce beng taken
!, .Se secret. Yesterday the mer-
Nv 49,, association was told about It,
~ tts general membership of the
'..mber Of commerce was informed at
!. meeting of that organization yes
prisy afternoon.
I, The meanwhile a cabled CORE
cadence has been going on between
g,,ouIu and Washington. various SEN
,,,, being urged to help Hawaii IN
hrpg the item reinstated IN the APP
rpiation bill.
Tss news that the senate committee
ii ,ut the dredging item was cabIed
sne Advertiser on Saturday by Its
7sbipgton correspondent, but no init
uion reached the public that the dry,
i, itsm, over which the house had
ka spirited debate, had been pruned
@oi the bill. On Saturday, however,
Amvate message was received from
Fssington and handed over to the
wxleut of the chamber OF commerce
Tbs message read:
The senate naval committee re
'std drydoek appropriation Satur
ar and reduced dredging approprla
Ton from sl,5O0,000 TO 81, 100000, basis
Of economy"
i ASKED luSLI uCLIOIlS.
Although the message did not come
4 hon any of Hawaii 5 official or semi
qstal representatives in Washington
u, Morgan at once sent the follow
l lg eablegram to Delegate kuhlo:
1 "KuhiO, Washington. Status dry
dos awroprition, how can we assist
1 fhe. COMMERCE.. .
4 Get Busy.
1 The answering cable. which was re
t7et Tuesday, was read at the meet
as Of the trustees Of the chamber
yesterday as follows:
i Gable Senators Penrose, Depew
Perkins and Piles regarding drydock.
Tbs advice was at once followed by
L. Morgan on behalf of the chamher
commerce and a cable was sent L
sea OF the four senator's named. earn
NF requesting their support for thu
MFop'atlbn to enlarge the drydock
L Al PRESENT this is as far as the matte.
gone and the result Of the endeav
sG the chamber of commerce 5 be
i !annously awaited.
Il VleF Organizations. the merchants
'~slafiOn in particular, and the huSi
@ men of the city have by nov
Healed to influential friends or repre-
Il natives IN Washington to supper
uor., ,I ,I- -
n, appropriations
N.Y., ;,th IN the navy appropriation
'li en- was amended by the senat
gy,- 15Ae Wv
III, '' M station, Pearl Harbor, Ha
. 5a5 q cost hereby increased to 3.
a; Mono . :, continue SI,0oo,o99; in al.
ear 'a's item to which tine scnat
~ ''f Is reported TO have obJeste.
rs,5 ,., oasi: Of economy and gpo.
ar,i Vt'f' is based the protests f~or
M
n .,. 9nsInal cost for the dryIoc
"a T r'lnated at $1,75oooa and thi
Il 3rrao n consequence appropriated
q h.: s' ye under those plans to b
a .In5,i ioI the olansaPa and orbe