The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-12-15

truthfHl, rricrs and ihUrc. kntc deem
ih water, stood q maen OF school Shll.
,lfcn Of many nationalltcs waving
American haro, and shouting them.
selves honrso.
Magnificent goamanship.
Then came the real test OF the day,
FOR the cruiser came TO an awkward
I turn in the channel due 10 tho fact that
on the left side n dredgcr waa still nc
work on an uncompietcd section which
compelled the California 20 continue
direct toward a marked part Of Tho.
channel, and which It would have 10
avoid by a sharp turn to the left.
The big ship swept on without dimin-
ishing speed. Landsmcn and landswom-
en- held their breath. Could that great
bulk Of steel turn in 90 short a dis.
lancet The bow pointed toward coral
bank which stuck out into the chan:
mel Mt right angles, the point being
marked by a red fing-the red flag of
danger. The ship continued direct tow
ard the point, and then, as everyone
seemed to forget to breathe the bow
swung OF to the left and continued TO
swing and then pointed toward the
clear and open channel If cheers had
been permitted they would have been
given.
Then came another sharp turn, this
time to the right, and almost as much
good seamanship was needed there as
in the first instance. While younger
officers may have been nervous, not so
Captain Harlow, the "nan of iron,
who learned the details Of superb sea
manship under that superb sailor Rear.
Admiral Luce, retired, father of Mrs.
Macomb. The cruiser Strengthened out
after that but It was ensily seen that
the navy department has something TO
do with that part OF the channel,
known as Bishops Point, and with
that removed there will not be n
straighter or better waterway. It may
cost a hundred thousand dollars more
or less, but if battleships. much greater
in size than the California are to come
in, the point should be done away with
for safety.
Where kamaainas expected to find a
wedge sticking into the channel at Wai-l
pio Point, they found a wide waterway,
for that, too. has been cut entirely
away. The old Reclamation, the pioneer
on the Pearl Harbor work, was moored
there.
| Salute by Marines.
At twenty-nine minutes mast eleven
the cruiser passed r'Camp Cowles,''
where the marines of the feet, $50
strong, under the command of Major
Hill, fleet marine officer, are now en-
camped. The marines were drawn up
in battalion front and presented arms
as the navy landing guns. located on
the shore were fred a salute of thir-
teen guns being given in honor of the
Admiral. The California returned the
salute, gun for gun.
, Then the assemblage on board saw
the industrial plant of the drydoek
4 walton and as the cruiser rounded into
the East Loeb, the whole plant came
into view, where the greatest activity,
industrially, is to DO found on the Isl
ands. The great piles of lumber, the
works themselves, were covered with
sightseers, and a faint cheer came from
that section as the cruiser came into
their view.
In Harbor at Last.
Up the wide harbor basin the naval
tug Navajo lay waiting for the cruiser,
indicating the anchorage. The cruiser
continued straight up and at thirty
two minutes past eleven O'Clock the
anchor was tripped, fell with splash
and checked the progress of the cruiser
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just at the end of what was formerly
known as the Knahna Island shoal. or.
the :" End of Italyn as the contractors
term it owing to the formation of the
shoal resembling the lower portion of
Italy.
Rear Admiral Thomas was the first
to receive congratulations with Captain
Harlow as a close second, while Presi.
dent Dillingham; of the dredging COM
pany became the center of a group of.
friends who congratulated him for his
part of the achievement.
The officers came down from the
bridge all smiles and they, too, felt that
an ePochmaking event had been com.
pleted and that the hopes and desires
of naval officers who first made surYeYs
! of Pearl Harbor had Mt last been real
lied and that Uncle Sans navy canld
now ''come in. "A
BY a singular coincidence it was,
found that DIR. g. B. Cooper, a guest,
had an unusual interest in the affair as
his father-in-law; DR.. McGrew, nThe
Father of Annexation General Seho-
field and Admiral Alexander made the
first surveys of the harbor on behalf
Of the United States government, and
again DIR. Coopef's father and Captain
Harlow, the first navy captain TO pilot
cruiser in, were classmates.
Another coincidence was that after
the vessel had anchored, two former
rulers of Hawaii sat side by side, gaz,-
ing and without speaking at the grow.
ing drydoek-Queen Liliuokaiani and
former President Dole.
the Start from Honolulu. -
Shortly after nine clock the Euests.
began to arrive at the flagship. The
guests were received by Rear Admiral
Thomas and Captain Harlow, assisted
by Commander TeFhune, chief Of STAFF.
At the foot Of the Rangway memben
Of the Lei Mamo society, composed OF
Hawaiian women, former singers for
the Queen during the days eho oceu.
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