The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-10
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We
| CATION the board of harbor engineers
having cognizance Of such natter
made formal recommend ton of said
project, which recommendation was
adopted by congress and appropriations
have been from time to time made aud
expended in the furtheranee thereof;
And Whereas, The last contract for
the construction of said brealswater in.
volving the expenditure Of $500, 900,
was let in January, 1919, conditioned
to be completed in March, 1914;
And Whereas, There has been great
delay in the progress Of said work,
less than 20 per cent Twenty per eent)
Of said last referred to contract having
been executed;
And Whereas, All the reasons in
favor of said project which existed
when II was adopted, still exist in in.
creased degree;
Be II Resolved, BY the Honolulu
Chamber Of Commerce that, in no
spirit of criticism Of what is passed;
but solely with the object of seeking
energetic prosecution of said project IN
the future, we hereby most earnestly
request those having control Of the
execution Of said project to use their
best endeavors towards that end;
And BE II Further Resolved, That
we request the Governor and the Other
commercial organizations OF this Terri.
tory to Join with us in this request;
And Further, That copies hereof b
sent to the chief Of engineers, through
Major Wooten, commanding the En-.
gineer Corps in Hawaii, to the Cover.
norj to the Delegate in Congress and to
the other commercial organizations il
Hawaii. a
President Carter presented the follow
ing letter from 8. NJ Ballou IN regard
TO pineapple quarantine. Under date Of
March 20, Ballou said; "
i have your cable reading: "Kindb
represent Chamber protest pineapple.
said TO be an error.'i / received this
cable at ten O'Clock last night (MarcI
l9), the hearing having taken place IL
thP morning. had, however, attend
ed the hearing on behalf of the Cham
Der, and together with j. r. Desha, who
had received some instructions from tn,
merchants association, presented thu
views Of Hawaii on the proposed quar-
antine. p"sg sNr ~ ''.
&" As regards pincapples, the Board
readily admitted that they should not
DC classed as a fruit on which the fruit.
ny feeds. Nevertheless, they said.that
some inspection was necessary to pre-.
vent the fly from being carried on tn,
surface or in the packing, and assured
us that the proposed regulations mere
ly gave legal effect to arrangement,
already voluntarily in force. They pro.
posed to avoid the erroneous cIassi
hcation of pineapples by adding to the
general description Of auarantined fruia
the phrase; 'or other fruit which by
reason of proximity of growth or con
ditrons of packing or shipping might
carry infestation.
-" This, they said would include pine
apples, and bananas with perfect skins
ihey further stated that in their opin /
ION the requirement of legal certif
cate OF inspection would be to our ad,
vantage in reassurtng the Californir
buyer. .lrf ~, - 80
''You viii note that there is no pro
hibition on vessels taking aboard fruit
OF any kind, and the destruction OF
fruit remaining at the end of the WOW
age was also stated by the board TO b,
the legalizing of a custom already In
force. The required declaration by mas.
sengers OF the possession of fruits and
plants Is a new feature added by the
board. The board seemed disposed 70
be very fair, and II any further obiec,
ttons to the regulations are found
have no doubt that could secure an.
other hearing CIT, ' 4.
stupendous Fly Statistics. Il
The only other business presented
was reference TO the q Swat the FlyE
campaign being conducted by a com.
mittee OF the Merchants Association
OF New York. The printed poster sent
out by the association states that tlie,
are almost as much of curse as the
Democratic administration in that the
dies cost the United States $3.50, 900 900
a year. The circular says; N*,s
" A single fly rs capable of depositinu
100 eggs at one time and of producing |
I'VE or six patches during its short life
The progeny OF single ! air of flies
assuming that they all live, If pressed |
together at the end Of the summer |
would occupy a space of over $4,000. 0OC |
cubic feet. This would he equivalent |
J." building as large as tho WoOlworth |