| Show JAPANESE ARE LOWEST BIDDERS For FOI Fe the Contract Cont act for Construe 1 I lion tion ton of Fortifications for the Defense of Hawaii Hawai AND THEY MAY SECURE IT ork Cannot bo be Concealed CI Wai lel See Sec No Ni for Drawing Line on ott 01 Washington Jim 13 Tho war Wil de do department nt has hUl not hot lut brett been Informed a as yet yot of of the i e reported withholding of or the thc con contract 01 On tract for the construction of the tho for fo In II Hawaii for far the tho alleged reason that Japanese were realty really time til lowest bidders shows that only Investigation here a limited amount of or foundation work is I now l ow in iii il progress and the of or ll ste e no flO rel why ally liny ni lino Ino should be drawn dran on account ot of tho the nationality of oC those thul who Hits ale to do du tins Hus work worle the nature of ot which cannot bo tC II concealed HO so 10 that they the would hesitate before they rejected tue lowest bid on ott 01 that account The 11 he principal work ork now on hand in ln Hawaii COn In the construction u ur cc two of mortar batteries for fot which Congress has hl appropriated One of or these the e batteries Is 1 located Io ted at n Diamond Head lCd Uio Ume t commanding command 11 tho the entrant to tho the harbor barbor at Honolulu and ad thu other on o the point at the lie entrance to t Pearl harbor In addition to these those large laige works there thero are rule rile gun emplacements near noar quarantine I antine and amid along the water front of or Honolulu This Thil years estimates cot con contemplate template the expenditure of ot to perfect the tho fortifications of or the Sandwich Islands and for Cor that amount It Is II said nn an n Impregnable naval bass M can be situated on tho ha island of ot A breakwater Is Iii under construction in fun bay on the Island of 01 Hawaii HawaI but this la iii not pot complete Honolulu ami WJ Pearl harbor are the only harbors harbor which now could be used by naval nava vessels |
