| Show coatler station to be established chicago aug 5 A epenial to the from washington says iho president has decided to make practical aeo of the american rights at pago pago harbor simoa and the establishment of a equipped naval coaling station there will bs undertaken at once with this view civil engineer frank P chamber now on duty at the new york navy yard has been ordered to washington for consultation with the authorities prior to departing next week with official and full power to carry oot the important project pago pago is tha only harbor of any value in the group and the one considered by naval officers cert of scarcely lees strategic importance in the pad fie ocean than pearl harbor hawaii the decision to utilize the concession secured by admiral mead twenty ago giving iho united states perfect ownership ot the harbor indicates sufficiently the administrations appreciation ot abo vastly extended sphere of american interest in the pacific it la the tion of a great naval and commercial policy in anat direction dae in a great measure to the responsibilities incurred in asiatic waters few details have been disclosed regarding the maintaining of a naval establishment at samoa it is known however that civil engineer chambers will estimate tor the benefit of Cone repa the appropriations to the anak ine of a first class naval base at pago in the meantime he will superintend the construction of a wharf with an outfit of automatic coaling machinery similar to the modern plant now being installed at dry Tort agoa thia preliminary work is rendered possible through two appropriations heretofore made by congress for naval stations in the pacific which provide a balance of immediately available |
