The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-06-22

ing in any such scheme As time went oH, II
seemed 20 me-st eass-tha the time had arHte1 20
justify such an expenditure steam lines nsa Dc
come established, more passengers were arriving
and they should be entertained here II strangers
had to sleep in our streets and PICK mp fooa II the
restaurants, they would report that We were not
ready 10 receive them-hence they would not come
As . member Of the Government u makes no uAnef-
ence to me how many people come here-it does to
those who have anything TO neil. In November OF
1870, | held a long conversation with person con
nected with the railroads IN the United states, VINO
convinced me thar IL We had not accommodation
passengers the steamships would be Of no use TO US
He wished me TO give him the assurance that private
enterprise or something else would build a hotel A
short time after. at q meeting OF the business mshoi
this piace, I said that we might GO ahead And ouhd
if they would asSist-the reply was-no enterprise IN
this country will come TO anything II the Govern
lnent does not take hold and sssist-capital and the
foreign element look 10 the members OF this house
for aid. List of names read Of those who were
willing TO help if the Government would start the
thing. Extract read from p. c. a. 10 show that
pu6lc sentiment was in favor Of the proJect)-thus
have shown you that public opinion was hFAsor o.
the enterprise and that the Government were Jusu-
fed in the course they pursued. The building has
exceeded the estimate made Of ITS cost. III this could
have been foreseen it might have had some weight
but was il not advisable after having commenced
the building to carry it TO completion at no mSuer
what cost within reasonable bounds! When finished
il was necessary to furnish il. and through the dealh
of the gentleman who proposed to lease the hotel we
had TO look abroad for some one to Keep IT, IL mas
been leased TO the present proprietor for nNe years,
he has partly furnished it. and be has not had, from
the time he came down here, the least doubt our
that it will pay. The question vas asked II the
hotel had not been given rent free Tor a year: III
reply Il was stated that the rent for me prsSent was
contingent upon the r~eeeipts.) The point Is whether
in any point of view this property Is one that II VIII
be an advantage to You TO possess-Whether IL VIII
not, in the course of nine OF ten years become n
profitable investment. There is not a dollar OF the
Treasurv nancy now in the building therefore
there is no reason TO argue the question OF lesaA"y
in the expenditure of money at all.
Prince Lunalilo said that the Sllo,OOO asked Tor
w +, so many devils %pinching, eating into the revenue
There is but one thing that we must do ana that Is
practice the strictest economy.
Hon. A. F. Judd said that if there had been a
pressing necessity for the last 80 years for a Hotel,
why in the name of goodness was not the scheme pre-
sented to the Legislature of previous years: why
did Ministers get the sanction of law before iasten-
ing this building to the island and attempting 10
thrust this load of its debt upon usf In reference to
the names read by the Minister of Finance, L would
say that there are many of them who had an axe 10
grind Many of them have already realized an
amount equal to their subscriptions. There was no
call for the meeting SPOKEN of. but private invitations
wee issued in which / (~probably because | was nota
c~apitalist) was not incluied. In regard TO Indirect
advantages, they were so microscopic as to be OF no
account.
On motion the Committe rose, and asked leave to
sit sgsin on Thursday. Leave granted.
House PASSED 10 the consideration of an Act TO
amend the Act regulating the Bureau of Public In
struction. Defining the object for which public
schools are instituted Motion made to pass to en-
grossment. and indefinitely postpone
Hon. A.. Z. Judd said that the only change con-
t~emplated was the adding of the words, g habits OF
industry and that it was clearly the duty of teach
ers to teach habits of industry while training the
child's moral nature.
Pending discussion the House adjourned.