The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-06-22
FORTY-TIIIRD DAY.

The Assembly was opened at 10
o'clock with prayer by the Chaplain,
Rev. j. Waiamau. Present: Hon.
j. S. Walker, President; Ministers
Gibson, Kapena and Neumann
Mobiles Kaae, Kanoa and Macfar-
lane; Reps. Ilayseldcn, Keau, Lili-
kalani, Kauhi, Brown, Kaulia, Ka-
ulukou, Paha, Kaunamano, Nahale,
Nahinu, Kalua, Aholo, Kaukau,
Richardson, Dickey, Kaai, Thurston;
Paehaole, Palohau and Kauai. Mr..
Pierce, Secretary, read the minutes
of last meeting in English, and Mr..
Wilcox, Interpreter, in Hawaiian.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Minister Neumann moved that the
rules be suspended to have the order
of the day carried, and, in answer
to Rep. Thurston, said the reason
was that three bills were at the head
of the order, which affected streets
and buildings in the burnt district.
These bills were up for second read
ing, and he thought that it would be
proper that they should be read by
title or otherwise referred to n com
mittee at once, or be passed if the
house saw fit after hearing them
read.
The motion carried.
Second reading of an act to regu-
late the construction Of buildings in
the city of Honolulu. Ordered to
be considered section by section.
Rep. Brown stated that the bill,
of which the Secretary had read the
title and first section, was not the
one reported up by the fire limits
committee.
As the Hawaiian version of the
reported bill was not forthcoming,
the house deferred consideration of
the bill for the present.
Second reading of an act to estab-
lish the grades of streets and
highways, and the grades and widths
of sidewalks in the city of Honolulu.
The first section provides for the
appointment, by the Minister of
Interior, of commission of three
civil engineers to establish the grade
of streets and highways act.
Rep. Dickey moved to strike out
all the words referring to the com
mission, so that the section should
empower the Minister himself to
discharge the duties in question.
He referred to the great expense OF
civil engineers services, and stated
that he had heard on good authority
Of $4,000 having been expended by
the Interior department for civil
engineering during the last period,
where the work performed was not
worth ten cents. Yesterday they
had received a communication from
His Majesty to reduce expenses, yet
here they were opening new avenue
for increasing expenses.
Rep. Kaai moved that the first
section be indefinitely postponed
All that was wanted was to have the
streets laid out in an even manner
so that the grades should be equal
Next thing they would have to pay
for these engineers. If the streets
were in very bad state, or if there
was a large surplus of revenue, ht
would not object to the bill passing
His Majesty sent them a message
yesterday to reduce expenses, an(
it would not be treating him will
proper courtesy, right in the face o.
His Majesty to pass II bill largely
increasing the expenditure.
Rep. Castle did not wonder th'
member for Hama was afraid of thi
!. bill, and it would not be surprisin!
if other members would be afraiC
of the bill because it entailed eX
pense, and its provisions pertaine'
specifically to Honolulu. He sup
posed that members who under
stood the Importance of. prope
street grades to sanitary conditions
: would understand the necessity fo
!. having the grades of streets estat
Il lished in Honolulu. What wa
y, needed in Honolulu was some kin
Il of city government, which he ha
been in favor of ever since comm
! from visit to the United States
q He had never seen any Minister {
Interior who was in favor of such
n n scheme. The present one was no
y and probably spoke for his co
e leagues in the Ministry. He SUI
= = posed they were afraid that I'll
u Mayor of Honolulu would be IL
!; biggest man in the Kingdom-he dj
u not know what else they couI
II be afraid of. A municipal corpor'
~ ~ ton on political basis was an unm
I" tigated nuisance, but on busine
. basis it was just what Honolu
IS wanted. He regarded the gradir
of streets in Honolulu as eminent
10 important, and there never was
J, better time than the present +
lr having it done. 1t ought not to
W delayed single day, and it W
y going to cost money. They had n
le a Ministry, and would not have +
~ some time, in favor of municip