The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-06-29
FORTY-THIRD DAY.

WEDNESDAY. June Z3rd.
After prayer by the Chaplain, roll call
and reading of minutes Of previous meet
ing the Assembly proceeded to the con-
slderation of the following business:
AT 1925 the order of the day was moved
and being carried the bill to regulate the
construction of buildings in the city of
Honolulu and elsewhere within the King
dom, was taken up.
The Secretary read the title and first
section of the bill in English, but the
Hawaiian version being missing, consider
alton of the bill was passed for the time
being
The bill to prevent the obstruction of
the streets of Honolulu, Lahaina, Wailut
ku, Kahului and Hilo, was now ordered
. be read but, that bill also not being
easily get at-able the Secretary, ON mo
ton, read instead, the bill "to establish
the grade of streets and highways and the
grades and widths of sidewalks in the city
of HONOLULU" and the bill was considered
section by section.
Section l, relates to the appointment of
three engineers, when necessary at times,
by the Minister of Interior, as a Board to
regulate the grades.
R. preventative Dickey moved to strike
out all the words referring to the appoint
ment of a commission. He referred to
the great expense of civil engineers ser
vices, and stated that he had heard ON
good authority of $4,000 having been ex-
pended by the Interior Department for
civil engineering during the last biennial
period, and that the work performed was
not worth ten cents.
Representative Kaai moved that the
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
Representative Castle supposed that
members who understood the Importance
of proper street grades TO sanitary condi-
lions would understand the necessity for
having the grades of streets established
in Honolulu. What was needed in Hon
olulu was some kind of city government,
which he had been in favor of ever since
coming from a visit to the United States
A municipal corporation on political
basis was an unmitigated nuisance, but ON
business basis it was just what Honolulu
wanted. He regarded the grading of
streets in Honolulu as eminently import
ant, and there never was a better time
than the present for having it done For
sanitary reasons grading was necessary,
so that the surface water would run off
readily. If the work was not done now,
by and by,when more expensive buildings
were up, it would have to be done at far
greater cost.
The Minister Of Interior in answer to
the objections by Representative Dickey
and Kaai said that there was no intention
to increase officials. The department had
capable engineers, distributed in different
parts of the country The matter of es-
tablishing the grades of streets, was an
important matter, and it was necessary
that it should be carried out under the
cover Of law and in proper manner,
without any increased expense. There
was a very complete system of sewerage
for Honolulu laid ont, but that plan did
not contemplate taking away surface
water. One reason for grading the
streets was that the surface water would
be thus carried away on the surface.
Hon. c. r. Bishop said that when the
committee was considering the bill, it was
explained to them, by the Minister of the
Interior that good deal of surveying re
quisite had already been done 1t was
therefore necessary to have some law to
give authority to establish the grade al
ready made. 1t was q matter of necessity
and justice to property holders, so that
they will know how to place foundations
for their buildings. 1t was necessity in
every town of any considerable size. Since
the surveys had-been made, some streets
were made in accordance with the new
survey The public had not yet been in
formed of fhe grades and IL was necessary
for some law to be enacted to meet the
case.
Representative Thurston said that, OBJ
jections had been made against the APP
pointment of three civil engineers, it |
seemed to imply extra expense but, the |
Of the Interior had explained |
that it was not the intention to employ |
any new officers. The Minister used those |
belonging to the Survey Department. As
the bill did not state that, he moved to |
amend by inserting, such engineers shall |
be paid out of the regular appropriation |
for the survey department.
Representative Richardson amended |
that, after the words civil engineers |
there be inserted 8 one Of whom shall be
the Superintendent of Public Works.
The motion to indefinitely postpone was
now put and, on vote, was declared lost
The amendments of Reps Thurston and
Richardson were added to the section, as
also later amendment by Rep. Dickey
: excepting the Superintendent OF Public
Works from pay for services.
The section was passed in its entirety
as also the ones following, and the bill !