The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-07-19

! saw fit Minister ThurStOn seconded the
! motion. and if any members, wishing to
/ visit PunchbOWl to see for themselves, Will
! give him their names, he will provide them
/ with horses at his own expense, and will
not take it out of the contingencies of the
! Interior Office, TO go up there on Saturday
! afternoon. The Minister referred to the
| Chicago park of l 900 acres and the fifty
! miles carriage drive round the city, built
| at IA cost of 500, 900 per mile, lined with
! flowers and trees, and also with a broad
| sidewalk. These expenditures of public
moneys were made with a view TO the
| material advantages that would accrue to
! the city. Monterey, California, was an
! other example in point. The place was
! nothing but Il sand heap, but had fine
| scenery. Now, after five or six years,
Monterey property Is among the best Oh
! the Coast.
Noble Smith asked it the horses to be
| furnished members on Saturday are those
in the road carts. Minister ThurStOn said
he would not give any horse to the non.
Noble, as he would vote for the item any
way. Rep. c. Brown Withdrew the motion
to strike out and Noble Townsend renewed
it. Rep. kamauOha said the hon. member
for kOOlau had sent the Minister of In
terror a request tor mule to ride on Sat
urday.
The motion to refer to a select commit
Tee was adopted
Noble Wight moved to insert: Road
from HonOkane to Waipio, $1,000. Noble
Castle moved to make 1t 100000. Noble
Smith said that Noble Wight had asked
very few things this session. His demands
were very moderate, and this item ought
to be voted. Noble Hitchcock did not
think SO 600 would build horse trail up
and down Waimanu gulch. The item
was inserted.
Rep. Mcguire moved to insert: Bridge
over Waiaka stream, Waimea, Hawaii,
$500. Noble Townsend said his only OBJ
lection to these appropriations is the OPP
pOrtunity they afford for lOg-rOlling. Rep.
Kinney did not think such a bridge is
freshets. Rep. Mcguire said 1t is badly
needed. Minister Thurston, in answer to
a question by Noble Townsend, said the
Road Board had not asked for this bridge.
'nigger in the fence" 1t looks as If some
members were trying to find work for Gov
ernOrs. The item was inserted Rep.
PaehaOle moved to insert: Bridge, Hala-
wa, Molokai, 81 600. Carried. Rep. Ma
wahine moved to insert: bridges, Waihee,
Maui, 81 800. Minister ThurStOn said the
House is cutting loose from the ApprOpri-
alton bill. If members are disposed to go
on stuffing the bill, of course there is no
law to prevent them. The road and bridge
service in the district where these bridges
are asked for is fairly well provided for al
ready. The item was put and lost ka-
mehameha ". road, $1,000; Kalihi road,
5000; PauOa road, $1,000; Road from
macadamizing streets, Honolulu, 500 900;
Bridges, WaiIua River, Kauai, $12 900,
passed. Rep. f. Brown moved to insert:
Roads, bridges and breakwater, KOOlau
poke, 50 1000. After some discussion and
statement from the Minister of Interior
relative to the requirements aud road funds
OF kOOlaupOkO, the motion was with |
drawn. Noble Hitchcock thought they
ought to have something in KOna. He |
moved that $3.50 be inserted for the pur-
pose of building a snOw-shed over the cut |
on the Government road from Kiholo to |
Huehue along the upper slope of Hualalai. |
The Noble having laid the motion on his |
own table 1t was not voted on. Rep. |
Kauhi moved to insert: Roads and bridges, !
Eva and Waianae, So, 900. Lost. Noble !
Richardson moved to insert: MacadamIz- |
ing roads in Waikiki and kahului, $40 900. |
Lost.
Committee rose and the House resumed
at 4 "a.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
The President appointed select commit
tees: ~ on the proposed items of $4,000 |
each for kolOa, Kauai, and the Waiuku, !
Maui, water works, Rep. Rice, Mobiles
Smith, Richardson, Wall and Bertelmann;
90 on the PunchboWl road item MOBILES |
Young, Robinson and Dole, Reps Naone
and Mcguire.
Adjourned to 10 o'clock Thursday morn
ing.