The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-07-24

The House re-assembled and went into
! Committee of the Whole on the Appropria-
ton bill, Rep. Kalaukoa in the chair.
Rep. Rice moved to insert an item :
Water works, Koloa, Kauai, s., 900; Noble
Richardson moved to insert: Water works,
WaiIuku, $4,000; both items referred to a
select committee. Noble Wight moved to
insert an item: Survey of head waters,
Kohala Mountains, with view to bringing
water into Kohala, $4,000. Carried Stor-
age, reservoirs, Nuuanu Valley, 800.
Minister Thurston moved to amend the
item, to read: Storage, reservoirs and pur-
chase of water rights, Nuuanu Valley,
81, 900, passed.
Road from Hilo to Volcano, $4,000.
Rep. Kauhane moved to add, and be-
yond the Volcano to Kanukupili" Passed
as in the bill Noble Baldwin moved to
insert: Road, Wailuku to Lahaina, $751;
900. Minister Thurston supported the mo-
ton. The Government, after mature con-
Sideration, had concluded that this appro-
priation would be of greater advantage
than the appropriation for the Nuuanu
Pail, $45, 900, which he would move to
strike out, if this Wailuku and Lahaina
road item passed. The motion was adopt
ed Noble Makee moved to insert, as re-
commended by Committee on Public Lands
and Internal Improvements Extension of
Queen street, 5000. Noble Townsend
cited items, amounting all told to 1868 1853
in the Appropriation bill TO show that
Oahu,and Honolulu are likely to have the
lions share of road and other improve
ments. Noble Hitchcock said the appro-
priations for Honolulu do not fail to be
expended. Every Ministry that ever was,
is, or will be, is sure to spend whatever is
appropriated for Honolulu, AMI what is
lett goes TO the outer districts. The item
was inserted.
Rep. Mcguire moved to insert: Bridge at
Keawewai, $500. Carried. The same
member moved to insert: Road, Kohala
ory of man when this road was repaired.
Carried. Rep. Kamauoha moved to In,
sert: Road from Smiths bridge to Kuma-
nuwai. $780, This road will do away with
denomination Lane" Minister Thurston
said this vote was unnecessary. A Jury l.
sitting this afternoon and considering that
same read. 1t is sufficiently provided for
in another item. Withdrawn.
Punchbowl Hill road, 5000. Rep. C. |
Brown moved to strike this out. Minister
Thurston said this item is on the same basis |
Square, Thomas Square, Kapiolani Park |
or the road TO the Volcano. If we are |
going to try to attract tourists we must
build roads to points of interest IS well as
roads for carting sugar and rice. There |
are thousands of people in California |
owing to the beauties of the country and |
the superiority of the climate having been |
forced on their attention. The Chairman |
of the Finance Committee had reported |
n al 10 had
taken said Chairman to the top of Punch
bowl since that report was made, and he |
said if he had gone there before, he would |
not have reported against it. The honorable /
Noble is now sitting in sackcloth and
ashes for having made such a report.
There Is no finer view in the Pacific Ocean
This was his pet item in the Appropriation
bill and he hoped members would not
strike it out.
that the pet road was going to pass. If it
is going to be built, there ought to be a
sufficient amount voted for it. He was
afraid, if the item is killed, the Minister of
Interior would die. He hoped, for the
benefit OF the exchequer, the Minister
would not cart the Chairman of the FL
nance Committee on to any more high
pinnacles.
Noble Townsend did not object to the
OuJlay IN lISelI. DuI IL u CledI tHdt SOLHe
roads as apparently Indispensable as this
one must be left for future consideration.
1t had recently been published as a sensa-
tional item in Honolulu newspaper that
A person had actually driven five miles out
Of Hilo in a carriage.
Rep. Kinney said the appropriations
specially for Honolulu are nearly all in
he same line, road improvements. The
honorable Noble Townsend should re-
member that there are large sums voted
or the outer districts, immigration, for
by which they receive a good
hare of the public moneys.
Noble Townsend said he thought he had
explained his position so that neither
wise men nor fools could err as to his
meaning, but it seemed as though the
member from Hamakua had
HIM.
Noble Baldwin said the Minister of In
erior had drawn it rather strong about
lis remorse. He was much impressed
With the view from PunchboWi Hill. and
any other town in the world had it there
would have been road round it long ago,
md the bill itself would have been beauti-