The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-08-01
Legislative Assembly, :
53RD DAY. July 3lst.

The House opened at / p. m.
President w. r. Castle in the chair.
Roll called and absentees noted. |
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Noble Baldwin reported from the
special committee to whom was re-
ferred the item of $500 for cleo
tric lighting. The committee are
of the opinion that the investment
will be profitable one and there
fore recommend that the item pass
rs in the bill.
Noble Widemann spoke against
it, He said the amount was out of
all proportion TO the cost of the
plant, and another thing, the water
power was not sufficient TO run the
extra dynamos required for this SER
vice.
Noble Smith moved to accept the
report and lay Ii on the table to be
considered with the Appropriation
Bill.
Minister Thurston said this mat
ter had been thoroughly discussed,
both pro and Icon, in the daily pa
pers, and but little more can be said
on it. The statement that the fig
ures are about double what it will
cost, is incorrect. The plant offer
ed at q lower figure will not begin to
do the work. Figures and estimates
have been carefully gone into, and
the Thomas-Houston system is the
only one TO do the work. He said that
the Government would not buy any
plant through agents, but direct
from the Company and no commits
sions would be paid agents. He
thought that the matter should be
finally settled now. Therefore he
moved to adopt the report of the
committee.
Noble Widemann said the Noble
in the corner furnished the Hon.
Noble Baldwin with estimates for
plant of 60 lights for this town that
was obtained from the Western
Electric Light Co. of Chicago, which
is far below what our present lights
cost. VIII the honorable Noble pro-
duce that estimate?
Noble Baldwin said he had learn
ed more about electricity in the few
days that this investigation had
been gong on. He was little sur
prised in the figures shown him for
seme of these plants and the esti-
mates furnished by the Ministers.
There was difference of nearly 80
per cent, but upon investigation it
was found that the Edison and other
systems were hot suitable for the
purposes proposed in the bill, as
their power (with small wire) can
only be transmitted short distance,
while the Thompson-Houston system
is the high potential and can be
operated any distance with small
wire; and the committee thought
that as the expense was but little
more, (if the same service was re-
quired), for the Thompson-Houston
system, that should be the one
adopted, as it has many advantages
that the other systems do not pos
sess.
Noble Widemann said he would
like TO see those figures offered by
the Western Electric Light Com
pany. He could not remember
them, but he knew that they were
far below the cost of the present
system. The idea of "high poten-
tiaI" and Glow potential must
have emanated from the government
engineer of the Electric system. He
certainly displayed knowledge of
electric lighting when he erected
the posts for the present lights.
They could not have been placed in
worse positions to give minimum
amount of light to the people.
The report Of the committee was
adopted.
RESOLUTION AND BILLS.
The President said he had q COM
munication from Noble Bertelman,
asking indefinite leave of absence.
Minister Green answered the
question of the Honorable Noble
Widemann relating to agreements
with the bankers, stating that there
were no terms agreed upon except
that they should make returns or
their capital and not on the deposits
Noble Richardson gave notice OF
a bill to regulate the cultivation ane
sale of ava.