The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-10-31
THE LEGISLATURE.
10TH DAY.
TurRspAY. Oct. 80.
AFTERNOON SESSION.


lips, Peterson, c. Brown, and Cum
mings.
The order of the day being resum-
ed, the immigration item, as amend
ed by Minister Peterson, passed.
Addition to Honolulu Electric
Light System, $44 900.
Encouragement of Coffee Culture,
$4,000.
Inter Island Cable, $25 200.
All passed.
Rep. White moved to insert ST.
900 for encouraging the growth OF
pineapples. Lost.
Rep. Richard moved to insert s2,-
500 for aid to the telephone lines on
the island of Hawaii. The total
amount required to make junction
between the Hilo and Hamakua and
the Kohala lines, and the Hilo and
Kau lines, was four thousand dollars,
the distance to be covered being
forty-four miles.
| The Secretary by direction read
the report of the committee, which
was against public aid being given
to any telephone companies, also the
petition from residents of the island
for assistance.
| Noble j. M. Horner said they had
PCS miles of telephone on the island,
but the lines were disconnected.
The House had just voted $4,000
for an intcr-island cable, from which
the Government would get no more
benefit than from the telephone lines.
When the cable reached Hawaii it
would strike some point of these 265
miles of disconnected telephone
lines. The people only wanted
twenty-fi five hundred dollars to COM
plete this system, against the
twenty-five thousand granted the
cable company. They offered to
pay one-half the cost themselves.
Where else in this great bill had
there been an item inserted, which
the people chiefly interested agreed
to duplicate? 1t had not been done
in the case of the Kapiolani Park.
an institution for the benefit of the
people of Honolulu. He moved
that this respectful petition receive
respectful attention from the House
Noble Widemann was prepared tt
i give the petition respectful consider
alton but he did not believe in tin
merits of the request. He had dom
all he could to prevent the passag
of the cable subsidy, considering i
n wild-goose chase. Still the cabl
was not for the benefit of Honolulu
but for the whole country from Kau
al to Hawaii. Man did not live o.
business alone but must have recre
alton. He had no doubt that tn
hon. Noble from Hamakua himsel
sometimes took drive to the Park
The first telephone communicate
on the islands was on Maui in 1876
Noble Walbridge-It was in 1875
Noble Widemann was sure he ha
spoken over telephone line on Mat
in 1876.
Minister Spencer-It was an elet
trio telegraph.
Noble Widemann recollected thu
it was a telephone because he felt
little grouty that they had not ash
ed him for a contribution.
Noble Walbridge-Good gracious
Well go after it now.
Noble Widemann knew that MAJ
had no assistance from the treasu1
| for its telephone system, although
| was as hard an island physically fl
running the lines as any. 1t was L
use putting the item in anyway, ;
there would not be money for I'll
purpose.
D. Rep. Richard was willing to tai
the chances on there being none,
He read from the petition the arg
- ment that complete system wou
u be useful in tracking criminals. III
House might at least show kind
disposition to the request of Hawai-
= Noble Walbridge spoke of Il
Maui telephone system, which COL
prised one hundred instruments al
was all paid out of their own poe
cts. If Hawaii was to get this al
Maui should also get subsidy
its telephones.
Noble Marsden remarked tn
Hawaii was ten times as large
Maui and divided by mountain
= Its telephone system if complete
would be great public benefit.
Minister Brown moved to amer
the motion to read, $40 enable Il
Bell Telephone Co. to complete Il
circuit of Oahu" (Laughter.)
Rep. Richard would vote for tn
afterward if his motion passed.
Noble Hind stated that in 1882
& the Government gave $1,000 to Il
y Hawaii Railway Co. to build tel
graph and telephone line. 1t CO
them only $4,000. That was the WI
some people were treated. The
were popular petitions for pub
benefits disregarded, while one mi
could come in and get what
wanted.
. Rep. Waipuilani supported Il
! motion and Rep. Nawahi moved d
previous question.
The motion TO insert the item OF
ried,
Rep, White moved 10 insert $40
for the Maui telephone systel
Carried,
Landings At Ilookena, kamalo Al
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