The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-11-05
THE LEGISLATURE.
121sr DAY.

the Appropriation Bill.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Rep. r. w. Wilcox moved the
order of the day. Carried.
Second reading of bill to create,
maintain and operate machinery for
generating, distributing and supply
ing electric light and power.
Sec. confers ON Allan Herbert
and John Ena and their assigns and
their associates the right to erect,
maintain and operate enoines and
machinery to create, distribute and
supply electric power for lighting
and other purposes in the Island of
Oahu subject to the provisions and
conditions contained in the Act.
The section passed.
Sec. 2 authorizes the Minister of
the Interior to lease to the grantees
any lot of land on the Esplanade not
exceeding one acre for fifty years Mt
five hundred dollars year, for
site for their works. The section
passed.
Sec. 3. The grantees shall have
the right to conduct their electric
power over wires or to place storage
batteries at such various places
which may be convenient, and they
shall have the right to use steam for
generating the electric power, but
the current used and operated by
them shall not be of such tension as
may endanger life aud no alternat-
ing current shall he maintained or
used by them.
| Passed.
See. 4. The Minister of the In
terror is authorized to sell to the
grantees the property and belongings
of the incandescent lighting system
now owned and maintained by the
Government, to its best advantage
and to transfer to the grantees all
existing contracts and agreements
for furnishing incandescent lights 10
private persons.
Minister Peterson moved to strike
out the words, lis authorized to,
and insert in their place, 'may with
the approval of the Cabinet" Car
ried.
| Noble j. M. Horner moved to in
sert "and arc after ''incandes-
cent" He was willing to see the
Government selling out its whole
lighting business, but objected to
selling the branch that produced
revenue while retaining the branch
that was losing.
Noble Widemann could not see
how the hon. Noble from Hamakua
persisted in representing the house
lighting system as source OF rev.
enue, when for every dollar the
Government was getting it expend-
ed three.
The amendment was lost.
Sec. 5. In the event of an acci.
dental stoppage or breakdown of the
Government electric works the gran
. tees shall supply the electric power
for the arc lights belonging to the
Government free of charge except
,, the cost of connection; provided
that where such stoppage shall con
. tinue for longer period than foul
days the Government shall pay tC
the grantees for such supply of cleo.
trio power at the rate of its actual
v cost.
Noble Widemann doubted if this
was fair provision to the company
Noble Berger moved that the
section be indefinitely postponed
No company would take franchise
on such condition. 1t would re
:. quire them to maintain an extr'
r plant to furnish the Government il
e such case.
Noble Cornwell said the compan,
offered this condition themselves.
u Noble Muller said it seemed t
VI him that this section was inserted b.
mistake. The machinery for incan
y descent light could not run the ar
lights.
8 Rep. Paehaole moved to substi
If tute "seven'' for ''four" befOr
is "days."
y Noble Macfarlane said il woul
cost $l2,OO or $l4, 700 TO provide
:, plant that would run an arc ligt
:. system. 1t seemed to him the SEE
10 ton was imposing too much on tn
Ell company. He thought that in tn
a. event of q breakdown in the Gov
eminent plant the company ougl
to help the Government, but q
is there was a benefit to the Cover
oil ment in getting rid of the servit
rs this was asking too much.
~ Minister Brown said the bill ";
W. introduced by the promoters, wi
were gentlemen alive to their ow
interests, who would not undertal
n anything that they were unable
ct carry out. He moved the secLiC
Of pass as in the bill.
III Noble Widemann, on Rep. Pa
30 haole's amendment, proposed Tn
Nv time be seven months. If Lht
could pass law that the eompaI
should light the streets OF Honolu
forever IL would be good law 4
ed us. About that 'valuable privilege
u, coal was $40 W STA II ton, and VIII
10 this company WAS going 10 make o
of IL he could not see,
Tor Noble j. NJ, llorner spoke OF 4
valuable franchise given, tor viii
Ia the Government was getting no