The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-08-29
THE LEGISLATURE.
SIXTY SIXTH DAY.
THURSDAY, Aug. rs.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House resumed al / 40.

Rep. Paehaole moved to amend
the section by making the subsidy
500 per year instead of $500.
There could be no question that the
Government should give the COM
pany some encouragement to build
the road. No thinking man could
doubt that this road would be of
great public benefit both directly
and indirectly. AS the House had
refused to guarantee any interest to
the company the subsidy of $500
was too little. 1t was said that the
refusal to guarantee interest on the
bonds had killed the bill. He did
not think so. If they gave them
sufficient subsidy they would still
build the road.
Rep. White believed that the new
plantations to follow the building of
the railway would only exist in the
air. They were told before the re-
ciprocity treaty came into force that
after its Inauguration the natives
would be picking up money by the
shovelful.
Rep. Marques rose to support the
amendment of the hon. member for
Molokal. He was surprised at some
of the arguments used against this
bill. The previous speaker surely
did not mean what he said,
but only wanted to keep the House
in good humor, when he said the
railway was only for the private
benefit of its promoters. Compare
sons with the Kohala railway were
not just. 1t might as well be said
that because the Reciprocity sugar
mill had been unfortunate, the whole
sugar industry of the country was
bound to be failure. He had
favored the guarantee of interest
more than the granting of subsidy,
as in the case of guarantee the
country stood good chance OF
having nothing to pay. Any OF
them could have ascertained for
themselves that hundreds of railways
in the world had been subsidized by
guarantees of interest, and out OF
many such cases personally known
to himself he was aware of none
where the government had been re-
quired to pay the interest. AS the
guarantee had been struck out he
would favor an increase of the sub
sidy. He considered the subsidy ir
the bill as too small without the guar
antee, and for this reason would sup
port the amendment of the hon
member for Molokai. There was NJ
doubt that the railway would return
to the country much more than il
would receive. Lands along tn
proposed line would produce pine
apples and other products in abund
ance, but at present the means o
getting them to market were eithe
wanting or very inadequate. AS hi
time was limited, he would onl,
state two more reasons for support
ing liberal subsidy: LIST, becaus
he was pledged to support and en-
courage home enterprise, and woul'
always try not to forget his pro
misses; End, because he wante,
laborers and mechanics to ebtai
increased sources of work, one mil
lion dollars would be spent in labo
alone if the railroad was built, an
if he voted against the subsidy, h
would be ashamed to meet workin
men, who might reproach him wit
not helping them to earn an homes
salary.
Noble Macfarlane considered this
the committee that submitted tn
bill had neglected their duty. The
had not produced particle of ev
dence as to the cost of the railway
and the House could not therefor
decide as to the amount of subsid
that would be availing. He ha
consistently supported a subsidy
this railway. and had also bee
! favorable to Mr.. Dillingham; and h
associates getting the franchise
( Citing the aggregate amounts of I'll
different subsidies proposed, he hel
that the country could not afford {
; throw round money by hundreds
thousands, simply because the con
I mittee was of opinion that the roa
should be subsidized. He conside
ed that $4,000 a mile for complete
J track would be ample. If the cor
+ pany could not afford to build IL
road for that, they should leave
alone.
, Rep. Paehaole asked how the ho
member made out that his amen,
ment involved an outlay of $245, 90
Noble Macfarlane answered b
7 cause 70 miles at $500 mile won
make that amount. If this lars
subsidy was granted to the Oah
railway, the promoters of the III
makua railway would claim an equ
amount, and there were members
the House who believed that Il
Hamakua railway would be the mo
beneficial to the country. Whe