The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-10-16
Road from Kuknihaele to
Waipio, .......,...
Completion OF bridge at
Waiaka, for which
$500 was expended
last period. .........
1000 90
= 1000 90
800 90

lie had another item of $4,000,
for which u petition was received,
but he would leave it out.
During the reading, Noble lscn-
berg asked why the road taxes
should not be applied to those OBJ
jects.
Rep. Richard said up to two years
ago he did not think that l1amakua
had one thousand dollars from the
treasury for its roads.
Rep. Wilcox asked If these OBJ
iects were not already provided for
in other parts of the bill.
Rep. Rickard said he had not
brought anything before the House
which was not for the direct advan-
tage of the people. He had asked
nothing Cor steamship, or bal
loon, or any such thing.
Noble Isenberg said that every
adult on the island had to pay 50
road taxes, from which he again said
these local works should be provid-
ed. lie referred to the slight drafts
Kauai had ever made on the treas
ury for its roads, and moved the
Hamakua items be rejected.
Minister Brown felt much the
same as Noble Macfarlane about in
creasing the bill. 1t was now be-
vond the revenue. They had al
ready appropriated 100000 for
roads and bridges on the Island of
Hawaii alone, which was about 10
percent of the present revenue. A
good many members seemed TO
think il their duty to increase the
expenses and reduce the receipts as
much as possible. The hon. mem
Der had bill before the House that
would exempt about one-half of the
real estate outside of this island
from taxation.
Rep. Rickard-What bill is that!
Minister Brown-The bill to eX-
empt forest lands.
Rep. Rickard-I have no such
bill as that before the House.
Minister Brown thought that with
the items already in the bill they
ought to struggle along.
Rep. Richard maintained that, as
the representative for Hamakua and
not for the whole island, he had per-
sonal knowledge of the necessity of
the proposed appropriations.
Noble Macfaranc drew attention
to SIP, 900 in Sec. 3 of the bill for
roads and bridges in Hamakua.
Rep. Rickard-W have not come
to that yet.
Noble Marsden asked the Minis
ter of the Interior how it was pro-
posed to spend that $l2, 000-fol
specific works?
Minister Spencer-Not for specific
work, but for necessary work.
Rep. Rickard-T'hat is only to b,
expended in case of q surplus o
funds.
Rep. Nawahi was in favor of TIL,
items.
Noble Baldwin thought the Hous
should seriously consider cutting
down the appropriations. He wa
willing to have Maui cut down, pro
vided it got its due share with tn
other islands. The news just re
ceived about the United States tariff
made it certain that values woult
decline with a corresponding reduc
ton of taxes. Although roads ant
bridges were poor appropriation
and Hawaii poor place to begil
reducing expenditures, the appro
priations in the bill were liberal com
pared with those of last period. Thu
there was appropriated last perio'
for Hawaii $25, 900 and S21, 292 ex
pended; Maui, appropriated $4,000
expended S4895; Kauai, appropri
ated $500, expended S563S; com
pared with which this bill provide
largely increased items as could b
seen. Having passed the item q
$34 800 for Hawaii, these road
might well come out of that item.
Noble Parker was in favor of tn
items until he heard from the Mil
lister of Finance that there woul
not be enough money. The fac
was they had revenue of two mi
lions against which they wer
making appropriations of five mi
lions. The roads were very desira
BILE but our means were small.
Rep. r.. w. Wilcox agreed wit
previous speakers that the propose
items had better stand for two year.
He had travelled in the locality r,
Gently and saw that some of I'll
roads mentioned were not so yer
bad as represented.
Rep. Bush spoke of the great are
of Hawaii, it being four time
as large as Oahu, Maui, an
Kauai. 1t would cost as much, frol
the nature of the ground, to bull
one mile of road on Hawaii, as
make all the roads on Kauai. lii
makua produced one-sixth of u
tonnage of sugar made in the. kim
dom and was therefore entitled
consideration.
Noble Hind was decidedly again
cutting down appropriations II
, roads on the island of Hawaii.
was the very thing that should |
increased instead of being cut dow
If the Ministers had been convince
of the need of economizing WHIT
, they were voting such exorb