The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-07-24

preparation Bill.
Rep. Apiki reads by title an Act
amending the law with regard TO inter
nal taxes.
The House proceeded to the order OF
the day.
Consideration OF the Appropriation bill |
in Committee of the Whole, Rep. Bush |
in the Chair.
Landings and buoys on Hawaii S, 200. |
Noble Phillips moved that the Com |
mittee of the Whole adopt the ten min !
ute rule of the House.
Rep. Kalua states that that cannot be
| done in committee. The House must
| do it
Rep. Waipuilani asks whether the
| item is for the entire island OF Hawaii.
| Minister Spencer gave the items.
Rep. Waipuilani-My district has the
lions share of the appropriation. l move
| the item be referred to select commit
tee. There are great many petitions.
Rep. Brown move it pass as in the
bill. Ii we refer this item we must refer
| every single one. The Government
| knows what is needed.
Noble Isenberg moves to amend by
giving the whole Appropriation bill to
| a special committee at once. The former
I Ministry brought this bill in. and the
present Ministry has accepted most OF
it, and | am in favor OF passing it as II
is. Every single item is referred to a
special committee
Minister Brown-The item is based
on very careful estimates and as reports
from the various districts. But if the
honorable member will look little fur
Their he will find a generalit item OF SIS 900
for contingencies. There are already
upwards Of thirty members on select
committees on the Appropriation bill
alone. If We go much further We shall
have to enlarge the House.
Rep. Kanealii-There are petitions
here that the Government owns all
landings so as to make them free. Does
this item cover any such purpose?
: Minister Brown-No, nothing what
ever. People have a right to charge
wharfage on their own wharves: The
House can vote money to extinguish
:; those rights if it please.
? Rep. Apiki states that the landing at
3 Honuapo is free and if Rep. Kanealii
thinks not it must be long time since
he has been there.
Rep. Kapaehaole thinks the House
= had better not be in a hurry about pass
ing the items, but let them be consid-
\ cred by committee.
Rep. Rickard-I have introduced s
> resolution for 81 900 for repairs on tht
wharf at Kawaihae. This work is neces
y sary and l move the item be increased
- to 5000.
~ Minister Brown understand tina
the wharf at Kawaihae is private prop
erty and the Government will certainl.
- object to appropriating any money t.
repair it.
Rep. Rickard-That would apply t.
every landing on the Hamakua coast.
u u Noble Burchardt - The honorable
u member from Hamakua had bette
!, bring in bill for a new wharf. 1 don
70 think the present one cost a quarter
~ that sum.
The motion to refer to special com
~ mittee was lost.
r The motion to increase to s., 200 wa
lost.
u The item passed as in the bill.
y. Landings and buoys, Maui, $1,000
q Passed.
III Landings and buoys, Molokai, $1,000
:, Passed
~ Landings and buoys, Oahu, $4,000
- Passed.
b. Landings and buoys, Kauai, $1,000
~ Passed.
lgg Landings and buoys (generaD $l5,OOt
- Passed.
u Lighthouses, $4,000.
Rep. Lucas moved to increase
$4,000, because new lighthouse wa
10 needed at certain point the other sid
-, y of Diamond Head.
" Minister Spencer-The SIP 900 is base
90 on expense of lighthouses in past perioC
but $4,000 more will be asked for for
80 lighthouse at Makapuu point and a
Kahului.
: Rep. Lucas withdrew his motion.
y, The item passed as in the bill.
81 Rep. Kanealii states that this is an al
10 propriate place to ask for $500 for stree
~ lights at Waihee The item has been
.. the Bill twice but no lights have ever pit
"a in an appearance.
honorable member will find an item ft
lighting streets of other places tina
,,s Honolulu.
% Rep. Kanealii withdraws mis- motion
~ Steam tug, $4,000. The increase
70 for new boiler.
ns Noble Phillips-Is not the new boilt
-, already in?
~ Minister Spencer-No, it is made, b'
=, not in.
-, -, Rep. Lucas-Who authorized maxim
the boiler if there was no appropriate
for it?
NJ The item passed as in bill.
IN Dredging Honolulu harbor, SIS, 900.
-, Rep. Marques-Does the Minister
~ the Interior consider that item sufficient
~ Minister Spencer do not think
ON will be sufficient and [ was going to as
~ that it be passed over until Sec. 3 Of tt
IN. bill is reached.
~ The item was deferred until Sec. 3
~ reached.
30 W Roads and Bridges, Hawaii, $34 500.
~, Rep. Brown move item pass as
aS. the bill. Carried.
Ia Roads and Bridges, Maui. $4,000.
Rep. Kanealii moves to insert aft
80 Maui item, So 900 for Paukukalo bridg
r. SO as to increase item to $2l 900.
an Rep. Kalua moves an increase
on $25 900, to build two bridges over tv
e. very bad streams between Maalaea az
ha Wailuku The streams are impassab
on in rainy weather.
C. Noble j. NJ. Horner-We must be ca
,re tious about appropriations. If the tar
Nv is reduced, all property will depreclat
and L have heard that instructions ha
Nv, already gone from the agencies to q
70 plantations to reduce their assessme
,h. return by % per cent. Sugar stocks ha
he already gone down % per cent. or NOR
,iv Ii this should prove general, our I
sources would be reduced 5000, 900. Pc
sibly the bridges can be postponed. v
Tor must make our appropriations for VIII
On is necessary.
%, Noble Cornwell-I believe this is