The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-23
PRO TEMPoRE LEGISLATURES.
Weekly Meeting of the Executive
and Advisory Councils.

King, Damon and Smith; Council
lors Brown. Ena, Waterhouse, Allen,
McCandless, D. b. Smith, Bolte,
Mendonca aud Mott.
Arthur Wilder was appointed
secretary pro TEN. in place Of DR..
Rodgers, absent. The reading of
minutes was dispensed with.
Minister Damon presented the
weekly financial statement. The
receipts were SIG 723.7S, Of which
Customs yielded S9D33 and Taxes
SI5 The expenditures were
$3.50 80, the chief item being S5106
road tax to special deposit. There
is S6S7 ,96l.13 due on account OF
Postal Savings Bank deposits and
Postmaster Generals notes, and the
net indebtedness is $3.50, Oi5 20.
The cash on hand 10 the z. 5. b. is
f7O.S19.9O.
The loan appropriation bill was
taken up for second reading.
Mr.. Allen spoke about bad roads
at Hanalei, and wanted to know il
they would be repaired out Of this
money.
Mr.. Damon answered that loan
funds would be used only for new
work. Repairs would come from
current account.
Mr.. d. b. Smith, on the item Of
S25, 600 for the new market, asked IL
this was to dig canals to the dry
land market.
Mr.. w. q. Smith did not know IL
was absolutely necessary to have the
market close to the water. He
hoped the item would pass, whether
the market was left on the present
site or not. II was large building
aud good one 50 far as It was com
pleted.
Mr.. Brown considered the market
was In the wrong place.
Mr.. Emmeluth could not vote for
the item. The new market was .
great mistake from the first.
Mr.. Ena thought the market
should be moved to the site Of the
present fshmarkst.
Mr.. Waterhouse agreed with the
previous speaker, and would add
"Queen street" to the item.
After further desultory discussion
the amendment passed and the item
carried as amended.
Mr.. Waterhouse wanted To know
II $4,000 was enough for extension
OF wa,erworks In Honolulu.
Mr.. Damon considered II little
in excess OF what was required.
The item passed.
Mr.. Emmelulh wanted to know
what the $4,000 for Waikiki watel
works meant.
, Mr.. King said Il was in the ole
Appropriation bill.
Mr. Damon said the pipes were oI
the ground and, II water right
could be secured and the none,
available, the work would DO com
pleted.
/ The item passed.
!, Mr.. Brown moved $4,000 for tn
Pail road. While other district
were getting special roads, the Ho
D nolulu district should not be neg
lected. People on the other side q
the island should have facilities 10
-, getting their produce to market.
Mr.. W. q. Smith said tho amour
,. already down for roads exceede,
that authorized in tho loan act.
y the proposed expenditure was mad,
r the current revenue would have I
!. DO drawn upon.
Mr.. Damon gave details OF roa
9 expenditures.
q Mr.. Brown, on being shown tina
J. $1,000 was already in tho bill for Tia
Pail road, withdrew his motto
a until third reading.
Is (The chief items in the bill wei
IL given in the BULLETINS report {
last weeks meeting)
The bill passed as q whole.
y A bill to license foreign vessels
:; :. trade between the Hawaiian Island
!" and Lysan, Lisiansky, French Fl
gate Shoals, and other islands to Il
10 northwest, was read a second tin
81 aud passed. Mr.. Waterhouse foun
70 fault with the bill because it did II,
include Necker Island.
Ia Mr.. Hatch understood that Il
AZ matter OF franchises to electric 81
l. steam railways was q special ord
OF the day.
Mr.. W. y. Smith stated tn
IN President Dole had suggested tn
o. the Councils should take the matt
or into consideration, but the Preside
was absent to-day. The Executi
~ had no report to make on tho ms
~ ter. 1t was q question whether &
~ Councils should not leave the N,
- ter to an elected Legislature.
= Mr.. Hatch said the prop ositio
to be considered were as follows:
X company to bs known as the Hon
~ lulu Electric Railway Company; /
nd company to build aud equip an eli
Dr. trio railway, to cost about half
million dollars; the railway to pa
through the Nuuauu Pail, and b.
no miles in length; a majority OF /
n directors to he resident in these i
'rs ands; the Government to ha
70 power to insist ON an efficient St
Tb vice.
n- Mr.. Damon objected to thu
Councils going on with legislati
- that was not emergent. Their I
n istence as an ordinary legisla'
~, n' body really expired on July 1. T
.; sooner they got into working OF
siI with the people tho better.
nd Mr.. w o. Smith stated tn at
nm question OF submission to the Coz
re. ellis was still unsettled by the Exc
h. tive.
no a. vu..l $1,000 $500 - .-...l