The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-03-26

BILE seems to be that the Board has bee
neglecting itself and dealing in ex
trayagances in the way of fine SchoC
houses. l know that in my district ne1
school houses have been built when tn
old one would have been all right, an
suitable. / move the item pass as tn
Minister suggests, i. e., 1884 1000.
Item passed at S3S4,000 increase o
So, 900 in the budget and So, 400 les
than the committee recommended.
Salary of School Agents, $4,000
Passed.
Rep. Kaumoha asked that the Blu
reau of Public works be taken up
Rep. Richards moved suspension OF
the rules in order that he might read
report of Committee on Finance, to
whom certain items had been referred
| Carried.
The member read the following re-
port:
Your committee to who the matter
was referred find, after investigation,
! that positions of clerk of market and
fish inspector cannot be combined"
Rep. Hanuna moved that the report
of the committee be adopted. Carried.
Commissioner Public Lands.
Salary of Land Agent, $4,000 Passed
Salary of Secretary and Agents, Fifth
District, $4,000. Passed
Secretary of Clerk, $2,40O. Passed.
Recommendation of committee to
strike out appropriation for second
clerk was adopted on a motion brought
by Rep. Rycroft.
Pay of Sub-Agents, $4,42O. Passed.
Bureau of Survey.
Report of committe was read and
adopted. All items in this department
passed as in the bill.
Rep. Kamanohu asked that the House
take up the consideration of the item
providing for draughtsman in the office
of Superintendent of Public Works 1t
is a necessity and I think the item
should pass.
Rep. WINSTON am satisfied to have
the item stand, provided the inspection
of buildings be included among his du
ties.
Minister Smith-That is the duty of
the Superintendent of Public Works.
Rep. Winston-But is it not notori-
Gus fact that the buildings are not in
spected?
Minister Smith-Well, that is mat
ter which belongs in the department of
the Superintendent.
Rep. Rycroft-Is he a competent ar
chitect? 1 don't mean civil engineer;
they are entirely different in character
Minister Smith-Oh, yes! I think he
is supervising architect enough for the
duties he has to perform. Of course he
cannot inspect private buildings.
Rep. Winston-Who does that?
Minister Smith-The parties building
submit their plans to the Superintend
ent of Public Works, and he passes upon
them.
Rep. Rycroft-What 1 think the
means is an inspector of build
ings whose duty it shall be to investi
gate the character of the structures, not
for an hour every two or three days
but for a certain period every day. Here
is the. Opera House. Suppose an acct |
dent should occur after it is finished, |
who will be responsible? There might |
be an accident by which a couple of |
hundred people would be injured be- |
cause the building had not been inspect |
ed, and / tell you, sir, that / should |
hold the Government responsible if |
was injured.
Rep. Richards moved that the item |
Of $4,000 for removing garbage be |
stricken out. | want to see this self
l notice an item in the pa.
oers saying a charge should be made for
this service. / want to have it fixed |
so that as soon as this session closes
his charge will not become a dead let
Ter, which l believe will be the case
lnless law is passed regulating it. l
lon't know how it can be done, but !
want it done.
Rep. Hanuna-I think the item
should carry. l am stopping in a house.
| two-story one, owned by Rep. Win
ton, and see the difficulties met by the
Inspector in getting to the persons who
ire responsible for the garbage. These
people have no money to pay for the
emoval of this stuff, and unless we do
his work for them we may have an
,ther visitation of cholera. If $10,800
will save us from another epidemic, to
,et rid of which last summer cost $780,
90 and sixty lives, think the item had
)etter pass.
Rep. Bond favored the item to a GER
ain extent. 1 think the people who
an afford to pay for the service should
re made to do so.
Rep. Winston-Who will say who is
BILE?
Minister Smith-It would be diff
ult matter to determine 1t has been
he custom in certain section of the
ity to let the odorless excavator be
sed free. We now charge 81 per hour.
IS to garbage, it is only the decaying :
natter that is removed by the Govern
1ent; tree trimmings and grass or
weepings are not taken free.
Rep. Rycroft suggested charging di
ect to property and have tenants pay
Y increased rent. It's the man in
iihau, and South Point, and Hilo who =
avs for this, and he may never see
onolulu.
Rep. Winston-When a bridge or a
harf is built at Hilo it's the Honolulu
eople who have to build it.