The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-16
AFTERNOON SESSION.

AFTERNOON SESSION.
| Senator Brown, under suspension oi
the rules, reported House bills Nos. So
81, SO, II, 80 and 40 in the hands OF
| the President for signature.
The President read an amendment Of
fered by Senator Baldwin, asking $4,000
for road between Makawao and Kea-
| hea.
| Senator Baldwin did not want TO be
understood as wishing to insert items
in the bill that were not useful. People
| here have no idea of the extent of the
| farming interests in the neighborhood
of Makawao. The corn crop last year
was large, and with the potato crop did
much toward supporting a large colony
| of people of different nationalities. The
trouble to the coIonists has been the
difficulty in getting their produce to
| market. At times the cost has been $12
load for freightage. With $4,000 ad-
ded to the appropriation road could
be built that would materially reduce
this | do not ask this through the re-
ceipt of a petition, but because
know it is needed
Senator Hooking said substantially
the same as the previous speaker, ad-
ding that the rates from San Francisco
were lower than from Maui.
Item passed as amended.
When the item for pipes was read,
Minister King requested an additional
allowance of $4,000 for water pipes on
Liliha and Merchant streets, and asked
that it be added to the money for water
works in Honolulu.
Senator Schmidt wished to know if
AN thing was to be done in the matter
for filtering system for the city. He
understood that the physicians strong
ly recommended this plan.
Minister Smith said the Board OF
Health was seriously considering put
ting in such system. The Executive
wanted to insert an appropriation be-
lore the bill was prepared, but the
Board had no data on which to work.
They had something to work on now,
and he would ask that an item of $780,
900 be inserted here.
Senator Brown asked if it was neces-
sary to have this new system if the
pumping plant was run continuously.
Minister Smith said no doubt the cost
OF running the pumping plant continu-
Ously would amount to a great deal
more.
Senator Brown said the only reason
he asked was that the bill was prepared
as home measure, and if they kept
adding items to it would grow to such
an extent that a higher rate of interest
would have to be arranged, because we
would nave to go abroad to negotiate
the loan and pay commission for ne
gouat1ng. The bond market here was
limited, and when we got above that
sum they must be sold abroad in vio-
lation of the principles on which the
loan is authorized, or find ourselves
with lot of unsold bonds on our hands |
Minister Smith thought the matter |
or interest could be considered again. |
The filter system had been done with |
out Tor number of years, and we could |
get along two years longer. We need |
these improvements that will bring |
people here as much as anything else |
SO far as the interest is concerned, it |
would be better for us to make a higher |
rate Of interest and get all the money |
we need than to make a low rate and |
get half what we want. These improve |
ments are actually needed, and we
should have the money for it. under
stand what Senator Brown says about |
a low rate of interest, because | have |
sums of money in my hands as trustee, |
but l cannot believe I would be justi- |
he'd IN investing these trust funds at !
5 per cent. in Government bonds when |
can get z per cent. on approved real |
estate
Senator Brown questioned if filtering |
would be enough TO purify the water /
to make it pure. In my |
family we do not consider mere filter |
ing sufficient, we always boil the water;
and | believe that after this money is
spent for filtering process the people
would continue to boil it.
Senator McCandless objected to fur
-her appropriation of funds until the
current account bills had been passed
Jy the House. There are items in this
oan bill which belong in that, and with
he additional revenue raised through
he tax bill will increase the revenue
several hundred thousand dollars. 1
would ask what is to be done with this
money that will not be used?
Minister Smith thought it might be
Utilized in paying off some Of the bonds
hat are redeemable next year.
On vote, the amendment to insert the
TEN of $50, 900 was lost.
The item for sewer system brought an