The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-27

appropriation for Honolulu cut to $780,
I Geo Lost
The it m of $4,000 for Puma roads
brought Rep. Rycroft TO his feet, saying
! Here IS a road sixty miles long, al
most entirely through Government
! land and which viii require more to
/ build. and yet the Government wants
I to keep the amount down. If a hundred
/ thousand dollars was spent on it ii
would pay hundred per cent in four
! years. 1 viii ask that the amount be
/ Increased s., 900. Carried.
! Item OF 81, 800 for cross roads to the
/ volcano road passed.
/ Item of $4,000 recommended by the
committee for Waimea and kohala was
/ an increase Of $4,000 over Executive
| suggestion and 1900 less than engin-
GERS estimate. Passed al $4,000.
An item OF 81 600 for homestead roads
| in Kau caused a great deal of discus
sion.
Motion to insert an item Of $500 for
! light house at Kailua was supported by
Rep. Hanuna on the ground that Kai-
lua is a growing place, and now that it
has been made a port of entry there
will be many large ships go into that
port. The steamship company has a
light there, but it burns only when a
steamer is expected.
The matter of $4,000 for encourag-
ing immigration ran up against a snag
when it got to Kamauoha. He opposed
it on the ground that there were enough
idlers in town without getting more.
Rep McBryde agreed with previous
speakers. Among the lower classes the
cry is hard times. If the Government
wants people to settle on the home
steads let them herd these people and
send them up there.
Rep. Richards said the agitatOrs OF
Honolulu, the Portuguese, did not want
homesteads. Believed this expenditure
would bring in a desirable class Of PEG
pie who will develop coffee.
Minister Cooper said that appIica-
tiOns for labor were coming in so
thickly that the Executive felt that
something should be done An agree
ment was entered into between the
Minister of Foreign Affairs and the
Planters Labor and Supply Co., where
by the planters would take 20 per cent
Of its labor in Portuguese, the Gov
eminent agreeing 10 bring a male Ia
bOrer here for 500, which amount was
to be repaid by the laborer. At the low
pay back the amount. An amendment
to the agreement was made in January
of this year, in which it was provided
that European Or Portuguese lab0ring,
families be brought out for plantation
service at $135 per family. At the ex-
piTation OF their contracts they are to
become good citizens and may take up
homesteads. Mr. Glade is canvassing
the matter thoroughly and is satisfied
that those families which he could send
out under this arrangement would be
desirable citizens
Item passed as recommended.
Committee recommended that item
providing for cost Of negotiating the
loan be stricken out. Item referred back
to committee.
Bill passed second reading and or
dered typewriter with corrections.
At 4:30 Rep. Richards succeeded in |
up House bill Al for consider
alton. This referred to the action of
the Board of Health in land said to be
deleteriOus to public health. Bill passed |
House bill II, relating to Department |
of Public instruction, was brought up. |
Bill passed and House adjourned at |
4:50 p. m.