The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-04-08

1897, as called for in Senate Bin 3.
! The committee reported having found
the total Of bills correct.
Rep. LOebenstein further reported
| for the Committee on Public Lands on
! Senate Bill Z, AN act concerning We
/ hicles, tires and wheels" as follows:
The wide tire law is now in force
in many States of the Union and it's
| general efficiency and favorable work
| ings is daily becoming more recognized
and has exceeded the most Sanguine eX-
pectations.
The objection at first urged against
its Introduction and adoption was
mainly on account of the expense in
volved in making the necessary
changes, and partly a doubt as to
whether the time limit imposed was
of sufficient date TO permit the change.
Experience has however demonstrated
that the wear and tear on vehicles
running on wide tires has been re-
duced to a minimum, while on the
other hand, the fear of too short a
time was proven to be groundless.
I'm the encouraging OF wide tires,
long step is taken in the direction
of road Improvement and development.
A wide tire is a road-maker instead
OF a road-breaker, especially over dirt
roads, such as are to be found in the
outer districts. This point has been
Kept IN view by a large number of
those in charge of plantation interests,
VINO already have substituted wide
tires in place Of the old narrow ones
and by these means have not only sue
ceeded in performing their heavy haul
ing under the most unfaVorable con-
dlt1ons, brt furthermore have succeed
ed in maintaining their roadways.
No one disputes the philosophy of
wide tires and no one as yet seems
to have had any good reason why they
should not be used, while on the con-
trary all the arguments are in favor
OF enacting this wise provision. We
therefore recommend that the bill
pass"
Rep. KahauleliO propounded the
following questions to the Minister
Of Foreign Affairs:
l. Please inform this House what
schools the nspector-General has visit
ed during the periods dating from De-
cember 31st, 1895, to December 31st
1897, and the amount of time he has
spent in each.
z Please furnish this House with
tn amount of time devoted to inspec-
Clon by the Inspector-General from
Jan 1st, 1898, to the present date, stat
ing what schools he has visited and
what time he has devoted TO such
visits.
Rep. McCandless read the report of
The Committee on Accounts on Reso-
ution so, referring to pay for the Pa
oJ Il
nlttee found the paper had been Or
lefed Dy the Sergeant-at-arms for the
Representatives and moved that the
mount be paid. Resolution adopted
Substitute House Bill Al relating Tn
passed second reading unani-
noUsIy
House Bill 62, relating to children
nder 10 years smoking tobacco pass
d second reading after several
peeches were made
Second reading of House Bin 81. re-
ating to libel and slander.
Rep. Atkinson stated that he had
Introduced the bill more for the helD
others than himself He had gotten
ITO libel suit since the introduction
the Dill. There were great MANY
lVolous cases brought up against
eWspapers. The bin proposed to do
way with such actions. The bill was
AIMED after the law in force in San
rancisco and was there a protection
all the newspapers of that place.
hat was good there for the protec-
on Of the newspapers should be good
ere.
Rep. Robertson stated that if libel
us sheets published so often in Am
'ica needed protection from libel
tits, we'll and good. If the intention
the producer Of the bill was to pro
ct the newspapers here, he had left
1T the very provision that would.
he first six sections Of the bill pro-
ded for cumbersome proceedings al
7ady provided for in a few lines in
le existing law. The bill was super
IOus.
The report Of the Judiciary Com
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