The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-17
HOUSE.

Rep. Paris presented a petition from
Kona asking for an appropriation of
81 geo for bridges and culverts along
the Napoopoo road. The recent wash
outs have rendered this necessary.
Rep. Loebenstein presented a minor
ity report of the special committee on
road contracts, recommending the
payment of $237.5O, balance due on
road work in North Kona. This was
deferred for the space of ten days.
Senate bill 80, relating to the manu-
facture of wines from grapes OF Ha-
waiian growth, passed second reading
unanimously.
Rep. Gear made verbal report for
the Commerce Committee on House
bill rs, relating to the carrying of
Inter-Island mails on Island steam
ers, recommending that the same be
laid on the table.
Rep. Gear reported for the Commit
tee on Health and Education recon-
mending that the following petitions
and resolution be allowed:
81 900 for a school house at Kahana.
| There is no school house within
radius of six miles)
Petition 81, asking for school facili-
ties in the vicinity of Waipahu and
81 900 for school facilities at EVA,
Oahu.
Petition AZ. to the effect that Wal
| oz,,, rcbOo1 no discontinued and moved
to Pearl City
Resolution %, that $1,000 be appro-
priated for Keauhou, North kona,
Hawaii. Children have to walk six
miles to Pahoehoe to attend school
Petition 20, asking for $4,000 for new
school house at Kalaoa, North Kona,
Hawaii. (The sum of $1,000 was re-
commended) The buildings used at
present for school houses are the same
as were formerly used for native
schools and are overcrowded and not
at all proper.
Petition 80, asking that school be
opened at HonOipu. The sum of $500
was recommended appropriated. There
is no school at that place at the pres
ent time
Petition IS, asking to enlarge the
school house at Honomakau, North
KOhala. The sum of S7O0 was recon-
mended
Resolution Sc, teachers cottage at
Kalawao, North Kona. There are no
suitable quarters there. The sum of
$500 was appropriated. Teachers cot
tage at Kona-waena, $500 and same at
HOnaunau $500, also recommended.
Petition 80, asking that $500 be
appropriated for a school house at Pa
auhau, Hamakua, Hawaii.
Report laid on the table to be con-
sidered with the bill
Senate bill 4, was taken up for con-
sideratiOn in third reading. Rep.
Robertson moved TO strike out the
item for the leper settlement band
equipment. There was no need of it
as private subscription had given the
boys enough. This motion carried.
Rep. Pogue moved to strike out the
item of $4,000 for the support Of the
Hilo band This did not prevail, only
three voting to strike out.
Through the motion of Minister Da-
mon, AN item of $500 for Expenses
income tax was inserted in Senate
bill 4.
The item of S726 placed in the ap-
preparation bill on second reading as
pay to H Zerbe for work done at the
Custom House for which, it is claimed.
/ he was not compensated, came up on
third reading and Rep. Richards moved
that the report of the committee relat-
ing to the matter, be read. There was
opposition to this on the part of Rep.
| Kaeo but the Speaker ruled that it
was perfectly proper that the report
| should be read. After this was done.
a motion to strike out the item was
made. Rep. Pogue, on behalf of the
| Finance Committee, contended that a
careful examination into the state of
affairs had been made and that Mr.
| Zerbe had no claim whatever to the
money Minister Damon stated that
Mr. Zerbe had never been given a
commission to act as appraiser and
could not therefore claim the money.
Rep. Kaeo here produced the com
missions of both Messrs. Fishel and
Zerbe, the two being, as he claimed,
exactly the same After much discus
sion on the matter the item passed.
Reps. Pogue, Paris, Gear and Richards
were against it.
Rep. Gear moved that the following
! items be inserted in the bill:
Subsidy to Wilder Steamship Co.,
$4,000.
Subsidy to I. I. S. N. Co, $4,000.
Extra Inter-Island mail service,
$4,000.
Rep. Pogue did not believe that it
was a good thing to mention specific
companies in the appropriation as it
was possible that, in the event of an
nexation, some other steamship COM
panies might be established here. He
moved to consolidate the first two
items stating no particular company