The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-23
HAWAIIAN SHIPS
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no district courts have that authority.
We see no occasion for amending the
law and as the introducer of the bill
has informed us that he does not
wish the bill to be passed, we recon-
mend it be Indefinitely postponed"
The following resolutions were then
introduced and referred to the Commit
tee on Public Lands:
1. Kahaulelio-$5, 900 for lengthen-
ing and widening the lao road in Wal
luku, Maui.
2 Kaai-$30, 900 for road from the
coffee lands up to Nahiku proper, in
Hama, Maui.
8. Kaai-S20,00 900 for a road from Ma
hiku, mauka to Hanawi, Keanae, as
far as Kailua, in Makawao, Maui.
4. Kaai-$5,OO0 for a wharf and
landing at Nahiku, in Hama, Maui.
5. Paris-S4, 900 for grading and re-
pairing the road from Hoopuloa land
ing in South Kona to the upper Gov
eminent road.
House bill No. 25, relating to rights
of bicyclers bicycle riders, ETC., not
completed the other day, brought up
again in second reading.
Rep. Kaai recommended that the bill
be handed back to the committee to
whom it had previously been referred.
The bill was full of inconsistencies. No
one seemed to understand it fully and,
when being considered the other day,
the members were very much mixed
over it. Rep. Kaai stated that sec
ton should be inserted in the bill, for
bidding children under certain age
from riding bicycles. He then told the
following story of personal experl@
ence: Il was walking down the street
the other day when little fellow came
along on a wheel that was so big he
could hardly manage it. He saw me
but instead of swerving aside, ran di-
rectly into me. At first l was inclined
to become angry but, upon looking
again and seeing what a mite OF a
fellow the rider was, | turned and
thanked him.
Rep. Robertson was not in favor OF
having the bill referred back to the
committee. The members Of that body
had done what they could with it. II
the bill was not satisfactory, the mem
bers should vote against it.
Rep. Gear spoke on the matter OF
bells. In Oakland, Cal, recently, an
ordinance was passed making it com
pulsory for bicycle riders to carry bells
and to ring them upon approaching
street corners and pedestrians. The
riders obtained all kinds Of bells and
rang them during the day and night
The ordinance was soon repealed. Rep
Gear said that bicycle riders had got
ten over using bells. They were mo-
needed Whenever a bicyclist ap-
preached a pedestrian and rang his
bell. the latter was almost sure to jumI
in front of the bicycle. The bicyclis
could get out of the way of danger
without any trouble whatever.
Rep. Atkinson speaking in reply t
Rep. Gear)-"What on earth are yor
going to do if you abolish the bell? l
you take away the bell from the bicy
Gle, why don't you take it off the loco
motive too?'
Rep. Isenberg-'I think that bicycle!
are becoming a menace to the public
[ am in favor of inserting in the bill
section providing for the examina
ton of every proposed bicyclist to fint
out whether or no he can ride"
Rep Richards brought in the follow
ing amendment to get rid of an occur
renee such as the one that happened
| in Oakland: THE warning bell refer
red to in this section shall be the ordl
nary bell now in USE
Rep. Loebenstein could see no use il
making this amendment. 1t was
check to progress along the line o
! manufacture. 1t was as ridiculous a