The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-11


sideradon in second reading Of various
items in the current account approprIa-
ton bill reported on by various com
mitees.
The item OF $4,000 for roads and
bridges on this Island was the first.
Further consideration on this was
postponed until a later date.
Rep POgue reported for the Finance
Commute on various items that had /
been referred to them.
The various recommendations OF the |
committee were Immediately taken up |
with the following result:
Incidentals, Finance Department, |
passed at $500 as reduced by the COM |
mittee.
Tncfdentals Auditor-GeneraTs De
partment passed at $4,000.
! Interest on all loans and advances
/ including commissions on remiutances.
passed at $685., coo as increased by the
committee.
Coming nickeIs and dimes CneW
item), passed at $4,000.
Incidentals, Customs Bureau, passed
at $4,000 as reported on 10y the COM
/ mittee.
boat, passed at $500 as in the bill.
The committee recommended that
the special service item and that OF
Custom House launch be merged into
one. Rep. Robertson objected to this
. on The ground that under such circum-
stances it would be probable that there
would never be a launch obtained. 1t
would be best to mention specifically
) the object for which the appropriation
was made. The steam launch then
PASSED at $4,000 in the bill as did the
specfal service fund at the same sum.
The item of $4,000 as incidentals,
Postal Bureau, passed at that sum- as
recommends by the committee.
Special mail carriage (fOrefgn), pass
cd at $4,000 as recommended by the
committee.
Tax Appeal Board item passed at
81 900. dog tags at $500 and incidentalS
of the Tax Bureau at $4,000
The Queens hospital subsidy passed
at $50, 900 as recommended by the COM
mittee. 49,,
,,ossed at So. 400 as recommended by
the committee, with the understanding
that six hundred copies Of the paper
7,o sent away to the States each month
IN n1acps named by the Minister OF
the Interior.
The regular subsidy for steamer
between this port, Maui, Molokai, ana
lanai passed with the proVlSo lh@I
the boat be 120 tons.
The usual subsidy Of $1,000 was
. granted for a steamer from HlIO u
Pohoili. Puma once every month. Rep
poo-ue stated that the Wilder Steam
shin Company had been very conScieh-
a +ioI7s about carrying out the agree
Tnnn+ made with the Government.
new item of 81 200 was inserted
in the bill for telephone from Poho-
Xxi TO Puma and Hilo, this to depend
mon the raising Of the same amount
on the part Of the residents and on
i condition that two free telephones De
granted the Government.
Rem T.Oebenstein read the report OF
the Committee on Public Lands Oh
the petition of c. X. Aiau Tor claims
against the Government fof ceFIa VA
damages sustained on his lana. 1T
committee recommended the petltioi
be laid on the table. The report wa
, adopted. ,,.
"a Committee on Senate bin Sc, relatin!
tn license on milk. The recommends
lion was that the bill pass withou
oronndrnent. The report was laid OF
the table TO be considered with tn
bill.
The sum Of $4,000 was appropriate
for macadamiZing River street De
tween King and Vineyard
Rep. KaeO moved to take UP for con
sideration the resolution regardln
back pay Of Henry Zerbe while work
ING at the Custom House. Rep Pogu
smoke. against the appropriation OF IN
sum of S12G26 asked for by the petl
toner. The Finance Committee ha
looked carefully into the matter an
so had found that the claim Of the peJ
TONER should not be allowed. Rel
Kaeo said that Mr.. Zerbe had been as
signed to a position higher than tn
one he had been occupying upon on
g Of the employees stepping out. Notn
ing extra was given him for this WOrl
He should by all means be paid tn
sum asked for. The resolution wa
adoD-ed and the item was inserted l
the bill.
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