The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-13
SPORTS OF EVERY KIND WILL GREET BOYS IN BLUE H0 LARGER HARBR CHIN
THE QUESTION DISCUSSED IN
BOTH HOUSES.
The Senate Agrees to an Appropria-
ton and the House Passes a Con
current Resolution


Senator Baldwin reported on the
additional item in Bill No 22 for eX-
tending Honolulu harbor on the west
/ side. This was from the special com
mittee. The items for condemning the
Noumans land and dredging the dis
trict reclaimed were approved; but
the committee did not believe the
waters of Nuuanu stream should be
turned under the railroad into Kali
hi channel. This plan would serious
| ly endanger property in the locality.
if not also King street bridge.
Senator Brown. for the special com
mittee on cable bill. reported recon-
mending that the bill pass with an
! appended clause providing that the
| act shall not take effect until the
contract between the Pacific Cable
Company and this government shall
have been approved by the govern
ment of the United States. An act
giving the cabinet authority to carry
out certain provisions of the bill was
presented, read first time and referred
| to the printing committee.
The committee in its report says:
This committee in order to prevent
any possibefailure of obtaining cable
communication with other countries
by reason of the failure to procure
| such cable communication under this
act from any causes whatever, had
prepared an act which is herewith
| presented amending Section 2 of Act
| II of the Laws of the Special Session
of 1895, which will authorize the
! President, with the consent of the
Cabinet, to enter into contract for
an exclusive right or privilege FOR
maintaining a cable between here and
Japan upon the same lines as laid
down in the bill now under consl,iera-
ton.
The act proposed to be amended
is still in force and the powers and
concessions thereby authorized to be
| given and made. can at any time be
given to any person or corporation
that gets the contract thereby au-
thorized. The government of course
would not, and could not, grant an ex-
elusive right as provided in the said
amendment if such right had already
been granted by the Legislature pre-
vious to the entering into of a con
tract under Act H."
The bill as amended passed second
reading and will be read a third time
Monday.
The harbor item in Senate Bill No.
%, appropriations, was taken up.
Senator Baldwin explained the rea-
sons of the committee for deciding
against the turning of the channei of
Nuuanu stream from its present
course.
Senator Brown moved that the item
| ntnit infr l,n trif M
He was opposed to changing the
course of the stream.
There was considerable cross ques-
tioning between the speaker and Min
ister Cooper, following which Mr..
Brown said that he did not believe the
Executive knew what they were talk
ing about. Their engineer did not
know his business and had tangled
the Cabinet up in plans that were
neither expedient nor practicable.
Senator Brown favored the appropria-
tion of 1000. but wanted it all to
go on the harbor.
Remarks along the same line were
made by Senator McCandless and SEN
ator Baldwin.
Senator Brown introduced an
amendment providing a total appro.
priation of $225,000, leaving out the
, item for dam across Nuuanu stream.
The condemnation item was increased
to $4,000, and some other items were
added to.
Minister Cooper protested against
. each part of the work being tied down
under specific head The estimates
. were arbitrary, and it was necessary
!. that the Executive be allowed leeway
, in the disbursement of the appropria-
ton. If otherwise, some particular
section of the work might have to be
stopped on account of a failure of the
appropriation for that head and the
whole scheme would be checked
Senator Brown withdrew his amend
ment, and offered another to bulk the
: appropriation and provide specifically
D against the walling of Nuuanu
stream
- Senator Baldwin added finally that
most of the trouble arose over the
fact that the Senate had no confidence
in the Superintendent of Public
Works and his plans.
= Senator Brown endorsed this view
, Mr.. Rowell, he said, was honest an(
; industrious. In fact. the fault was
n that he worked too hard. He was rid
, ing himself to death all over the coun
q try and giving his time to too man,
petty matters which could just as wei
take care of themselves. The resul
was that his plans on large contract
were off and estimates far too low
: He should be required to stay in hi
a Office and attend to more importan
S matters of business.
The last amendment passed and th
). bill went to the judiciary Committee
Senate Bill No. 20, plumbing act
came up for third reading and passe,
I by unanimous vote.
!. Senate Bill No. 80. relating to Ger
: tain licences, passed final reading.