The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-03-13
THE CABINET
Finances OF the Interior
Department
One Third OF Amount Needed to be
Recommended - Minister
Youngs View

The Cabinet met saturday morning
There were present President Dole and
Ministers Mott-Smith Young ana pa
mon The minutes of the previous
meeting were read ana approved
President Dole brought up the mat
Ter OF the appointment ot circuit
judge to act during the temporary alb
sence of Judge Stanley ON account of
Illness. IL was determined that the
commission Issue at once.
The application for a charter by the
Bow Wong Progressive Association
was, after discussion referred to the
Attorney
The Cabinet took mp consideration of
items in the Interior Department, un-
der the new appropriation bill, which
occupied the remainder of the session,
Later in the day Minister Alexander
Young was seen in regard to the APP
propriations required for his depart
ment It is exceedingly unfortunate,
said Mr. Young, for both the Executive
and the people of Honolulu that we
are deprived of legislative action at
this time when so much is pressing the
country for attention. The Executive,
as no doubt the Council of State, shrink
from appropriating such enormous
sums of money as will he required in
the near future for public works.
There are two things which are at
present very much needed. One is the
extension of the north end of the har-
Dor, as proposed by the Executive to
the Washington Government; the other
is the construction of dock surround
ed by a sufficient area of land to an
swer for discharging and storing lum-
Der. Such place could be found lying
between the marine railway and the
large quarantine dock just built. 1t is
thought it would be comparatively easy
to dredge there reaching as far inland
as the Alamoana road There is
large unoccupied area of the Bishop es-
tate mauka of the Alamoana road that
would answer well for the storage of
lumber
However. continued Minister Young,
the Executive does not feel itself war
ranted in asking for such large sums
of money as will be required to carry
out the improvements and extensions
of streets as have been projected by the
department. 4 sum of money of prob
ably one third of what has been asked
will likely be recommended. The Exec
utive, however, will follow as liberal a
policy in appropriations as is safe until
the legislature meets. There is a large
amount of road work to be accomplish
ed under the new plans, which means
the building and reconstruction of
some fifty or sixty miles of roads
reaching from the five-mile hill at Ha
lava to Waialae. At least one million
dollars will be needed for this as plan
ned. This of course will include new
steel bridges where necessary and
cheaper stone bridges where practical.
Stone bridges are recommended where
ever steel is not to be used no more
wooden bridges should be built
With the reduced appropriation
which Is to be made Minister Young
will do the most that can be accom-
plished. First, said he. King street will
be widened to sixty feet and put in
first class order from Nuuanu bridge
to the Tramways stable. Secondly
there is Queen street; here a thorough
job must be done from the Nuuanu
bridge to the east end. That section
Of Queen street from Fort to the Nuu-
anu bridge is in Vera bad condition;
some parts ofgit need grading to the
official level with new bottom and top
construction OF the heaviest kind.
Heavy traffic demands this and it must
be done. Had the legislature been a
possibility, illuminating of all of Queen
street would have been recommended.
This improvement would probably
have been carried as far as Punchbowl
street.
In street extension Beretania should
bc carried to the junction with King
street; the street should also be widen
ed as laid out in the survey. All the
harbor front between the streets proper
and the wharves should be kept in per-
feet order in the meantime. Allen
street should be completed as well as
Alamoana street which joins the form
er ana runs through Kakaako, past the
new iron works along the waterfront.
The latter street should be heavily
macadamZed suitable for any kind of
traffic.
The building of good streets in this
part of town is only providing for the
future. The probability is that many
large warehouses will soon be erected
along Alamoana street South street
from King to Alamoana should be
made in a similar manner and will Of
fer excellent opportunities to reach
warehouses all through that section to
meet the growing commerce of the city.
This district though well suited for
warehouses and manufacturing pur-
poses is not so well adapted for resi-
dences.
After this, concluded Minister Young,
| should recommend that the remain
ing money OF the appropriation be used
to put other important streets, required
to carry heavy traffic, in as good order
as possible. In the meantime the de-
partment could be taking as good care
as funds would allow OF all other /
streets until such time as Hawaii |
may have legislature,