The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-10
THE CABINET
Finances of the interior
Department.
One Third of Amount Needed to be
Recommended - Minister
YOung's View.


There were present President Dole ard
Ministers Mott-smith, Young and Da-
mon. The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
President Dole brought up the mat
ter OF the appointment OF . circuit (
judge to act during the temporary alb
senee Of Judge Stanley on account Of (
illness. 1t 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 General.
The Cabinet took up consideration of
items in the Interior Department, I'M
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
preparations required for his depart
ment. 1t 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 90 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 be 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 mar
Dor. as proposed by the Executive &C
the Washington Government; the othel
is the construction Of dock surround
ed by a sufficient area of land 10 an
swer for discharging and storing lum
her. Such a place could be found lylni
between the marine railway and tn
large quarantine dock just built. 1t /
Thought it would be comparatively cas-.
to dredge there reaching as far inlan'
as the Alamoana road. There Is
large unoccupied area of the Bishop es
tate mauka of the Alamoana road tina
would answer we'll for the storage O
lumber.
However. continued Minister Yount
the Executive does not feel itself wal
ranted in asking for such large sum
of money as will be required 10 carr
out the improvements and extension
of streets as have been projected by IN
denartment. A sum of money of prof.
ably one third of what has been aske
will likely be recommended. The Exc
utiye. however. will follow as liberal
/ policy in appropriations as is safe unit
j the legislature meets. There Is lars
I amount of road work to be accomplish
| ed under the new plans, which meal
\ the building and reconstruction
/ | some fifty or sixty miles of roa'
4 reaching from the five-mile hill at III
1 lava to Waialae At least one milliC
4 collars will be needed for this as pla
\ ned. This of course will include nc
4 steel bridges where necessary al
= cheaper stone bridges where praetic'
/ Stone bridges are recommended wheT
J ever steel is not to be used; no mo
wooden bridges should be built.
With the reduced appropriate
which Is TO be made Minister You
m will do the most that can be accol
RS plished. First. said he. King street "
be widened to sixty feet and put
first class order from Nuuanu brid
to the Tramways stable. Second
there is Queen street; here thorou
job must be done from the Nuua
bridge TO the east end. That sect
anu bridge is in a very bad conditi'
- some parts of it need grading to
official level with new bottom and
construction of the heaviest XII
Heavy traffic demands this and 1t m
be done. Had the legislature beef
= possibility. illuminating OF all of Gu
y street would have been recommend
This improvement would proba
have been carried as Jar as Punchb
osa street.
dSe In street extension Beretania she
~ be carried to the junction with Is
illu street: the street should also be wiC
.os+ ed as laid out in the survey. All
'O0O harbor front between the streets pro
4ba and the wharves should be kept in
feet order in the meantime. "A
o,, street should be completed as vel
Alamoana street which joins the 70
er and runs through Kakaako, past
new iron works. along the waterfr
The latter street should be hea
macadamized suitable for any kin
traffic.
The building Of good streets in
IV part of town is only providing TOT
= n future. The probability is that II
large warehouses will soon be ere
along Alamoana street. South 81
from King to Alamoana should
made in a similar manner and vii
fer excellent opportunities to T
q TO warehouses all through that sectio
meet the growing commerce OF the
This district though well suited
warehouses and manufacturing
sioa noses IS not so well adapted for
- dences.
s-aes After this. concluded Minister Yc
7 should recommend that the ren
ing money Of the appropriation be
q 2 to put other important streets, req
ca IN carry heavy traffic. in as good
rs nossibIe. In the meantime tn
nortment could he taking as good
as funds would allow Of all
etreats until such time as II