The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-20
FOR NEW ROAD
Money for Way Around
Diamond Head.
Council of State Takes Up the Mat
ter--More Funds for Incur
ables' Hospital.


voted for it's immediate needs, which,
with the $500 already on hand will
insure the hospital being assisted tenn
porarily until the endowment of $780,
900 is raised by popular subscription.
Councillor Isenberg stood godfather for
the new item, and without loss Of time
the item was passed unanimously.
Councillor Robertson also jumped into
the breach at the last moment in favor
of the repairs and additions to the
Judiciary building by converting an
item which read, Repairs, Furniture,
etc, Government Buildings tall ISL
ands) $500, TO read Repairs, fur-
niture and additions to Judiciary build
ing. Honolulu, $1,000" No objection
was made, and the item passed, Robert
son smiling over his triumph. When
Bill was in the course of its first read
ing Robertson argued long and yainly
to have the item read for the beautify.
ing and enlarging of the Judiciary
building" but the councillors at that
time seemed to think that the building
could take its dose of patchwork repair
ing for the next two years as II had in
past years.He fought hard for his prop
osition but was voted down. \ change
of heart has evidently come over that
august body, for it voted for the amend
ed item wI.n a will.
} What Councillor Robertson desires in
the new building, is a general change Of
interior. in the size of rooms, additions
where they are needed, entirely new
furniture and completes renovation of
the musty courtrooms.
Minister Young also made a verbal
report on the petition OF residents and
property owners beyond Diamond Head
which called for new road to be built
! around the picturesque point and to
! the Government road, and TO lsenberg' 5
| road near Waialae. The Minister
strongly endorsed the request, but
thought it would be better to build IL
along the lower level, rather than the
proposed route suggested in the petit
ton.
He stated he had gone out to the pro-
posed commencement of the road dur
ing the forenoon, in company with the
J roau supervisor and others, and had
arrived at the conclusion that the road
would be most desirable feature for
that portion of the island. The higher
I level road suggested would DE an ad-
} for pleasure and TO gam a birdseye
} view of the natural beauties of the ISL
} and. but for practical purposes the low
\ er road would be far better. He did not
\ belieye that $1,000 would be enough to
I build 1t, estimating it would cost be-
4 tween $4,000 and $4,000 at the least
the balance for which, could be taken
from the appropriation OF 1925, 900 for
roads in Honolulu. A spur will also be
built off the main road to connect with
\ Burners survey this side of Diamond
\ Head. The Bishop Estate was willing
4 to give a strip of land along the beach
for the purpose of the Interior Depart
ment.
I Yesterdays session was attended by
Z President Dole, Ministers Mott-Smith
} Young, and Damon, Councillors Isen-
berg, Achi, Ena, allen, Kane, Robin
son, Jones, Mott, Gear, Robertson, Ka-
} ulukou and Kennedy.
Bills of the Hawaiian Gazette Com
pany, too late for previous insertions
were acted upon by the Ministers of the
departments to whom they had been re-
ferred, each reporting favorably. They
! were inserted under the proper head
} ings in Act ,, and passed in the appro-
\ priations.
} President Dole called up the third
J reading of Act as the order for the
! day. A motion TO defer the reading OF
the Act until today was lost.
Mr.. Damon stated that twenty-five
!. days had already passed since the
Council began it's sessions, and an ap-
preparation to cover its expenses would
7 be a necessary appropriation, and he
therefore recommended that an item
} covering $500 be inserted in the bill
l The item included salary of the clerk
4 amounting to $3.50 for the first twenty.
I. five days, and bills for typewriting and
extra work on the part of the secretary
which would carry the amount up to q
high figure. Achi moved the item be-
increased.
Upon motion. the item OF 500 was
inserted and passed.
Councillor Kennedy wanted to know
il newspaper was supplied to all tn,
departments of the government and tC
the individuals therein, when certain
bills of the Gazette Company wer,
called up. Minister Damon replied thai
in his own Office the newspapers wer,
\ necessary, and also in the Tax Office
D files of papers were constantly needed
\ for reference.
A batch OF Board of Health bills. too
late for previous insertion were turned
over to the secretary, amounting tC
S2S2.52, and upon motion were inserted
in other items by increasing the latter
' thus doing away with the introduction
of entirely new lines in the Act.
The concluding sections of the bill
were read and passed. and the new
grand total OF $1,450,971. was, upor
motion accepted.
Upon motion the consideration of tn,
. n uvh nj
\ day. the Act being referred to the Com
mittee on Finance to rectify the foot
ings and grand totals, and bring in !
report at today's session. This done
the bill will be voted upon, the aye.
and noes being taken for record.
Councillor Gear asked Minister Younl
II any provision had been made FOL
! running expenses for the Waikiki anC
Lahaina waterworks. The Minister re