The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-31
Public Grounds.

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Line 81. purchase % lot adjoining
Oahu Prison. S4.557. Passed.
Public Grounds.
Line 90. public grounds. genera, luu-
paid bills. 1880. Si.15. Passed.
Line GA. unpaid bills forests and
nurseries. general UNPAID bills, l>''D
SS5.SS. Passed.
Line %, Honolulu fire department
Sal .464.OO.
The committees repor, on this item
read as follows:
This amount covers the following
items which are considered necessary.
New engine house for engine
No 1 Observation-Disclosures. l-,VuO
New engine house for engine
No. 3 .........-.. ..........s-- N,"'V
Addition 20 central station Gee. 10000
New engine .......-........-. "'VVv
Material and supplies .........- '.ib4
The item. material and supplies, COW
prs the purchase of team of horses, in-
crease i'm horse-feed. horse-shOeing and
fuel. and the purchase OF $500 feet new
hose.
Your committee. after consulting
with the Minister Of Interior and the
Fire Commissioners. would recommend
that the amount be increased from
81. i6i 10 S66,lOi.
The Increase of $24.7OO which We rec
ommend is TO cover the following
items Three new hose companies. one
to be located az the head OF Nuuanu or
Liliha street. one az kalihi, and one NJ
Waikiki: the cost OF each Of these TO
be S5,OjO, for the establishment OF a
hook and ladder company at the cen
trail station. $3.50: for the purchase OF
additional hose. $1,000.
Gear: The Board OF Fire Commis-
siouers submitted TO the Minister OF
| Interior a supplemental report since
| December 3lst. 1899, giving additional
Items which they considered necessary
al the present time. The fire up the
valley at Mr.. Bishops residence seem
ed to show some necessity for fire
department TO be stationed there. \
hose company would b. sufficient. and
/ the power supplied from the kalihi
pumping plant would give sufficient
| force. They also recommended the
| establishment Of a hose company al
/ Waikiki-a volunteer company. They
decided. however, II would be difficult
I TO establish a volunteer department
land recommended a paid force. Look
/ ing over Kalihi. they found there
should be a fire house az that place.
The Kalihi pumping plant vii! throw
stream over any building In kalihi.
Waikiki or Nuuanu valley. The cX-
pense of establishing these stations,
with harness, furniture and sundrics
required, are necessary items
Damon thought II was little early
| To speak Of the probable revenues. and
he therefore recommended action on
the proposed item be deferred until a
! thorough consideration OF the report
could be had by himself lie stated
the Fire Department had authority to
draw 100000 with a payroll under the
Act OF 1898 and authority for 10000;
under the present act there was asked
$4,000. and under the payroll $1,000
additional. 80 that the amount said
Mr Damon, "tdat will be at the dispO-
sal Of the Fire Department Is 50 large.
and the Government having other bu-
reaus In urgent need OF funds. ! think
IL Is a matter OF sufficient cousidera-
tion 20 defer the expenditure Of so
large an amount until We see what
Act 4 will provide
Achi recommended that instead Of
locating a station at Kalihi Il be- at
Palama, being more central for that
section of Honolulu.
AUDu UuDllOu hAAlblA DA Allf lAfNA ~
Honolulu Fire Department was de-
ferred.
Line G6A. expresses. field work Jun
paid bills, 1890, 1896. Passed.
Line 60, Office expenses, Instruments,
publishing maps, etc. for Bureau OF
Survey. $500. Passed.
Line 6S. me;eOrolosy and tide gauge.
$3.50. Passed.
Line 20. incidentals. books and sta
tionery. for Bureau Of Conveyances,
81. 600.
The committee reported adversely
upon this item. favoring the appropri-
alton OF only $3.50. The balance was
intended for four book typewriters. but
a Hawaiian law prohibits the use OF
typewritten copies OF permanent rec
Ords In books. The item OF $3.50 was
passed.
Line 70. running expenses, water
work UNPAID billsJ, Sl24.47. Passed.
Bureau of Water Works.
Line TIA, Koloa waterworks UNPAID
bills. 1899. $685.. Passed.
Line q, running expenses water
works. $500. Passed.
Line 73A, charging and repairing
15servoirs , and 3. $4,000. Passed.
Line "a, running expenses pumping
5ian;s, $4,000. Passed.
Rureau NJ Public vorl,s