Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-07-05
HOUSE SLAVES ITEMS

"Wednesday Afternoon was to complete
the reii'ny Of the ;;eaatp's amend
ments g the House currrat expens"
approprlat on bill, ami to ask the Sem
ate for a conference on their amend
ment Of the House session expense APP
preparation bill. Both bills will go TO
conference.
This Is the way the Senate fixed"
the House current expense bill. They
reduced the total appropriation fom
three and quarter millions to little
over two and three-quarter millions, a
change Of s443,616.9l. In the Secretary's
office, they raised three items $4,000 and
inserted two new items $500. a total
increase of 1900. In the Judiciary
department they struck out the ap-
preparation for stenographers for the
outside districts and on other item
($16, 40O), reduced two items $4,000 and
raised two items by $500. total re-
duction of $4,000.
In the Attorney Generals depart-
ment they raised four items by sea-
900.
In the Treasury department they
struck out three items amounting to
$6533.71.
In the Department of Public Works.
general, they struck out ten items
amounting to s5s,456. including the
repairs to royal mausoleum, expense
Board Of Health's new steamer. incl
dentals to facilitate house numbering
al
standard weights and measures: they
raised the amount Of repairs to gov.
eminent buildings from $4,000 to $780,
900 and added two new cemetery items
(sl1 ,00O), a total reduction Of s27,456.
Under the heading. Landings and
Buoys, they cut down Hilo $4,000 and
other Hawaii ports, s13.5OO. and condi.
tionally raised one Hawaii item $4,000.
They cut out $4,000 for Molokai and
raised Honolulu $4,000. a total re.
duction Of $4,000. Honolulu harbor
dredging was reduced from $4,000 to
$4,000. Her park commission was
given an extra $4,000 and the Superin-
tendent Of Public Works thrown out
OF the commission. Kewalo sewerage,
$26,600 was stricken out, a total re-
duction for Honolulu in these three
items Of $4,000. Under the head
pumping plants. they cut the sewer
pumps $1440, raised the other pumps
$4,000; cut Hilo from $4,000 to $4,000
and reduced other Hawaii items under
this head $4,000 more. Oily Bill. how.
ever. got Lahaina and Waikiki total
raise Of 5000 and Achi got in $4,000
for water for his Kapiolani tract. Ka-
uai lost 100000 on two items, one be-
ing Akina's scheme for Waimea. but
Koloa was raised from 5000 to $4,000, o
total reduction of $4,000.
1t was on Roads and Bridges where
the Senate got in its deadly work Ha-
wall had A items stricken out, amount
ing to $254,65O. Hilo streets were also
cut from $4,000 to $4,000 and her
sidewalks from $4,000 to $4,000. Evil
IDENTIFY Russell and Brown did not look
out for Hilo as Ewaliko and Nailima
and Makekau did. The work of the
committee OF Hawaii members which
had carefully itemized the expendi-
lures was thrown away and eleven
items. mostly the Governors original
estimates. were inserted. These
amounted to $105,O00. They raised
five small items $4,000 and reduced
six others beside the Hilo items $685.
Maui was better looked after. Six.
teen items were stricken out, amount
ing to $4,000. Two items were re-
duced $1,000, three rev items for
steam rollers were inserted and five
items were raised $3.50; a total reduce
ton Of only S4J350 or one-ffth Of the
Hawaii slash.
Molokai had one item raised $4,000
and one cut out calling for $4,000, a net
cut Of $4,000. Lanai came of with an
addition of $500 and no cuts.
Honolulu had six items stricken out
Amounting to $4,000. Roads and
Bridges, Fourth District" was cut
from 100000 to 100000, and in the
Fifth District the item was raised from
100000 to $4,000.
Kauai came off with net increase OF
$ll00 for roads and bridges. Five new
items were added amounting to $2S,-
5O0 six items were raised sl1 900:
eight, items were cut s2S 500. and three
Items only were cut out ts9600).
The Department Of Public Instruc-
ton had eighteen items stricken olt,
mostly teachers cottages and schools
on Hawaii and Kauai. amounting to
SiS,025. The net cut was $+4.025.
4 The Senate cut the item Expense OF
Field Parties and Office Work" from
s27,5OO to 5000 per month or $4,000 for
the period
The Board of Health had nice slash
cut into their appropriation amounting
TO 500, $685. but the Senate raised the
support OF lepers from sl61 900 to H.
900 and added 10000 more to Hilo and
Malulani hospitals. The net cut was
81 ,30S.25.
The Senate also took note of Cecil
Browns little o. r. & L. Co. subsidy
and, although the road only asked for
$4,000. he got an item sent to the
House, calling for 100000.
All the remaining sections OF the
bill were stricken out and others in
serted
One solution of the difficulty sug-
gested is for the conference committee