The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-05-28
WISE MEN
OF HAWAII
Senate Talks Over
the Old Tug
EIeu.
,From saturdays datly)

AFFun NAANIuhg hhlAN'
The senate convened at o'clock yes
terday afternoon, and after goinl
through the usual prcllmlnaries. set
tied down TO the occupation ~ listen
ing TO committee reports. But one re-
port was presented. however that bl
the Committee on Public Lands. and
when talk on the matter had continued
for an hour and half the conclusion
was reached that It was time to ad-
journ. The following Is the commit
tee report
Hon. $. E. Kaiue. President Of the Sen
ate.
Sir: Your Committee on Public Lands,
to whom was referred item for Pay roll,
steam tug" would report as follows:
Your committee find the pay roll as
follows: Captain, $3.50 per month, mate
500 per month"; engineer. $50 per month :
two deck-hands. $50 per month two fire.
men, slO4 per mouth; total, $3.50 per
month. Two years 1920.
Your committee find to this is to be
added the sum OF $4,000 for coal and
other expenses. making the total expense
of the tug s33,2OO for the two years.
We also find that since the arrival OF
the Fearless the Government tug has not
been paying but losing money as far as
towage of vessels go. The only saving
10 the Government has been in the re-
moval of garbage and carrying piles, etc,
In the harbor
This bill provides for a garbage crema-
tory which, If built, viii do away with
the need of the tug for this work.
Your committee do not consider 1t Is
wise for the Government to try and com
pete with private enterprise in the mat
ter of towage of vessels
We would therefore recommend that
the appropriation be inserted for one
year at the rate asked for, or until the
garbage crematory is erected and then
the tug be dispensed with.
j. ID. PARIS.
JOHN IT. BROWN.
l.. NAKAPAAHU.
Senate Chamber May %, 1901.
Senator Paris led off in defense of
the report. and moved to adopt II.
Senator Russell followed, and show
ed several reasons why the tug Eleu
should be continued as government
property. If the government boat was
discontinued, the tug Fearless would
have things it's own way, was his ar
gument, and in consequence would be
an Increase in the price of towing, etc.
The Board of Health needed a boat in
and other points, and If the govern
ment tug was not available, they
would have to resort to the tug Fear
less or some other boat and would have
to pay an exorbitant price for its use.
He therefore was in favor of keeping
the tug, as 1t is In a good serviceable
condition for what II Is used for.
Senator Russell then moved to re-
tain the item as in the bill
Senator Carter said II was a neces- |
sity to have such a vessel. The tug he |
said. might prove OF great service in
saving life, and cited the instance of
the little boy who was supposed to
have been carried out to sea a short |
time ago. II the tug Fearless or any
other boat had been asked to search for
the boy they would have asked a good
round sum for such work. In many
other cases, he said. the boat had prov
en- It's usefulness, and besides had al
most paid for itself in towing the gar
bage to sea-
1--WE are not In the days OF the Mon
archy. but in the regime OF the Terri
tory of Hawaii" said Cecil Brown,
land the government should not enter
into competition with private enter
prises OF this kind. The boat Is totally
unfit for further service. and besides
Is not paying proposition. When the
government crematory Is built there
will be not further use for the tug. and
1t would then become an elephant on
their hands"
Senator Kanuha remarked that II the
other vessel was doing all the business,
ms is well known fact. the govern I
ment tug was losing proposition. SO
far as the saving OF life was concern
ed. the Federal government had boat q
that could be used for that purpose.
Senator Paris said the committee had :
been informed by the treasurer that the
cost OF maintaining the tug amounted .
to over $4,000 whereas the receipts !
were only $4,000, a loss to the govern =
ment OF nearly $1,000. The committee
felt that II was necessary as long as a
Il was necessary to haul the garbage to Il
sea the boat would pay for itself, but
rs soon as the government crematory /
was established. which has been rec t
the boat would be n loser. q
The statement made that he had been
made tool OF by parties interested, !
he wanted to tell his friend Garter, !
was not the case, as he had not re-
reived any instructions one way or an =
other. and as far as the Fearless rails =,
Ing the price on towing etc, was con- n
cerned, that would be the means of g
bringing other boats into competition t
with her. /
Senator Achi said 1t would cost the a
SIS per day TO hire a boat =
to do what the government tug was v
ioing. at cost OF less than $50 day.
In regard TO the remark that competi- I
lion would arise II the other boats
raised the price. he said such would u
not be the case, and referred the Sena-
tors to the meat market that had been
ioing business here for 80 many years,
and when competitor appeared In the
Held how everybody said fall In
prices would be the result But such :,
was not the case, he continued, they
had combined, and the same would be
rue OF the tug business here. II the
boat In question was done away with y
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