The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-11
Rapid Progress
With Appropria-
ton Bill.
SENATOR WHITES
LITTLE ROAD JOB
What Outlying Districts Are Given
Plenty of Money Promised
to Everyone.

Another day of rapid progress was
put in by the conference committee
| of the legislature yesterday and as re-
suit one-half of the current expense bill
was agreed to and prepared for presenta-
ton to the respective houses. There
was only one hour of the morning session
and two of the afternoon spent in work
and as result the progress made In
| dicates that the entire bill will be put
| through today. There were few changes
| made in the House bill. the amendments
of the Senate striking out many OF the
| road appropriations, being, as rule.
voted down.
| The closing Of the days work came in
burst of harmony, inside the chamber
and outside as well. Items were being
| rushed and the members Of the commit
| tee seemed to be in mood to get
through on short order, but that tired
feeling began to be manifest In some of
the members. though the Maui appro-
priations were being put into shape with
ease. Several times there were motions
| to adjourn and one had to be voted down,
the cry being to finish up the island
items. AS Lahaina's total was being In
| creased there was a burst of melody out
side, Berger's afternoon concert being
| given In the grounds of the Executive
building and with half theemenberU pre-.
pairing to get away, the last paragraphs
were rushed through to the swinging
strains of Sousa warch.
| Senator White was on the rack at the
end, and the Maui man secured q par
| VII or of of
| been made. There were several con-
secutive laughs bound UP in the struggle
| to get bundle of cash for road "Pa-
palaua to extend to meet Hala'niani
road at Kapaulu." The House had In
serted the item at $4,000 and the Senate
had cut that amount to $1,000. There was
a motion to agree to the House figures
and it was in a fair way to carry when
some one asked what was the length OF
the road. Senator White answered that
it was some three-quarters IF a mile,
which caused a roar, followed by a mo-
ton to agree to the Senate figure. Ma
ikekau however wanted to compromise on
$4,000 and when that did not receive
enough votes to carry, though there
were more than enough to show
that the members wanted to deal
fairly with Maui, the laughs
which marked Whites repeated attempts
to raise the figure kept up the good
humor of the body and finally he had to
agree to the suggestion that the sum be
placed at s5,000 and so got that through.
One of the most interesting fights of the
day was on the subject of the Polpoli
spring. When the item of Kula water
pipes came up the attention of the COM
mittee was called to the fact that deci-
sion had been reached by the executive
| to allow DR.. Raymond the use of the
water from the spring for certain sum.
This brought out Emmeluth and c.
| Brown, with objections. Senator Brown
| said that the spring was the only source
of supply for the people of Kula, and
that it was decidedly wrong to allow
| any one to pipe the water thirty miles
| away. as was proposed. Emmeluth said
that he was opposed to special privileges.
| though DR.. Raymond was friend of his
personally. Mr.. Emmeluth then moved
| that the item pass at $4,000 for the kula
pipes with the amendment that the pipe
line have the exclusive use of the water
| from the Polipoli spring. This went
| through without objection.
| In the consideration of the needs of
Hilo the conferees gave for the water
works there the amount agreed to In the
House. $16,000 instead of the smaller
sum. $4,000, as the Senate wished Lau-
pahoehoe was cut from $1,000 to 5000, but
Wailuku and Kahului got $500 and La
haina S30,0UU.
Honolulu got $4,000 for Fire Alarm
boxes and 900 for the Fire Department
with $4,000 for water pipes on the east
and west sides of Kalihi above King
street. Also there was provided hook
and ladder truck equipment and keeper
at $500.
The next subject of roads was opened
with the Mani road, but that item was
changed to read Hamakua Roads and
the appropriation put at $4,000. The
Senate item of $4,000 for road from North
Kohaia to Waimea was stricken out but
the attempt of the Senate to cut out
number of roads failed. Those of the
House items replaced were: Upper roads
through homesteads $4,000; Ahuloa to
Waimea road known as School street.
$4,000; Kaahuhu to Waimea road, 5000;
to complete Waipio road, $4,000; Waipio
lbranch to Kukuihaele village, $1,000; road
from Paahua landing to Honokaa land
ing, $500; new road for Waipio from
iAkaka's store to top of mountain meet
ing the old road, $4,000.
Under North and South Konafa the
tHonokane road was left at 5000 and tnat
from Kapaau to Mahukona at SirW"
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