The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-15
SALARIES
ARE FIXED
Rates of Pay for
Officials Are
Settled.
MANY INCREASES
OVER ESTIMATES
The Current Expense Bill Also
Carries Larger Total Than
Was Recommended.

According to the present program, to-
day will see the most of the work for
this extra session completed. There
will be sessions of the Conference Com
mittee beginning at o'clock this morn
| ing and sessions of both Houses an
-FOUR later. Quick adjournment to al
low the committee to finish it's work
should result in such conditions as will
allow the bill to be passed finally dur
! ing the day.
This would mean that there should
not be any long speeches and that the
houses agree to the conclusions of the
Conference Committee. The parlia-
mentary status will be the prior report
of the conference to the Senate. That
| body amended the original bill from
the House and the lower body refused
to agree. The conference was asked
and it's report will go first to the Upper
| House. This should be passed within
few minutes, as every legislator is ia
miliar with the changes which have
been made in the bill There are few
preliminaries to be arranged before the
bill is sent to the Lower House.
| There should elapse not more than a
half-hour before the result of the action
of the Upper House is communicated to
| the lower one, for there are copies OF
the bill in hand ready to be sent along.
The House will furnish the greatest
amount of oratory according to the
loutlook, for there are members who will
object to any voting of money to the
military. But even this kind Of objec
| tion will not avail to prevent the final
passage of the BILL simply to delay it.
There will be put before the House a
statement which will show that there Is
no hope of passing any other kind of bill
at this session, and should there be a
refusal to agree to the report of the
Conference Committee it would mean
that the extra session would be with
out avail.
There will be only two changes made
in the bill over those already reported.
These will be the insertion of two items
passed by the House and heretofore
overlooked. One is to provide for the
payment of s19 to the United States
Marine Hospital Service for use of ma
terial, the other to give S20 600 for a
, site for the Hospital for Incurables.
This latter item is being urged by
Alexander Young, and seems to have
many friends, as 1t will not mean the
actual expenditure of cash, as the land
will be taken from the Government the
only means of conveying it now being
by an appropriation so as to get the
} item into the only bill which will pass
Considering these items as passed the
totals of the salaries and current ex-
l.. u A.
344.02 The current expenses however
comprise all those items for public
works, and as a result foots up the
larger sum. The salaries alone amour,
: to s2,149,S1350 and as the list given be-
l low shows, there has been. more in
creases than reductions. This is the
House bill with the figures put into II
. as they were passed by the Conference
2 Committee. The bill as whole will
not be given out until the report of the
committee has been submitted.
The current expense bill shows the
following totals as to the various bu-
? reaus:
Office Secretary of the Territory, $685.
So0 Department of Public Works, s377.
756; sewerage, Honolulu, s103, 100; bu-
s reau of water works, s139 400; fire de
: partment, $4,000; roads and bridges
: Hawaii, s1S6,1 North Kona, $4,000
f South Kona, s2S50O: South Hilo. $144
600; North Hilo, ,s450 900; Kau, s62, ,450 Pu
v ma, s59,10o; roads and bridges Hama
: Maui, s61, 300; Makawao, s29,10o; Wal
e luku. s45,1 100; Lahaina, $4,000: Molokai
o $4,000 Lanai, $1,000; roads AM
, bridges, Oahu. s55o,So roads ant
e bridges, Kauai, s32. 500; Hanalei, $1,000
o Hawaiian, $1,000: Lihue, $4,000; Ko
Il loa, SO, 700: waimea, s33 900; road dam
r. ages, $4,000: roads, Niihau. 5000: gen
r eral. s34,7O0; Department Of Public In
n struction, s199 OPS; Commission of Pub
lie Lands. s12,550; Commission of Agri
g culture and Forestry, s7.4o0; Survey De
q partment. s5O,95o; Board of Health
n s496, ,10s25; military. s2o.o7o; band, so
o i956; Auditing Department, $4,000; sub
% sidy to o. r. & L. Co., $50, ,200 Gran
,e total, s3501, ,511.52
: The items of the salaries bill are a
& follows:
N Permanent Settlements
IN Ex-oueen Liluokalani ........s 15o ooo
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