The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-07-18

court of Fire claims was TO the .
trustees Of Kaumakapili church
who receive but a little less than
$4,000. The amount 30 awarded for the
destruction OF the imposing edihoe on
Raretanla street. which caught hre from .
, stray spark during the progress oi
t.,. sanitary fire, will enable the con-
,tru.tlon Of the handsome church build
ing already planned at Palama' Ihe
members Of the old church are now
yorshiping in chapel in Falama' an
extensive area having been obtained IN
exchange for the lot upon which the
old building was situated.
I The claim of the Kaumakapili church
was for $50, $50 for the building ana
SO. 7O4. 50 for the furniture ana organ
The commission allowed $4,000 because
of the destruction of the building ana
ses2e % for the contents. or a total OF
SAG. .Sa9.2j. This was the largest award
made. though there were srNeta'
claims of a larger amount.
Lahapa Mauliawa the native woman
who a. the session 81 the court pro
! duced list OF wearing apparel Nh'Cu
= a princess Ei-.t -A'F, Was ho- Pa'1
1 for all the silk Hu.'AHS, Jewels ana ot"-
z er fnery she claimed bad been troy
2 ed. She was also said To nave b-F.''
e some of her property during the hft
I and unearthed it afterwards. She ask
/ ed for the modest sum OF $29,sO2.I3. ana
t the court considered her lost hnery l"
g be worth S3l2O30. There were a mum
t her of similar claims made by Ha-
j. waiians which were treated in a IKE
II manner
Il The commission evidently did not put
& a very high value on Chinese gods ana
e idols. for the claims of the joss houses
were slashed right and left. Ihe he'
r. ON Fui Kon, which estimated the Naluc
Il of the gods destroyed in the fire at VII
IT 53I So. was awarded sl934.O5 by the com
y mission. The AWARDS To other JOSS
ID houses were on "a similar basis.
$ Atlorne,s Nno have received their
III certificates are beginning to give vent
N to their feelings over the reductions
II made by the commission. one proIni-
nj ncnt attorney said yesterday that the
court seemed to think that 1t was IN
hS cumhent upon it to come wlthln the
he apprapriatiun of $l,500 900 made by the
ne LEGISLATURE without regard TO the just
nd ness Of the claims presented. Even
eu when the claims were proven Dy IN
g voices and statements from the Col
IS lector of Customs, the commissioners
ng cut the figures in half, paying no at
"a tention to the evidence. II was charg-
nd ed also that the commissioners were
he empowered under the terms of the act
he TO consider the evidence and fix the
nG amount of loss, and If any pro rata
is WAS to be made, it should have beer
pal done by the Auditor, The objection
lid WAS made also that by the findings o.
'ch the commission every claimant u
he charged with having made fraudulen
claim. as the figures were not accept
his ed and a big reduction made, indicating
net that the court accepted none OF tn
statements made to it,
as whiting & Robinson and Magoon
Nes Peters both paid their fees under pro
ing test and the question of legality vii
Gu have To be decided by the courts. 1t !
ar claimed that the Fire Commission wa
as not authorized by the act of the Legis
ely l1ture to make such charges, and bot
c". .Hc Au1itor and Treasurer disclaim re
tE' Spons ..lity for it. 1t is argued tina
her the charge of fees was simply an ex
i'm, pedient to raise money on the appro
ofNpration and was without legal merit.
to There were a number of claims in ad
dition to those of the fire insuranc
use companies III Nnlcn Ho dNdIu wa
Ter" made These were of tenants who 81
ngs a lien on the certificate of the owner {
Drk, the land upon which they had erecte
of buildings There are but one or t~
lace claims which were allowed to the fu
'ob- amount.
Mr., j. NJ, Riggs. the clerk, was busy q
ON day yesterday in giving out certificate
ring of award, and another day or two W
see the close of his work. The recort
me- are in fine shape, and are classified.
with that any one of the 500 claims may
letic picked out at once. The bookkeepiI
His involved in the work was one of 4
/ 50 biggest jobs ever tackled in the lslanc
ents but Clerk Riggs has arranged /
;ust awards SO that any other man cou
ome take up the work where he left
hool without trouble. The exact total
the awards was given out yesterda
past amounting to Sl,41S,l1S.
Ka- The following are some Of the awar
hos given out yesterday: