The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-09-23
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rsrtai Again Boyd sad De- was OPP
posed 90 amy chaura in the land law
i.oebersioin eos into tho duch matter
10 contradict the statement that ito
miles of trails had been cut. saying that
there could rot have been more than
one-teuth that amount
Mr. Philip Peck. the banker. then
read the memorial in which tle opin-
ions 81 iIilo are united. Passing from
the history he took up the breakN alter
aud exploited that proposition FUZZY
He then favored a new Federal build
ing and a quarantine station. asked for
consideration Of land matters and pro-
lection for coffee
Senator Mitchell asked II estimate
had been made as to the cost of the
brealSwater. and MIR. Peck saic not
The depth he put at from thirty-two to
forty feet. lie said the wharf proposed
would be 500 feet long. In regard to a
Federal building. that one building
would be sufficient and thought a suit
able structure could be erected for
100000. Assessments were made by
assessors appointed by the governor
and usually the appraisement was
suitable Mr.. Peck said that it was
only owing to the extreme honesty OF
the people that there was no swindling.
as the records were at Honolulu, so he
favored county government with at
tendart conveniences. The bill passed
by the last Legislature was too vo-
luminous.
Senator Mitchell suggested that a
survey was what was wanted and Mr..
Peck said he tried it but he was too
late.
Mr.. Peck was asked about the Jail
by Senator Burton, on the lines of
Emil Ney's letter. This brought up Lor-
rim Andrews, sheriff of the island. He
said the Jail was a poor one, the
grounds being enclosed by a twelve foot
fence. The average number of pris-
oners was from 60 to 100. The jalor
gets 500 a month. Andrews said he
knew Emil Ney, formerly a guard at
the Jail, who got $50 and board. He
explained that prisoners were worked
on roads. Senator Burton wanted to
know If there was sufficient safeguard
to prevent contractors from being paid
for convict labor Andrews said he
kent nine or eleven horses in n separate
enclosure. Ball and chain are put on
only after an escape. There was some
discussion over the propriety of thus
sxnosinp trisoners IN the viau, of the
children. but nothing important was
ceveloned
John Fitzgerald testified that he WAS
pilot harbormaster vbar6nqer keen-
ar of the kerosene warehouse and keen
er of the government novder maya
zines. He said during a strong north
wind II wac almost imnossihIe ia loon
vessels from going ashora I'm tho bar-
bor and that in consenuenca II was
recessarv that there he a braalxwate,
He said such a wall sbouId no com
structea from the end of cocoanut rs-
land to the reef buov which I'm .
straight line would mean a an in four
to five fathoms but nv taking q circu-
lar route the depth woIIId he about two
and a half fatboms 1,,e two lights
at tho barbor entrance uere suaician,
but there sbould Ia a twentv-,niIe Iiyht
on the ooint below the city
LITTLE HOLDS THE CENTER
Judge Gilbert f. Little was then
sworn. He was questioned as to the
Sunreme Court and testified that the
bench was filed nv an attorney with
out having been sworn for one case
only. He said there was n case where
one Justice and two attorneys sat and
the two LAWYERS filed the courts opln-
ion and the single Justice filed a dis
senting opinion. He said that the con-
dition was unwise and tending to create
distrust and disaffection. He said the
lack of appeal from the Supreme Court
was a mistake AS to the mower of Of
ficiaIs he said there was no change
now from the Dole oligarchy. He said
he called it oligarchy because two or
three fellows ran it. He said if the
same system had prevailed in a west
ern town every member of the outfit
would have been hanged.
Two members of the Supreme Court.
he said. Frear and Perry. were not A.
mericans ana tbev had +ba novar ia