Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-04-30


that chair over there. shall never
forget that the slur has been cast upon
me.
The Financial Question.
Senator Brown made brief reply to
the financial argument OF Senator Bald
win. He said that the money was to
be paid the counties the first part OF
January. They must remember that
money would be coming in from lie
enses, etc, the whole o. the year. lie
submitted further that there was moth
ing In the bill to compel the Executive
TO pay the amount Immediately. IL
there was not sufficient money they
might simply tell the party that there
was not enough in the treasury and he
would have to wait
Senator Baldwin asked IL II was not
made obligatory by the provision to
! pay II out of the first receipts
Senator Brown in reply quoted the
clause. cor otherwise acquire" and
went on to say that the trouble was
the Executive was bent upon building
reservoir up Nuuanu valley which
would receive all the fowl wash of rot.
ten vegetation and be a nursery of the
germs OF Bestilence.
Senator Baldwin again reverted to
the economical phase II was well IN.
derstood that the expenses would be
greater under county government and
they had not increased the taxes one
iOta. The counties had no power to in.
crease taxes. The Territory had no
such figure as Sl5O,OOO to devote to the
purchase Of those springs.
Mr.. Aeh Speaks.
| Senator Achi said: | voted against
this bill before and feel the same way
now. We have right to condemn the
water in Pauoa and the water in Ka.
lihi. In this bill We force the Govern.
ment officers TO buy this water and
pay for It without estimating what It
Is worth. and do not believe in taking
1. that way. The owner OF this water
made n sworn statement Of the value
OF his whole property in PauOa. He
valued II at $4,000. The tax assessor
raised 1t to $4,000. He makes a
sworn statement that the whole value
OF that property is but $4,000. Before
Almighty God he made that statement.
! Senator Cecil BrOwn-DO you know
IL he made that statement before or
after he acquired this land?
| Senator Achl--Hc made the state
ment when he had sixty acres. He
bought about ten acres alterward.
/ (Calculating) This would make the
total value of his present holding S54,.
600
Senator Iscnberg--Did you know
that at the time we were holding meet
ings?
! Senator AChi--I did not know it then
but after the veto | prepared myself,
! II was not my duty to make the inves.
/ tigation.
Senator C. Brown-Does the assess.
ment fix the value?
Senator Achi-lt forms basis of
estimate. In answer to Messrs. Dick.
ey and Isenberg, the speaker said the
aggregate value of the lands owned
by the Bishop Estate and others in
Booths vicinity was $4,000. He CON
c!uded saying II was not right to take
so much money for Oahu and he did
not think the Senators from the other
! Islands would be doing their duty by
their constituents in passing this bill.
Mr.. MocandIess Talks.
| Senator McCandless said he was
sorry he had not gone to Senator lsCn-
berg with his objections. Senators
AChi and himself were jOshing him,
when he told them no matter what
they did the bill would be passed over
their head.
| Senator Isenberg-I was joshing him
then.
| Senator McCandless proceeded to
say that he asked the committee to get
certain information, figures from the
Superintendent>9 Public Works. The
speaker repeated his calculations given
when the bill was before the Senate,
| to show Inat when the cost OF develop
ment was added to purchase the inter
est on the aggregate would exceed the
cost of the Berotania street pumping
3 0ldNiuH ny Ftf'iO'to year nc Nll'h
produced figures from the tax Office to
prove an excessive valuation on the
property. Senator Brown asked him if
he would sell his property at tax Of.
fee valuation, to which he answered
that he would some of II. Taking up
the matter of property above the
springs level, he told of the abandon
ment years ago OF Kopena Falls, once
Honolulus sole water supply, on &C.
count of residential contamination. II
Mr.. Desky carried out his plan of ex-
tending the Pacific Heights railway to
the elevations above the head of Pauoa
valley a similar result would certainly
ensue.
Mr.. Dickey Explains.
Senator Dickey said; | am mem
Der of the committee and the one re.
ferred to by Senator Isenberg as hav.
ing changed my mind, | believe the
Government should own that water. It
has been analyzed and found purer