The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-02
CONFERENCE
STICKS ON
COUNTIES
Long Debate on
Cutting Out
Title.
Loan Bill Needs Only
Settlement of
Point.
Agreements Already Reached Up
on the General Items in
the Measure.

Nothing important remains for the
conference committee on the Loan Act
bur to settle the much disputed ques
reporting to the two Houses an agree
ment. The reconsideration of the Ho-
nolulu wharf matter opens hat for a
vote, but ii seemed last evening that
it was not a great thing to decide.
The meeting Of the committee was
important in the extreme in that there
was read a letter from the Attorney
General answering the queries of the
committee as to legal procedure. In
a word the Attorney General holds that
if the appropriations are made speci-
fically for the counties, no work may be
done under the bill until those coun-
ties are in existence. This with the
added fact that there would be lost
some $4,000 in interest, caused deep
thought on the part of members. But
it did not change votes.
AS the matter stood at the close there
were seven members of the committee
who recognized the necessity for elm
mating the divisions into counties,
putting in provisions which would in
sure the doing of the work provided
and as we'll enabling the preparation of
~. buildings and other necessaries in
dvance.
A letter from superintendent Cooper
was read saying that the amount ap-
for wharves here was In
sufficient to inaugurate the work, as
that amount would not allow the
dredging of the slips which are design
ed to take the place of the present
Pacific Mail wharf, and unless there
should be such an amount as is needed,
it would be unwise to take away that
structure. Upon this it was that the
reconsideration of the item was had,
and the effect may be to make pro-
vision for this Improvement.
When the committee got down to
business Senators c.. Brown, Achi.
Paris, Baldwin and J. T. Brown with
Representatives Oil, Kaniho, keliinoi
and Gandall were present.
Senator Brown moved the reconsld-
Grafton of the wharf item, saying he
had voted with the majority, and now
the question without binding
himself to vote for the same sum again
or for a greater or less one, simply
to put the subject squarely
before the committee.
The reconsideration of the item pass
ed
Senator Baldwin said that he could
not see how 100000 could be added to
he sum. He said Kahului might have
$40, 900 taken off and he thought S10.-
100 might be taken off the Hilo wharf.
J. T. Brown objected to losing any
hing from Hilo.
Senator Paris, from the School street
committee, reported in favor of the
extension of School street with no 9TH
IT description than from Liliha street
o Markham lane. The Superintendent
# Public Works, he said, had informed !
he committee that if an absolute de- |
cription was put in the bill it might be !
impossible for him to build the road !
It all. The report was adopted unan-
The word County in the headings
# appropriations came up next and
his brought out a long discussion.
senator Paris took the position that
he word county" might 1eopardize
he bill, in that no money could be
sed for the counties until January at
east and in the event of the failure
f the County Bill 30 become law the
could not be completed.
lie therefore moved the striking out
f the words East Hawaii County"
nd West Hawaii County and the
ubstitution of the word Hawaii.
Senator Brown supported the conten-
ion. taking the six months expense
ill as an example of how appropria-
ions should be made by Islands and
istricts. Oil opposed this saying II
he bill was held constitutional the
ounties would have no money at ALL