The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-13

and the House then took recess until
2. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the morning session, as unfinished
business. the House took up a resolu-
ton to erect a light at the southeast
corner of the Capitol building. 1t was
adopted.
Next came the second reading. of
House Bill No 20, being an act appro-
priating the sum of s195.125 for the i'm
mediate use of the judiciary Depart
ment, the Department of Public Works,
the Department of Public Instruction,
the Commission of Public Lands, the
Board OF Health, and the expenses for
the payment of fire claims The bill
was read by title, and Kumalae called
for the report of the finance committee
on il, which report was likewise read.
Harris said that since the report had
been made, the finance committee had
received communication from Chief
Justice Frear that should have been in
it's hands when the report was made.
He would therefore move that the bill
be taken up and discussed in committee
of the whole House This carried, and
the House went into committee Of the
whole, the Speaker calling Chilling
| worth to the chair.
Harris then moved that the COM
nsittee proceed to the discussion of the
emergency appropriation bill, and Mr..
Kaniho moved that, to be at ease, the
rules be suspended and the members be
allowed to remove their outer clothing,
ard to smoke. This carried, and then
| the discussion of the appropria - rs
carried in the bill was taken up,
seriatinl.
HONOLULU IN DISFAVOR.
| The first item provided for the APP
preparation of s25. 900 for roads and
bridges in the Fourth District, includ-
ing Nuuanu avenue, Honolulu. The
discussion of this section brought out
great deal of hostility that was ap-
parently cherished against Honolulu by
members from the other islands, Fer
nandez of Hawaii being especially
strong in his opposition. Harris made
a pretty hard fight for the integrity of
the bill. Kaniho. a member of the
| finance committee, said that he had
signed the report on this bill, but made
the grave charge that the items in the
printed bill were rot the same as in
the measure he had signed. He did
not give specifications, but favored an
amendment which had been made by
Keliinoi to cut down the item under
consideration to $4,000. He was the
stronger in his position because he said
money was wanted to widen the street
SO that the Rapid Transit company
could lay its tracks upon it. If that
were done, our old people would have
10 pay their nickels to that corporation
after We had paid for the widening OF
the street. Harris explained that tht
money appropriated now would be de-
Quoted from the general appropriation
be made for the district later, and
the discussion dragged on. In tbs
midst of the drag, Mr.. Beckley Offered
the suggestion that as the NuuanJ
avenue bridge stood now, a freshe
coming down the valley might SWEEP
away the work already done and rende
the money expended waste.
t PLACING THE BLAME.
Mr.. Harris had stated, following
Beckley. that the superintendent o
r Public Works had told him that a mis-
take had been made when the work o.
= the Nuuanu avenue bridge had no
t been given out by contract.
f Vida thought that the Superintendent
|. OF Public Works had therefore exceede
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