The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-04-03
PAUOA WATER BILL is q
PASSED BY THE HOUSE
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of the day at the afternoon session
passing to third reading, peacefully
enough, divers Senate bills. This con-
tinued until House Bill 157, which is
the bill to provide for the purchase OF
Pauoa springs, and carrying an appro-
priation of $237 900 for the purpose, was
reached. There is provision in the bill
that the springs shall be purchased
subject to existing leases. Harris ask
ed, after the passage of the measure
had been moved, what these leases
were. kumalae said that they were
leases for water, and in response to a
further question, said they ran from
one to seven years.
Harris thought there should be spe-
cific information rs to this before the
bill is passed. The Superintendent OF
Public Works is ordered. by the terms
Of the bill. to buy the springs. suppose
that the government. in this purchase.
were buying endless litigation? Then.
was il shown on the tax books that
these springs are worth $250,000? That
is large amount of money. 1t should
be shown to be a good buy before SO
much is expended.
KUMALAE SQUIRMS.
Kumalae tried to answer these ques-
lions, not with great deal of success,
and Harris arose again to ask how
much Of the flow of the springs was
taken under existing leases. Kumalae
squirmed, said he didn't know what pro-
portion of the water was taken. FL
nally. being urged by Harris, he said
the flow of the water was measured
in hours.
"Well, them said Harris. 'if there
are 14S hours of water, how many hours
would the committee say is covered by
existing leases?"
"All the committee knows" said ku-
malae. "is that the lessees have the
right to 40 hours Of the flow"
Then said Harris, "of las hours
flow Of water, the government is asked
to pay s25O,OOO for eight hours flow.
That is what l wanted. the proportion
taken under these leases to which the
purchase is made subject"
Fernandez spoke briefly in support of
the bill, and Andrade began putting
some searching questions to the COM
nittee as to the title to the land and
water kupihea objected to Andrade's
questions and the previous question was
moved as means of shutting him off,
out it didn't work out that way.
Then Kumalae said the committee
had been told the title was clear.
What" asked Andrade, lis the basis
If your information?"
ANDRADE ASKS QUESTIONS.
I'VE have met all who are interested
n those lands" replied kumalae land
hey have told us their titles We're clear
md their interests not mortgaged."
rs your informat ion SUCH" pursued
b
nan to invest quarter of a million of
lollars in the land?"
Our information is such" answered
iumalae. that we advise the govern
nent to buy this water. If the COM
nittee owned it, such is our information,
hat we would not sell it for half a
million dollars. These parties have
ffered to sell it for half that. which is
alf what it is worth. and the advice
f the committee is to buy"
Then the vote required on the passage
ng been moved, despite an effort on the
art of Long to have it recommitted
Or further investigation. The Speaker
old Long that his motion had been
lade too late.
VOTE ON THE BILL.
The vote on the passage OF the bill
esulted as follows:
Ayes Aylett. Damien, Fernandez.
Iaia, Kali, Kalama, Kaniho. Keala-
NeIllHol,
evils, Nakaleka, Paele, Pulaa. Purdy
To-
Nays-Andrade, Chillingworth, Gam
ALL Greenwich, Harris. Jaeger, Knud-
IN, Long, Vida, Mr.. Speaker-10
Absent and not voting-Kou, Pail,
Iright-3
Keliinoi called back to his committee
II further consideration the Senate
III for the importation of bugs to kill
ntana, and then Fernandez, from the
rinting committee, reported that the |
'unty bill was at last ready to be pre- I
,nted to the House. And the third c
aiding of that measure was long
'ternoon's work.
In fact, it was more than that. The C
aiding OF the bill began at 3 p. m. t
I'd when the House at o'clock ad-