The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-04-21

THE kauai
ELECTRIC
Contractor Jaeger Is
Now Building
Ditch.

ing ahead with its preparations to fur
nish electric power to portions of tho
Island of Kauai. Contractor Jaeger is
now engaged in. the construction of
the ditch and tunnel which will form
the way for the water which in turn
win supply the force to generate cleo
trio power.
The Hawaiian Electric Company has
the contract to furnish and install the
electrical machinery. This will be in
place in five or six months, and in less
than a year the company will be in
position to furnish power.
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gross receipts would be about $500.
There would be nothing left for divi-
dends.
BY the casting vote of the chair the
bill was indefinitely postponed.
HOMESTEAD ROADS.
Once more Kalama led, bringing up
Senate Bill LA. 1t provides that so
per cent OF the proceeds of government
lands may be set apart by the Commits
sioner of Public Lands, with the APP
prevail of the Governor, for the build
ing of roads to homestead tracts.
Bishop questioned if the thing could
be done. He understood the govern
ment was bound to apply the proceeds
of public land sales to the payment of
interest on bonds.
Dickey once thought so too, but on
investigation he had discovered that
there was no such provision in the Or
ganic Act. 1t was in the Territorial
law, therefore was subject to amend
ment. The speaker casually mentioned
that it was an administration bill.
Lane thought it was too late in the
session to consider the bill, the same
as had been decided regarding the pub
lie franchises measure.
The bill passed.
BLANKET MOTION.
Kalama, flushed with the success of
his last previous leading, now moved
that the Senate take up all bills re-
ported by committees. Carried
Senate Bill "a, making special APP
preparations for the government for
two years ending June 80, 1907, came
up first in the shuttle. Dickey moved
to defer it, mentioning two weeks
, when asked to be specific. McCandless
! moved to defer to April 81, which
carried.
The Lucas Belt Line Railway fran
chise bill was next called.
Bishop moved that committee Of
one be appointed to preach funeral
Grafton over the bill. Ruled out of or
der. Woods moved to defer the bill
to the eth.
McCandless moved to pass the bill
on second reading by title. Lost.
Dickey moved to lay the bill on the
table. This was declared carried on
a show of hands, but McCandless dis
puted the vote and demanded the ayes
and noes. This was granted, resulting
as follows:
Ayes Bishop, Dickey, Gandall, Ka-
lama, Paris, Wilcox, Woods.
Noes Achi, Brown, Dowsett, Hay
selden, Hewitt, Lane, McCandless
Dowsett had asked to be excused as
being interested from being director
of the o. r. & l.. Co., but McCandless
prevented the necessary unanimous
consent.
The chair ruled that on the tie vote
the motion was lost. McCandless then
moved to defer the oil to Thursday,
and Kalama to the 9th. Achi moved
to pass the bill. On tie vote the
chair ruled to defer the bill to Thurs
day.
But the bill would not down so long.
as will be seen below.
MAUI ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
Senate Bill 81, being a franchise to
r. A. Wadsworth and associates to con-
struct an electric railway on the Is
land of Maui, came up on motion for
second reading.
1t was receiver with remarks in
| 1inati,ya nf n Gi1lipn
to postpone indefinitely. HayseIden was
about withdrawing it when McCandless
sprang into the lists with a plea for
railroads in general.
McCandless could not understand the
course of the Senate on railroads. In
the districts where the o. r. & L. Co. g
line runs $4,000 year was received
in taxes before the railroad was built,
whereas $4,000 in. taxes was collect
ed there now. The proposed railroad
on Oahu before the Senate that after
noon would mean an increase of 10000
to 10000 tons of sugar year. 1t
would be easy to make 20,000-ton
plantation at Waialae with a railroad.
If Kona had a railroad there would
be great difference in that section.
Instead of yielding 100000 n year in
taxes the Konas would be paying $780,
GOO year. This country paid the o..
r. & l.. Co. a subsidy of 100000 and
was now getting that much money
back every year from enterprises the
railway made possible.
Bishop said that when II was pro-
posed to give rights to a corporation
the subject should be carefully investi-
gated. There was no committee report
on that bin. The interests of the gov
eminent and the public should be safe
guarded.
The motion to indefinitely postpone
was lost and the bill passed second
reading by title, to be read a third
time today.
LUCAS RAILROAD BILL.
Achi, encouraged by the success Of
the Maui franchise, moved to recon
slider the Lucas Bel Line franchise.
Carried.
Dickey recapitulated the committee
report against it, as showing it vio-
lated the vested rights OF the o. r. &