The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-05
WOULD EXTEND
FIRE LIMITS
HARRIS HAS A BILL WHICH rs
TO 1919 CONSIDERED AGAIN TO-
DAY.



During yesterdays session Of the
House the following resolution was in
troduced by Rice:
For support and maintenance Of Lii
hue hospital $4,000, for waimea hospi-
tai $4,000 for Eleele hospital $1,000, FOR
government physicians on the island OF
Kauai
a petition was presented from resi-
dents of Kailua, Koolaupoko, asking
for an appropriation Of $4,000 for re-
airs to roads and bridges from Kala-
kula to Kaelepula.
orders of the day having been reach
ed Broad's bill to provide that 5 hours
constitute a fult days work on Satur-
days for government laborers was
raised from the table. An adverse re-
port had been passed on the bill in
committee and it had been tabled on
second reading.
on motion the bill was recommitted
to the committee on Public Lands and
Internal improvements.
Harris bill redefning the fire limits
of Honolulu came up for third reading.
1t was to amend the old bill to define
the limits as follows
"That part of the city of Honolulu
which is bounded as follows, to wit: BY
the water front; thence along River
street to a point so feet northeasterly
Of the northeasterly line of Beretania
street thence southeasterly along a
line so feet northeasterly of and paral-
lei with the nOrtheasterly line of said
Beretania street to a point so feet
southeasterly of the southeasterly line
of Fort street thence along a line so
southeasterly of and parallel with said
southeasterly line of Fort street to a
point so feet northeasterly of the north
easterly line of Hotel street, then south
easterly along a line so feet northeast
erly of and parallel with the northeast
erly line of said Hotel street to a point
southeasterly of the southeasterly line
of Alakea street; thence along a line
so feet southeasterly of and parallel
with the said southeasterly line of Ala
ket street to the water front including
all the land now or hereafter to be re-
claimed within said limits shall be
known as the Fire Limits of Honolulu"
Consideration of the bill was post
poned until after luncheon.
Before the House rose, Speaker Knud-
sen read a note from the Senate ac-
cepting the challenge of the House to
play a game of baseball on April Is on
the understanding that the Senate
team should consist of Senators and
officers of the Senate while the House
| team should consist of Representatives
only. Cox, Coelho and Greenwich
were appointed committee to con-
clude arrangements.
Fernandez, as chairman of the specia
committee to investigate the economi,
and Industrial conditions existing il
consequence of the presence in the Ter
ritory of aliens ineligible for citizen
ship submitted a long report at the
opening of the afternoons session OF
the House. 1t discussed Bill 100 and
suggested that while the committee
was in sympathy with ideas expressed
in the bill, it violated Section 45 of the
Organic Act.
The committee recommended further
bills to the House with the belief thai
they would stand the assaults on them
in all the courts.
The first OF these bills would provide
that all children born outside OF the
United States of parents ineligible foi
citizenship, shall attend school aftei
reaching the age of Is and that sucf
child shall pay tuition fees of $3.50 pei
month.
A second bill was to impose an e%tri
license in every case when licenses art
granted to persons ineligible to becom,
> citizens.
Sheldon's House bill for the appoint
ment of District Magistrates for eac'
Judicial District was passed with tn
amendment that they should be elected
by the board of Supervisors instead o
appointed by the Governor.
Harris bill to extend the fire limit
of Honolulu met with opposition from
Cox who thought that the adoption o
it would be a hardship on many poo
people who might wish to build bu
would be prevented if they had to pu
up expensive buildings.
Harris drew attention to the biz
Chinatown fire which had cost the Per
prtory 81 100000, a fire which could no
have caused such damage if such bill
had been in force He also referred t,
the fact that at present people i'm Ho
nolulu are paying per cent Insurance.
premiums.
Further consideration Of the bill wal
postponed until today.
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