The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-19
SOME BIG INCREASES.

was a reproduction of the bill in it's
entirety, as already published, with a
number of changes. The total amount
of salaries was increased from 81 $780,
$50 to $685., 1888. The most important
increases are in the pay of road en-
gineers, craftsmen, inspectors and
chairmen for the Public Works Depart
ment, from $4,000 to $4,000, and of
the payroll of school teachers from
$53O,OOO to 100000
The bill passed second reading and
the fight on items will come up on third
reading.
CUTS MAUI'S CLAIM OUT.
The joint conference committee on
the unpaid bills bill (Senate Bill No.
g. submitted it's report.
The items dealt with were as follows:
Roads and bridges, Puma, John Moore
$45. Stricken out.
reimbursement Kohala Sugar Co., re-
pairing Honokane road $1126.20. Strick-
en- ont.
To pay Americana Hawaiian Engineer
ing and Construction Co, Ltd, $4267.
Reduced to $4,000.
Road damages, Hama, W. K. Keoho
claim, 800. Reduced to 5000.
Road damages, Wailuku, 5000.
Stricken out.
Road damages, Kauai; Hawaiian
road board, 800. Stricken out.
Road damages, Kona, Kaopumoana
claim, $500, reduced to 800. Kama
halo claim, 1915. reduced to SIS. Mai
ole claim, $157, stricken out.
Expenses of county government,
Maui, in 1904, all stricken out. Com
menting on this the committee IS re-
port says:
These items were inserted to cover
expenses of county government on
Maui, in view of the fact that county
government will be in force on and
after July 1, 1905, it will be better to
leave the payment of the items to the
counties rather than burden the Ter
ritory with any further expense at the
present time
Incidentals, Hilo Electric Light Com
pany, $1,000 Stricken out.
Total of $23,627.22 reduced to $1S,-
36419.
The report was adopted and the bill
passed third reading.
Senate Bill No. s, for the appropria-
ton of $4,000 for the Attorney Gen
erals Department, to be applied to the
payment of expenses of witnesses In
criminal cases, passed third reading.
WANT MOSQUITO KILLERS.
The Health Committee submitted a
report on the message of Governor
Garter recommending the introduction
of a certain small fish of the sickle
back variety from Mexico for the
purpose of destroying the larvae of
mosquitoes. The committee stated that
it had carefully enquired into the mat
ter and found that there was no fear
of the fish eating the spawn of such
fish as the opae. 1t recommended the
insertion of an item of $500 to bring
the fish here.
THE ELEU'S REPAIRS.
The conference committee on the de-
fciency bill reported in favor of its
passage with amendments.
The amendments reduced the total
from 81, 990.11 to 44,605.11.
The following items were dealt with:
To reimburse P. n. Kahahuohuna,
$3.50. Stricken out.
To repair Molokai Settlement tele-
phone system, 800. Reduced to $50.
To reimburse Alexander Lindsay, Jr.,
for salary, $1S5. Stricken out.
The report was thus identical with
that submitted by the former confer
ence committee with the exception that
the sum for repairs to the tug Eleu
was left in the bill instead of being
stricken out.
Th' House adopted the report and
passed the third reading of the bill.
THAT POI MACHINE.
President Pinkham of the Board of
Health wrote a letter pointing out the
necessity for an appropriation for a
poi machine at the Settlement and it
was read to the House of Representa-
tives yesterday morning. He stated
that during the past few months over
$500 worth of paiai had been spoiled
either in transit or owing to the i'm
possibility of landing freight on ac-
count of bad weather. The installation
of machine would stop any such