The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-27
Afternoon Session.

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Superintendent Holloway appeared
before the Senate in the committee OF
the whole and made the statement that
the adoption of the Schuyler report
would mean great good to the Terri
tory. Following this he made a o n
fession that the receipts from the sale
Of water were so large that they should
not be lost sight of. This was start.
ling in view of the fac hat the report
that the "~waterworks was too great an
expense to be passed over to the
ties emanated from his Office. He ex-
planned each item in the bill to appro-
pirate 5000. 900 and admitted that he was
partly responsible for the introduction
of the measure which is based on an
homes conclusion, regardless of his
residence on this island. When he
went owe the list Of necessities for tho
Territory he decided these to be the
most important. When the Federal
Government appropriated it did so for
such measures it believed the most i'm
portant. In that way HiIo gets an
appropriation for a breakwater on
which Congress will spend a million
dollars. Of the items in Section 2 OF
the bill, after the Kamuela item. the
construction of the shed at wharf No.
2 was most important. The next in
Importance is the wharf along one side
and across the n of Government
wharf No. /. Then came the recon.
.struction of the Government wharf at
Hilo, Next in Importance would be d
retaining wall around wharf No. 3.
Relative to h dam in answer 10
nr1aStinn Mr. HnIIour1x " cal III If moe MOI
possible for him to say whether the
dam can be finished for 1892, 900. Prac-
tically all of the hard work has been.
done. 1t was pract cally impossible for
the contractor to have sluiced from the
lower side.
Senator Bishop move the insertion
Of the following item: Shed for wharf
2, $45. 900.
Senator Knudsen wanted to know If
the Senate is in favor of the Territory
going further into debt. Senator Smith
said he believed it necessary. Senator
Dowsett said the completion of the
wharves is as important as the COM
pletion of the dam. The wharfage
which now goes to private parties
amounts to $50, 900 a year. He pro-
posed to help Maui and Hawaii when
the time comes.
Senator Coelho said Maui would sup
port any measure tending toward reve.
nue.. For that reason her representa-
tives would favor the adoption Of the
majority report submitted relative %
the dam proposition.
Senator Bishop said to show q spirit
of fairness he would move that the
item Of 49, 600 for the HiIo wharf be
inserted.
Senator Dowsett moved to increase
to $40, 900. Carried.
Senator smith asked for the wharf
age items for building a retaining wal
around Government wharf No. 3. s45.-
oW, and dredging Kilauea slip. $50. 900.
Senate Bishop opposed. Mr.. Hol-
loway had said there is no immediate
use for these.
Senator Kalama said it was rather a
bitter pill to swallow but he believed
1t best to appropriate the money for
both slips.
Senator knudsen said the speeches
of today are the duplicates of the ut
.terances of the members two years ago
100000 was appropriated for
wharf Improvements. Today thew ask
almost as much more.
Senator Smith begged indulgence
while he called the attention to the an
for Waimea river two years