Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-05
HOUSE CONTINUES
70 SWING The Ak
.Supt. or Worms and Flies
Gets Too Much Pay,
Says Kaniho
HOUSE
37th Day--Afternoon Session

The House devoted most OF the aft
crnoon to the consideration of the
Territorial salary appropriation bill,
pnd the knife was used freely and
with telling effect on the salaries of
the higher-paid officials. Almost cv-
cry one of the heads of departments
reached had big slice taken OFF his
salary. and the result was that when
the House adjourned s22.22O had
been chopped out of the bill as pass
ed by the Senate.
At 2:45 the House went into Com
mittec of the whole and resumed
consideration of the Territorial sal
AIRY appropriation bill.
The items for clerk and stenogra-
her and Office boy. Department of
were stricken out. The item for So
| 60 for pay of sewer foreman and
/ three assistants deferred. as was the
one for pay Of engineers, architects
and draughtsmen.
! Under the head of Water Works
Bureau. Sheldon moved to raise the
salary of clerk to SIPS instead of
sl2O, as in the bill, stating that In
former days the position used to
| command salary of $3.50. This
suited Kaleiopu, who discovered here
another man who has lots of work
to do. The amendment carried and
the item passed at s125.
A new item was inserted on mo-
ton of Akau-salary of Superintend-
ent of Kamuela Water Works, SIS.
Kaleiopu moved to make the sal
airy of Harbor Master S225, instead
of $3.50, as in the bill. The item
passed at s225. The salary of as
Gistant harhor master passed at $3.50
as In the bill.
Kdleiopu objected TO salary of
s225 each for three pilots for Homo
lulu and moved to make II $500. Car
ried.
Akau moved TO amend item for
salary of pilot of Hilo to make II
$500 instead of s16O. Rawlins
moved to make 1t $3.50. Rice stated
that the present salary is $3.50. and
moved TO make the item include
keeper of gunpowder and kerosene
oil. Rice's motion carried. Rawlins
amendment was lost. Akau's amend.
ment to make the salary $500 was
also lost. and the item passed al
$50, as in the bill.
Rice thought the salary for the
Kahului pilot should be the same a'
for the Hilo pilot. $50, instead oil
$500, as in the bill. Rawlins moved
$l60. Carried.
HOSMER'S SALARY CUT
Kaleiopu objected to giving Super
! intendent OF Forestry Hosmer $3.50
He moved to make II s225. Kanihc
moved $500.
Rice stated that the salary Is now
$3.50. and man who has put II
eight years at n college of agficul
ture and forestry ought to be wortl
$3.50. Kaleiopu said lots of then
could be had for less.
Kaniho's amendment was lost. Ka
leiopu's carried, making the salar!
SECS.
Kaleiopu also went after Super
| intendent of Entomology Craw, NOV
] ing to make the salary sees instea,
! of $3.50. Kaniho moved $3.50. "
think $50 is plenty" he said, go
] the superintendent of worms an,
flies. I remember he introduced al
l insect to kill lantana. All ! know !
the insects are still running at larg
still here. This is my idea. 70,
can do as you please regarding tn
salary of the superintendent O
! worms"
Rice stated that on Kauai, a
least. the lantana Is being killed out
!. Of course, the lantana on Hawai-
may he a tougher breed, but II 20,
give them time. think the insect
will kill II out"
Kaniho thought the reason tn
lantana still exists Is because IN
worms" had gone after the potaton
and mangoes.
Rice reminded the House that on
of the duties of the entomologist
to keep out diseases, and cited tn
cases where Craw had prevented tn
introduction of dangerous cocoanr
si.a orange diseases.
Sheldon thought It wrong to Civ
Craw more than Hosmer. "Wh
doesn't he get to work and fix tn
taro mr. stanle food ." he askad