The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-11
SENATORS
WORKING
The Labor Bill a Sick
WilIiam---IncOme
Tax Bill.
SENATE-FIFTEENTH DAY.
BILLS INTRODUCED.

BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Senator Brown. Act 81, to ere
ate the office of county surveyor fo
counties in the Territory of Hawai-
and to fix their duties and compensa
tion.
By Senator Makekau. Bill No. 81
to encourage the construction ant
development of railways on the Islant
of Hawaii by the exemption of taxe
on roads built, and in operation for fiv,
miles, during two years, following
January 1, 1908. The exemption vii
continue Tor ten years.
The Senate is plodding along in thu
same old way, prodding where it thinks
the prod should go and passing trifes
1t would appear that in some instances
where the out-of- town members show
an inclination to inquire closely int
the administration of affairs the
prompting comes often from city
friends. However that may be, the an
swers so far seem to be satisfactory
for none of the reports have been tabled
for future action.
One of these cases related to part
nerships. Senator Makekau wanted te
know If the names of the partners
have always been reported to the treas
urer. The treasurer has replied to the
communication and all goes well.
In the matter of receipts and rev
enues of the water works on the diff
ferent islands the questions were i'm
portant ones, for it is necessary to
learn whether the statement made by
the Superintendent of Public Works
relative to their condition is correct
His statement was. that they are a
burden and the supposition is that 1t
was the meat in the argument against
transferring the water works to the
counties.
The innocent little question has been
the cause of considerable expense, for
experts have been working on the books
of the water department for some days
with the intention of ascertainlng just
how much the water has cost the people
and what the return is to the Govern
ment. Mr. Holloway has told the SEN
ate the cost of the, out-of-town works
and given their revenue. Hilo bobs
well up towards the pictures and Lau-
plant to make as to cost.
The House reported on Saturday that
House Bill No. 40 had passed third
reading in that body. 1t was present
ed to the Senate and passed first read
ing. This bill grants to all railways
permission to use other than steam for
their motive power. 1t will benefit the
plantations which now operate by
steam and who have done so under
charters which provide for its use.
Since the inception of plantations here
electricity has become a factor IN the
conduct of railways, mills and manu-
factories of different kinds. The
waters of Hawaii have afforded splen-
did opportunities for the development
of electricity and Kauai is just now
coming to the front. With a railway
on the Garden Island in contemplation
it is no wonder that Representative
Sheldon asks the passage OF tins bln.
House Bill No. 81, relative to the
fees for doing banking business IN
the Territory, passed first reading and
the House notified the Senate that 1t
had concurred in the amendments to
the bill relative to the issuance OF
marriage licenses. Messrs. Ripley
Dickey, through their attorney IN fact,
Lyle A. Dickey, asked settlement of the
balance of claim amounting to s2oo.f2
for plans and supervision of the con-
struction of the Royal school. 1t seems
that the appropriation lapsed and
there were no funds for these gentle
men for this portion of their claim. 1t
was referred to the Finance committee
Jared G. Smith requested an appro- |
priation of three thousand dollars for
the promotion of experiments in tobac-
co, rice, etc. He showed the amount |
Of good these industries had been done |
through the aid of the Hawaii Experi-
ment Station and promised greater
good with the additional assistance
asked. The communication was referr-
ed to the Ways and Means committee
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