The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-04-30
DAM BAR
SINISTER.
HoUsE-rIrrY.sEvENT DAY.
Morning Session.

A meeting of the special conference,
committee on the Liquor bill was il
session until after the House met Sat
urday morning and proceedings wer,
delayed to allow the members to re
port, recess being taken Immediately
after the reading of the minutes.
The House was called again to or
der shortly before 10 o'clock, taking
up the third reading of House Bill
244, allowing the holder of home
stead grant to live on adjacent land
The bill passed.
LOAN FUND BILL.
House Bill 215, the Loan Fund APP.
preparation bill, which carries the Ho.
nolulu High School item, passed third
reading with little opposition.
MoNGoosEs.
The Senate amendments on Quinn Is
Mongoose bill were concurred in by a
vote of twenty-five to four. There
was no discussion of the matter.
MAUI LOAN BILL.
The Senate bill authorizing the Coun-
ty of Hawaii to 60 into debt to the
extent of $4,000 on a bond issue was
read and passed second reading.
vETOES SUSTAINED.
The Governor vetoes on Correa 8
first gun license and the Senate bill
requiring permission of the Boards of
Supervisors before any corporation
could dig up public street were sus-
tanned.
NUUANU DAM.
The choice of the House between the
two reports ON the Nuuanu dam was
then taken up on motion of Pail, who
put rider to his motion to the effect
that the reports be not read over again.
Kaleiopu moved the adoption of the
majority report and received second
ings from several quarters. Speaking
on his motion he said that the appro-
priation hinged on the carrying out of
the recommendation of this report. He
very much that the reports
had not been considered before the APP
had passed. 1t was useless
to discuss the matter now, after they
had passed their power out of their
own hands. The only good any bowling
would do now would be to give the
members a chance to give their opin-
ions about some of the government
CONTRACT CANCELLATION.
Sheldon agreed that there was no
use in snarling over the matter any
more, the only question in point be-
ing whether the contract could now
be cancelled. If there were any way
to do it he was in favor of such ac-
ton. The report does not specify any
breach of contract. To adopt the re-
port would put the House on record
IF favoring the cancellation of the
He favored this if it could
be done for he knew the voters and
taxpayers feel sore at the way the
lam work has been going on.
Pail moved the previous question, to
which Quinn objected.
Pail explained his motive by saying
that the discussion was like shooting
ut branch after the bird had flown
AWAY.
Kaleiopu again explained in lengthy
why any further talk was
useless, after Quinn had asked for per
mission for all to talk who wanted to
talk and had anything to talk about.
Pail withdrew his motion to give
Rawlins chance to be heard. Raw
Inns said the report gave no reason
why the contract can be reasonably |
He reviewed the water works
generally and criticized the
previous Legislature for voting $780, |
100 for Honolulu water works general. |
IF this 100000 was for the Kalihi sys-
EN-, but this was never used. The
department had first set aside $4,000
tut of the sum for the dam, after
$4,000 had been already voted by a
previous Legislature, giving $l55,OOo
'or the work.
The person who started the work was
lot in position to carry out the con-
ract but that was not a reason for
contract, nor was it any
eason that he was not experienced in
his kind of work The chickering's,
which arose over the faulty specifca-
ions, were not a legal ground for any
of contract and because
Walker, Kellogg and Schuyler differ in
heir opinions was no reason in law
Vhy the contract should be cancelled.
The contractor had his little swing
nd the Public Works department had
heir little swing and each went as
ar as possible. Now Schuyler has at
empted to fix up the specifications.
Why was 1t not possible for the de-
artment to compel the contractor to