The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-03

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item .ean others $4,000 was reduced t
$4,000. Action on the item for inciden-
tails for the Board of Forestry was de
ferred pending a report from Mr.. Hos
mer as to the ACCESSIBILITY Of Teduc-
| ton in the amount.
Senator Makekau opposed motion
10 insert an item of $4,000 for extin-
gushing grass. brush and forest nres
on the ground that It would encourage
bad men to set the fires going and then
get paid for fighting them. He asked
that the item be stricken out. sena-
tor smith moved to amend to $4,000 and
the item carried.
BISHOP ESTATE LANDS.
| The item of $4,000 for the Survey
department was warmly contested by
/ Senator Hewitt and Senator Ginning
worth The latter asked for careful
Investigation as there is good deal
of work being done by the Government
in surveying lands for settlers ana
others while the Bishop Estate mas
Ian6s. thousands and thousands or
acres. which it will not open up for
settlers. Senator Hewitt suggested
that a good deal of the money spent by
| the Survey department was in the In
terests of the Public Lands depart
ment and he questioned the correct.
ness of the charges.
Senator Smith reminded the young
| Senator that the Bishop Estate had
done much for the small farmers in
Kona.
Senator Hewitt remarked that the
committee had had an illustration the
night before of the intense desire on
the part of the Land department 10
| open up lands.
| smith said there are things in the
land administration that he cannot
recommend, but he did not believe 1t
right to cripple it because the officials
of the Land department were not sat
isfactory to every one. Senator Chill
lingworth asked how the evil is 60 be
corrected This condition has existed
ever since the present commissioner has
been in office and there seemed to be
no relief He wanted no more Molo-
kan experiments.
on Surveyor Wall and had been told by
him that the less money given the less
work would be done; that all that had
been asked for was needed in the hon
est administration of the affairs of
TIE ONCE. The Senator opposed CIV
ing such a large amount and asked the
Senators where the money to meet all
of the items is to come FROM he
would rather see the bill deferred.
Senator Smith said he would rather
do away with the parks, which bring
no financial returns, than this item
which is for one of the paying depart-
ments of the Territory. A motion to
defer carried.
The item of $4,000 for the Attorney
Generals department called forth some
comment and it was decided to cali
upon the Attorney General for an ex-
plantation This was done and the
item afterward passed.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Several items under the head OF
Board of Education came in for raz-
zle. One item had been increased
from $4,000 last year to $12. 500 at the
present time Senator Mccarthy ex-
plained that it was for manual train
ing and the boys were to be taught
carpenter work and in the summer va
cation they would travel around the |
country and make repairs to school |
houses. The item was almost funny
enough to laugh at so it was thrown
into the morgue. Another item OF
$500 was tor several things unnamed.
one OF which was believed to be a trip I
to the coast by the Superintendent,
was knocked. A small bit for an autos
mobile was denied by Senator Dowsett |
He said that was covered in another
item. The item was cut from $4,000
to $1,000 AT one fell swoop.
At this point the committee found so
many things needing explanation that
it was decided to have the Superln> |
tendent appear before the Senate and /
tell what they mean. The committee I
then. on motion of Senator Coelho. I
rose, reported progress and asked leave
10 sit again.
BILLS REPORTED.
Senator Lane reported S. B. SO and
80 from the Printing committee and on
motion they We're taken up and re-
ferred The first applies to lands and
was referred to that committee. The
second was in relation to undated res
ignations and was referred to the Judi
cary committee.
The judiciary committee reported
further consideration of the bill rela-
ting TO juries and the report was laid
on the table to be considered with the
bill.
Senator Hayselden, from the Lands
reported as follows on petit
t on No. % from Levi c. Lyman:
Your Committee on Public Lands has
Investigated the matter presented by
Petition Number 23. introduced by
Senator John T. Brown on behalf of
Levi c. Lyman, and recommend the
making of an appropriation of the sum
of Four Hundred Eghty-nine and %
100 dollars ($4S9.22) for Mr.. Lyman's
relief.
The case is one where Mr.. Lyman be-