The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-26

On second reading. Coclhos fishery
bdi was referred % the Police and
Health Committee. other bills read and
referred being House BILLS 1853. ih7.
Loo. l6l aud Toe. aud Senate Bills 100.
20, 20 and 25.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
There was no quorum in the House
when the Speaker raped for order
after the noon recess. and the sergeant.
alarms got busy rushing honorable
members in from the Hobbies in time
TO hear an invitation from the Anti.
Saloon League read. This invited the
members TO he present Mt the annual
meeting Of the league tonight at 1880,
when some Of the perpeNing prob.
lens growing ont of the liquor traffic
will be discussed by some of our lead,
ing citizens The invitation was
signed by John w. Wadman, president
of the league.
Committee of the Whole.
The House went into committee Of
the whole on the appropriation bill,
Cohen in the chair.
The items dealing with the care of
J government property were first taken
up.
Caretaker, $40 month, and three
guards at $40 month passed with n
whoop. Makekau moved to raise the
: pay of the ianitors from $50 to $40
month This was lost.
Castro drew attention to the deci.
sion of the House to raise the pay of
laborers TO $3.50 day, and asked if
that was to apply. Makekau made n
big talk for the janitors again and
their pay jumped to $40 month. Six
= laborers got the same. This raised the
estimates by $2440.
"Keeper of mausoleum, $780," pass
: ed
The items for maintenance of pub
! lie buildings We're deferred.
= An item of 5000 for flags passed.
Kaniho refused to stand for the tel
, ephone items. He said the service was
!. no good 81 tried to ring up OlaG
= the other day and couldn't get a WORD
back he explained. The items were
,. deferred.
Single stated. when the items foI
A landings and wharves were reached
4 that there was disposition on tn,
4 part of some members to turn over tn,
4 Honolulu wharves to the city of Ho
!. nolulu. He objected to this, as thu
d whole Territory used the wharves
}. Rice agreed to this as fair.
d The following items then passed
e Foreman, 1925; three sweepers at $4l
a month.
e Coney kicked because he was not al
e lowed to take hack on the Inter
Island wharf. He thought this wa
4. not right for public wharf. Shingl
d, said there was no hack on the Nawi
l. Twill wharf to meet him.
Kamahu had n kick coming becaus
t. the Territory was spending money oil
1t dredging by the o. r. e. l.. Company
IS wharves. He was told that the dredg
ing was a Federal work. Kamahu in
e. sisted, however, that the good none,
g. of the people was being spent to he'll
lc the owners of private wharves. Tn
N o. II. & L. Company employed Japa
t. nese stevedores, which was also yer,
wrong. he said. He moved to cut tn
item from $4,000 to $4,000.
L Shingle and Rice argued over tn
% government g realizations from Oah
" and Kauai and which county deserve,
u the benefit of the realizations.
Kamahu S desire to cut the appro
v priation was thwarted and the iten
passed.
The item of $500 for Hawaii wa
10 passed, and the Maui slice of 5000
was raised to 10000. Kauai got $4,000
as in the bill. Kaniho moved to re
., consider the Hawaii item, which cal
y ried. He then moved to defer tn
80 80 item until some petitions came bac
o. from committee.
:, "Harbor master, Honolulu, 1925,
a. passed.
II Assistant, $l25," passed.
Expenses, $780, passed
n Shingle attacked the item regardin
,. the Honolulu pilots. He said he ha
a. good authorities for saying that tw
10 pilots could handle all the business.
10 Kaniho wanted TO know if these p
lots who are to get 5000 were the one
ID who steered the Logan ashore. If S
v. he thought it best to cut down tn
is salary or cut it out altogether. TIL
item WAS deferred.
4. Kamabu moved to raise the pay o
IS the pilothouse Waterman from $50 t
n S75. Castro suggested $50, which cal
ct ried.
IN "Expenses, $500"
Knmahu wanted to know if thi
money went to the pilot boys, and tn
"A item was deferred.
ct "Watchman, Diamond Head, $75
n. month";" passed.
m The salary of the Hilo pilot and hi
Id expenses passed at $3.50 month an
es 5000 respectively.
is The Maui items passed as in the bi
8, pilot, $3.50 month; expenses, Ka
@. hului, $4,000.
All waterworks items were deferred
is Federal Board of Health Control.
ID Makekau moved TO cut the salary o
10 the president of the Board of Healt
n from $275 month to $3.50, Sheldon
1t Directing.
n. Single wanted to know if Presiden
ID Robinson put his whole time in OF
a Board of Health matters, Coney stat
X ing that he thought he did. Shingl
le said he was not fully acquainted wit
to the matter but had gathered the i'm
n. preston that Mr.. Robinson was onl
err sitting on the lid until the work coul
it be turned over more or less to the Fed