The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-21
Meter Measure Passed

finally again deferred, this time until
Friday.
Meter Measure Passed.
Senate Bill l25, Mccarthy, empow-
ering the Superintendent of Public
Works to fix the rates for the use of
water from the Honolulu system and
authorizing him to install water meters
where necessary, was read Kama OBJ
jected to the bill, which would make a
hardship on a man whose water pipes
leaked and whose faucets were not
tight. He protested against the bill
IN the name of plutocracy and that of
the great middle class. He moved the
indefinite postponement.
Coney said Kama wouldn t know a
water meter if he saw one. The bill
was one to prevent the waste of water.
which was now costing the Territory
thousands of dollars If pipes leak.
fix them, he said. Properly used,
meters would reduce rates and cut down
expense of upkeep of the system. He
urged the members to get civilized and
pass the bill
Coney quoted from the report of the
Los Angeles water commission, showing
that the use of meters saved money
all around. Under the fat rate svs-
TEN the economical man has to nav
for his neighbours waste. Through the
meter system he thought that the water
rates would be cut in halves. At pres
ent, according TO the estimate of the
department, three million gallons a dav
are being wasted
The result of the roll call showed:
Ayes, %; noes, 8.
Kula Pipeline Carried.
Senate Bill 1913, Coelho. the special
appropriation bill for public improve
ments, which carried $1,669, 1872. 50, as
first introduced and which included ev-
erything asked for, but which had been
gone through until only the Kula pipe
line, 100000. and Honolulu harbor i'm
provements, 100000, were left.
Carley explained the great need of
the Kula water line. The member from
Maui made an eloquent address, telling
of the great hardships suffered by the
Kula people during the past two years
as seen by him on a trip through the
parehed region. He explained that
each family was allowed only ten gal
ions of water every three days for all
purposes, this supply for the whole dis
trict coming through one small pipe
What the Kula people wanted was only
sufficient money to pipe a proper water
supply down from the mountain The
district to be served was a country
rich in everything but water
Carley's good address carried the
item through.
ffanco afforod i4o,., 70
ate $4,000 for Honokaa awaterworks
system, stating that he would present
a bill to provide for the repayment
of the amount by the county Of Ha-
waii. The member reported-before he
moved into Hilo-having to go ten
miles for drink.
Cohen said the House was unit on
the Kula pipeline but regarded Alton
SO S amendment as an imposition, bring
ing the item in at this time and tack
ing it on a bill with the danger of
killing it.
Furtado wanted to know what the
money for the Honolulu harbor was
doing in the bill.
Rice, with consent of the House, ex-
planned from the chair that the Pacific
Mail had agreed to pay stated sum
of $500 month for the use of the
wharves, an amount that would pay in
terest and sinking fund to meet the
bonds.
Castro defended the item and point !
ed ont. the businesslike principle of
making profitable investment. He
said the bill was not one to cover all
necessities or desires.
The moving of the previous question
shut Alfonso off from presenting some
more amendments. although he had
them in the hands of the clerk. He
argued the priority of the amendments
over the previous question motion but
Rice had the Speaker s big stick and
brought it down sharply.
The bill passed twenty-five to three.
Maui Foots the Bill.
Senate Bill 140, the bin binding the
County of Maui to repay principal and
interest of the 100000 for the Kula
pipeline and authorizing the Treasurer
to hold out the payments from Maui S
share of the taxes, was read and passed.
Furtade presented an amendment. stat
ing the bill as drafted guaranteed only
payment of interest and not principal.
His amendment was tabled. The vote
on the bill stood: Ayes, %; noes, 2.
Senate Bill 10, Coelho, fixing the IL
cense fee for hotels in Honolulu and
Hilo at $50 year and elsewhere at
$25, was read and passed on vote of
q to 4.
Senate Bill ia, Harvey, to pay ply
sicians employed in examination of sus
poets at the Kalihi receiving station
from S. TO $40 each per examination
from Board of Health money, was read.
There was no debate, the bill passing
by 81 to 4.
Hasty Marriages Tabu.
Senate Bill 25, Castro, to discourage
hasty marriages, making it necessary
that the parents or guardians of boys
under 90 years and girls under IS years
give their personal consent and sane
ton to their marriage, and making
it a punishable offense to make false
representations when applying for a
marriage license. was read. All the
members but three disapproved of
hasty marriages, and carried the bill
by % to 3.
Senate Bill SO, Coelho, relating to
medicine and surgery. was read. Fur
tado said that it looked as if the doc
tors wanted a lead-pipe einch on