The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-30

Street-Car Bill Debate.
The air brake street-car bill. House
Bill lo7, which had been pruned at
| until all but ears of an unloaded
weight of fourteen tons or over had
been put without the limits of the
measure, was up for final reading. On
questions asked, it was brought OUT
that none of the cars now in use
weighed over thirteen and half tons,
Nawahine said the intent of the in
PRODUCER of the bill was to protect
passengers, and he saw no reason why
passengers in a small car were not as
much entitled to protection as those
in large car. Coney said the idea
| OF the Legislature was not to infict
nardshlps on any person or corporation.
and to make it obligatory to equip ali
street cars now with air brakes would
mean the throwing out Of use of about
twenty-five small cars and an expense
of 500 apiece for all other cars. He
believed the present brake as effective
and safer than an air brake. ANY
brake could only lock the wheels. No
brake could prevent a car sliding
Kaniho asked some questions He
wanted to know why it was not posi-
bic to put air brakes on the small cars.
He was told that there was no room
Kaniho wanting to know how many
passengers these would crowd off.
Castro asked that the bill might be
deferred until today, in order that the
members might look further into the
question of car weights. It was de-
ferred.
Auditors Bonds.
There was a long debate on Senate
Bill IS, to increase the bond REQUIRE
ments of the various county auditors.
debate in which Rice, Coney and
Single trained big financial guns on
Kaniho. The Kohala member thought
1T useless to make the auditors in
crease their bonds, advancing as prin-
eipal reasons the facts that the Super
visors had not asked the Legislature
to make this demand, and that the
bill would make it hard upon auditors
who were poor men. He thought an
honest auditor would be honest and
dishonest one dishonest, no matter
whether the bonds be one or one mil
lion dollars
Single derided the idea of waiting
for the Supervisors to ask for this
legislation, ''The Supervisors are not
to tell us what to do; we are here to
tell the Supervisors what to do,'' he
said. "We are the supreme body in
this Territory
1t was decided to pass the bill on
second reading
Senate Bill Passed.
Senate Bill 4S, Woods, to repeal Sec
ton 259 of the Revised Laws. relat-
ing to covenants for renewal at auc-
ton of certain government leases, after
being amended as to phraseology, was
passed on third reading.
House Bills Safe.
Notification was received from the
Senate that House Bills 90 and 100
had passed all tests and were ready for
the Governor.
Senate Bills 104, Ill and ia came
in and were passed on first reading.
Committee Of the Whole.
q After some iangling between Shin
gle and Rice as to where the commit
tee would next begin to mutilate the
oONClilol ESTIMATES III tilt
ton bill, the legislators took up the
deferred matter of hospitals, immedi-
ately after the noon recess. Coney
reported that from February %, 1908,
to February % this year, 1890 patients
were treated at the Queen S Hospital,
of whom eightv-three came from the
other Islands. The income for two
years ending December 81 last had
been $70,9S4.31 and 1900 from the
government, total of 94,9S4.3l
There were also number of special
donations for certain wards or beds in
the hospital. The hospital was free
and had many expenses, being behind
financially and without prospect of
pulling even. The majority of the pa
tients from other islands were treated
free. although large proportion are
paving patients.
Furtado thought the information not
definite enough, and wanted detailed
lists. Correa objected. He thought
the information definite enough to con
vince the House that the hospital was
for the use of the whole Territory. He
called for action and moved the item
pass as in the bill.
Rice said that no one in all fairness
could expect the outside islands to sup
port each their own hospital and have
the Territory support the Queen IS Hos
pital. He was sure that 10 per cent.
of the free patients from outside were
entitled to free treatment under the
will of Queen Emma. If the Queens
Hospital must be helped, either let
Oahu do the helping or let the Terri
tory help all the hospitals.
Rice pointed out that Kauai money
was to be used to build children S
hospital in Honolulu to show that Ka-
uai was always willing to help Homo
lulu. He also said that all hospitals
should be exempt from taxation.
Single said Rice was not stating
the matter fairly, because Oahu pro-
posed taking care of the Leahi Home
and the Kapiolani Maternity Home.
Even with $4,000 from the Territory,
the Queen Hospital ran short $4,000.
He appealed to the Hawaiian members
to keep running the institution en-
dowed by Queen Emma.
On show of hands the item passed.
Single then moved to strike out the
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