The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-04-01
THE HOUSE
THIRTY-SIXTH DAY.
Afternoon Session.

alton of the biennial expense appro-
priation bill, was to eliminate Normal
School inspectors as being a nuisance
and an unneeded expense, but a COM
promise was maze by the retention or
just one school inspector to handle
the schools on Hawaii, Maui and Ka-
uai, leaving Oahu work for the Super
intendent of Public instruction.
Another important move was the
cutting out of the appropriation item
for medical inspection, and still an
other was the looping off of an item
for industrial training, it being point
ed out that there was no sense in
spending money for tools to allow
them to rust and that, anyway, there
was little or no use in trying to teach
agriculture and similar industries
without teachers trained to the spe-
cialty or specialties.
For pay of teachers the appropria-
ton passed at $4,000 although Rice
would have advanced it to $4,000
This was rise as it passed, of $4,000
Shingle moved to reconsider all
"harbormaster and pilots" items. Car
ried. He said Captain Clark had been
appointed permanent harbor master
in place of Captain Fuller resigned He
said the committee favored raising
the salary Of pilots. They had hard
work. Honolulu received and sent out
on an average Of one vessel day. He
advised cutting out the assistant har-
bormaster, saving 1925 per month, and,
as suggested by the Public Works Sup
erintendent, the pilots might be moved
| to the harbormasters headquarters
and so assist the harbormaster in time
of need. He favored raising the eight
pilot boys from $45 to $50 per month.
He spoke of the long terms of service
of the pilots
Kaniho opposed raising the pay of
| the pilot who ran the transport Logan
on the reef. He favored paying COM
petent men more money than was
now being paid.
Shingles motion to raise the three
pilots from 5000 to 1925 was passed.
Shingle said his committee had found
out that the Waterman at the pilot
house, though paid less and not having
a free house, did more work than the
lookout man at Diamond Head Some
times he rang up Diamond Head to let
| the lookout know vessel was in port
He would raise the pilot house watch
man to $65 from $50 and reduce the
Diamond Head lookout to sos. Car
! ried
Kaniho moved to pay pilot boys SOS
per month. He wasted fifteen minu-
tes of good time talking without say
ing anything with any argument in
it.
Shingles move for $50 per month for
pilot boys was carried.
Coney left the hall to ascertain from
the Public Works who was doing
Waterman and lighthouse duty at Dia-
mond Head, returning to report that
the Federal government looked after
the lighthouse. Kaniho moved to cut
out the Waterman who much of the
time failed to watch. Shingles mo-
ton to reduce the Diamond Head
Waterman from SIS to $65 per month
was carried.
Single moved a new item: Contin-
gent fund, pilots, harbormaster and
boatboys, $1,000. Sometimes pilots,
ETC., got sick. The Public Works
would like such an item for a little
leeway in case of accident or sickness
to those in the pilot service; the pilots
and boat boys, most of them, had been
very long in the service and deserved
some consideration when in trouble.
On Castros motion the new item
was labelled 'incidentals" and passed.
Rice moved to strike out all items
under water works" Carried.
Rice moved to take up items under
public instruction.
Chairman Long of the education
committee moved, under new plans, 10
strike out certain items as in the bill
and insert in place thereof Secretary,
clerks, stenographers, expenses and
school agents. $16,500.'
Rice felt that if the words school
agents" were left inthe bill there could
be a great deal of money spent under
that title. He knew what it would
mean. He had seen what school agents
had done" Long accepted the amend
ment, cutting out school agents anc
leaving the item at $4,000 This
carried.
/ T. was Longs motion, under the new
$ proposed scheme, the counties to loot
after furniture and fixtures of schools
that 100000 be placed in the bill fol
school supplies, books. ETC., and Lace
making and industrial training.
Kaniho was against providing for {
lump sum, declaring that under such {
system favorites would be played anC
the money was less likely to be spen
for necessities. Long explained Their