The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-16


anc ihequliahlt, ard
Whereas. rubiie opinloh " such that
public intssiigaiion n ihe inequi.
lahitnem VI iaid shatgts and the IN.
adequacy ~ said services shouid be
made With a Wow u oneciing leeisla.
ton ~ better regulate said corpora.
iiens In this respect. therefore
30 H. Resolved by the Legislature
~ tho Territory ~ Hawaii That ~
soon ~ may be- after the approval %
this resolution the Governor shall ap
point n commission Of three competent
and disintefcstcd persons TO be known
A. the Commission on Public Utilities,
who shall carefully investigate into
the matter of the services rendered
and charges made by such corporations
Of public utility In the furnishing OF
electricity OF gas for lighting, power
and domestic convenicnces. Said com
mission shall report TO the Governor
not later than December 81, 1910,
transmitting with It's report such pro
posed legislation ms u may deem ad-
visablc for the public good and tho
members of said commission shall serve
without compensation whatever, but
shall be allowed all expenses incurred
|
herein prescribed
Struck One as Right
The notice given in the Advertiser
yesterday that such resolution was
to come up resulted in the following
suggestion coming early in the morning
to the Speaker;
"Speaker Holstein, Esq.
'My Dear Sir.--When investigating
the charges, etc. of Gas Co., II might
be well to investigate their arbitrary
methods in dealing with the public and
also their charges for Insulation, say
ing that unless they made the cOnnec-
tons they would not connect the gas
This means; pay me any price / ask
for work or go without gas.
GA CONSUMER
'There is inspector for electric
wiring. but Gas Co. do as they like.
Would it not be well to have their
work inspected"
Medical Bill.
Senate Bill SO. Coelho, but with lit
| tie that introducer intended but the
title left, was passed ON first reading
: Sinking Fund Bill.
A bill to provide sinking fund with
which to pay any present or future
, bonded indebtedness of the Territory
was presented by Rice and passed first
reading. The bill authorizes the Treas
urer to transfer from current account
to sinking fund on the date of the see
! ond interest installment an amount
that with equal amounts so set aside
annually thereafter with interest will
, pay the bonds on maturity. To this
/ fund must also be added such amounts
/, as come from the counties to meet
n bond interest and repayment and also
n all receipts from government land sales
$ made by the Superintendent of Public
= Works.
T Governors Veto Debate. y
When the veto of the Governor of
the bill to put minimum of $3.50 Il
y day for laborers' wages was brought
J, up, Single announced himself the vic
tim of misunderstanding, having
. moved the day before that the bill pass
\ notwithstanding the veto of The Gov
! ernor, while as matter of fact he
q intended by the motion to sustain the
f veto. He then moved to sustain.
: This brought on long debate, Ka-
d mahu aud Makekau talking for the bill
o and Kaleiopu for the veto. Like, also,
j. shed some of his wisdom on the situa-
a ton, stating that he had voted to
raise the officials salaries although he
knew such thing was wrong, but On
an idea that that wrong would be justi-
n fed by boosting the laborers' pay.
y A dozen members moved the pre-
= yious question as soon as Like sat
= down. The roll call sustained the veto,
being fourteen to thirteen in favor #
' overriding the veto, four short Of
9 enough.
Refused to Concur.
d After the noon recess the vote was
y taken on the question of concurring in
the Senate Amendments to the Show
d License Bill, the House Icing almost
e unanimous in favor of rejecting the
Il changes made. As a conference com
!. mittee was named Cohen, Like, Kinney
and Kamahu.
The Senate amendments to House
Bill 81, the Depository Bill introduced
D. by Rice, which limits the amount to be
o allowed out of the treasury and put on
n deposit in local banks, were voted ON
II and concurred in by close vote of
!. Ia to ~.
i Two-County Bill Killed.
y Kawewehi's Two.County Bill was on
=" the order of the day again for the fifth
Sc time, after having been hacked and al
"a tered considerably since first appearing
N in the House. The introducer had a
ID new batch Of amendments to offer.
y Kaleiopu moved to table the amend
1t ments, his motion being lost.
IN 81 move to adopt the amendments
made by myself said Kawewehi, and
the House smiled and adopted.
The section to allow the precincts
y and polling booths to vo;e was changed.
Six other amendments came from the
r. introducer, being all carried.
"A Furtado then presented a batch of
n amendments. One made the supervis-
a ors elected from particular district
10 and not all at large, as the bill pro-
'e vided.
. Cut of Head and Tail.