The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-03-07


atfl lafHtlf ht llfniHaIf ai fNi|iuftt
thdiii hf owned tnl onifHitd BY tht
TtfIllfif 0f hf ihe Hilfoaf of other
r6mfahist ahdrf licenses from lht Ter
/ tiiofy. fh The ettf of milo, 4 license
] hat been granted % ne llllo Mallfoad
Company. bat tht wharf hfs not set
hcon constructed. In lhe caeo of Kaa.
walnt. The qnrftlon of thc issuancc of
tufslon between iho government and
certain railroad companies, bat no
litcnsu has yet been iaHrstd In each
Of those cases the wbafYcs are pro
posed for localities IN which there vs.
now little or no business and 10 which
the railroads do not extend, and u ~
suggested that " appropriations arc
made for the construction Of these
wharves, they should be made only on
SOME such conditions as these set forth
In tho bill, In order 90 assure the use
OF the wharyes. At Kahului the wharf
has already been constructed under a
license from the Territory and 10 Is a
qgestion whether that should now be
purchased by the Territory, as may be
done 1nder the terms Of the license,
at an appraised value not to exceed the
cost. Again, II is a question whether
McGregor's 8 wharf should be extended,
as il ought to be If IL is to remain the
principal landing on that side of Maui
for Waikiki, or whether the principal
landing should be changed to Kihoi.
Buildings Needed.
AS to territorial buildings, most of
these are pressingly needed. They are,
however, non.revenue producing i'm
provements and should be provided for
as far as possible, out Of general reve-
nues As pointed out in my first mes
sage they have first claim upon the
territorial surplus Accordingly, it is
provided in section . Of the bill that
these may be paid for ont Of the gem
eral revenues in SO far as there may
be such revenues available for the pur-
pose. When the Territory is so fortu-
nate as to have a surplus, it should be
used for neglected objects Of this ma
ture in order to keep down the bonded
Indebtedness, or to pay off such indebt-
edness, for which sufficient provision
has not yet been made. 1t is impos-
sible to estimate accurately what the
revenues for future biennial period
will be, because they depend so much
upon the varying price of sugar and
other, varying causes. So far as can
be estimated, it is probable that a
large portion of these buildings and
perhaps all of them may be provided
for out of the general revenues, pro-
vided belt roads are provided for out
of loan funds. The potent reasons why
belt roads should be provided for out
of loan funds and the general reve-
nues used for such territorial buildings
as these, are set forth in my first mes
sage.
In order to reduce the cost of these
buildings as much as possible, it is pro-
vided in section of the bill that those
for certain institutions may be con
structed as far as practicable by the
inmates of those institutions. In the
case of the prison, it is question
whether the site of that should be
changed; if so, a far larger amount
than that stated in the bill will be
required, and in any event a larger
amount should be provided, if posi-
BILE. Accordingly, in order to provide
the necessary revenues for these pun
poses and keep the bond issue as lov
as possible, method is suggested il
section Of the bill, which may easil,
be modified to meet the views of tn
Legislature. There is need of a publ
building at Hilo for the use of the cir
cult court and other purposes, but tn
need is not of such immediate urgenc,
as the need of the other buildings re
ferIed to, and it is question, ais
whether that should be provided for a
territorial building or as count
building. No estimate is included fo
s1ch a building, but your attention
called to it, in order that it may no
be overlooked.
. Kapiolani Park.
As a fourth class of desired terr
torial Improvements, the Kapiolani Par
: may be mentioned as one requiring
: small appropriation of, say, $4,000, fl
: various improvements, in case it shoul
n be regarded, as suggested in my fir
/ message, as in the nature partly of te
ritorial park and partly of a city an
county park, the Territory providin
for the permanent Improvement and th
= = city and county for the upkeep undC
. the direction of a territorial boar
3 That also is a non-revenue producin
; Improvement, and for that reason an
u because Of the nature of the object, tl
/. appropriation, if any should be mad
should perhaps be included in the appr,
: priation bill for current expenditure
so as to have it payable out of til
u general revenues exclusively.
!; AS to county and city and county in
provements, it is a question whether til
bonds should be issued by the Territor
! following the precedent set by the la
+ legislature in the case of the Kula piI
0 line, or by the several counties and eli
n and county. The Territory could doub
2 less issue the bonds at lower rates
D. interest, and if the reimbursement
I. the Territory by the counties and eli
y and county for interest and sinkil
+ fund should be provided for in Il
le manner set forth in section of Il
le bill. the counties and city and coun
q would have the additional advantage
II being able to pay the bonds and d
charge their obligations at any tin
II instead of being obliged to wait lol
'e period until the bonds should become !
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