, 1912-06-01

C%~A NNOA N1N hOA' AoO ACIID6 % HtAH-
eriksted Town had been brought into tia
Council regarding the mail service betwean
@ lrls,i .nsted and FrederIksted, compIaiuno
OF that Il contract was made aud no lleita.
ton had taken place. The hon. Member
didn't think, that it was right, that the
Council SHOULD have nothing to say regard.
ing this matter. The hon. lst Member for
Chtistiansted gave him u good hammerino
he said that the Council had nothing to do
with it, when decided in the Municipal Com
mittee it was % pure administrative matter,
1t was strange to see, that the lowest offer
had been accepted, the Speaker knew in
stances of licItation, where this was not the
case. we had no reason to object. Let tue
matter drop the same as six mouths noo.
2ud Member for Frederiksted Country
District (LunneO made some remarks in ar.
coldance with the last speaker and pointed
out, that there was no guarantee, That the
subsidy Will be sufficient, his, the Speakers.
candid opinion was, that the Contractor
would not be able to carry on the ENTERPRISE
for that amount. The Speaker concluded
ia drawing some parallels with British Gov
eminent and remarked, that we ought not
to quarrel about such petty questions as this.
1st Member for Christiansted (.Nuke.
neanM) didn't expect, that the hon. 2nd Mem.
for trederiksted Country District should
know what was legal or not, though he had
been sitting i'll the Council so long. When
the Municipal Committee according to the
new Law came into force, it should have
been the duty of the Committee to take
over contracted matters. But there was
one remark of the hon. Member, which was
worth catching, he, the speaker, had avoid
ed mentioning it, but now it had dropped
out from the opposite side. The hon. Mem
Der said, that he hardly believed, that the
contractor would be able to carry on the
mail service for the fixed subsidy. He,
the Speaker was of the opinion, that II motor
schooner hardly could go on for the stipula-
ted amount, and tlon the moment would
come, that the subsidy bad to be raised, and
what then? The hon. Members incessant
comparing with the British Government
didn't look well the British Government
was undoubtedly a good Government, but
this was u Danish Colony, and the hon.
Member would appear better, if he stuck to
the Danish Government.
End Member for FrederikSted Country
District (Lu~ney) remarked, that under
Governor Arendrup the Ministry of Finance
WAS asked to build q barracks at Kings
Hill, but the Ministry would only give the
money-4,O 70 dollnrs-for q School House.
1t would have been much better for us, if
we had accepted at thut time, what we could
get, we would then now have had q good
School house in the middle of the country.
HIS E~cceUeHcy would only come with
a few remarks: The hon. list Member for
Christiapsted Town (Stakemenn} used the
words, that he, the Speaker had been threat
ening-he would deny THAT. The hon. Vice
Chairman had said, that this ma ter only
concerned the Ministry,-he, the Speaker,
would say, hat he took THE full response
bility for the management of this matter
on him. The members now must follow
their own judgment in this matter. But
he could not understand how members could
vote for q propose! in which it is stated that
there had been no precedent for the matter
complained Of, when it has been pointed out
that il the only ease in which during the
whole lifetime of the Municipal Committee.
a similar matter has been decided, the Mu-
n;cipal Committees opinion was not asked.
1st Member for Christiansted Town
(~Stdkenoen) was willing to strike out the
last sentence of the proposal.
LIST Member for Frederiksted Town (Coml-
ter) supposed, that it was expected, That be,
Chairman of the Municipal Committee,
should give his opinoin, He would first