Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-20
GOVERNOR CALLS
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81 o01 will be recommended for the
of buildings made necessary by an in
crease in the number OF girls. but
there are certain additional minor
buildings and other Improvements re-
CURED Immediately in order to- en-
able the school TO move into its new
quarters and thus utilize them and
hence small item is inserted for
this purpose in the present bill. A
small item is inserted for a workshop.
stcrehouse and garage for the board
of health building at Hilo, which is
required, among other reasons, in con-
sequence of the necessity of moving
at an early date from the present
quarters The Jail at the Leper Set.
tlcment is so far gone as to call for
immediate action.
Auwa;oIimu Roads.
As is well known, the Auwaiolimu
or Punchbowl tract of land in Homo
lulu, which had gradually !, become
densely populated in irregular crazy
quilt fashion practically without
streets under long lease, which has
lately expired, vas resnbdiyided and
laid out in orderly fashion in streets,
blocks and lots before the lease e.
Eired, and most CT the lots were sold,
mostly under preference rights. imme-
diately upon the termination Of thai
lease last August Under Section 2
of Act 62 of the Laws of 1911, the
proceeds of these lots became avail
able for the construction of the streets
thus laid ont and a contract has been
made to the extent of the proceeds
available at the time for the construc-
ton OF most of these Streets Such
proceeds, however, were not sufficient
for all of the streets and from $35, 900
to $4,000 additional will be required
for constructing the remainder with
out maeadamiZing, for which purpose
portion of the amount required mas
already become available. 1t is, how
ever, urgent that the grading of the
streets shall be completed as soon as
possible in order that the water and
sewer systems, for which funds are
already available, may be extended.
throughout the tract on account or
the large number of people now living.
there and the danger to the public.
health from delay in the extension,
of these systems. Not only is the
geological formation of the tract PEI
culiarly ill.adapted for cess-pools, but
the residents of the tract should as
far as possible be saved the expense
Of a temporary disposal of sewage by
that means or otherwise.
Accordingly. / recommend that in
addition to the proceeds of that land
now available for the purpose an APP
of $4,000 be made out of
TO be reimbursed to the general funds
out of further proceeds of that land
when available, which should be with
in a half year or so. Thus the gen.
eral funds would not be permanently
reduced by this course.
Chinese Fund.
Under Act "A of the Laws of 1894, /
q fund, known as the Chinese FunG,p
was accumulated out of deposits byl
Chinese immigrants to be used for
paying the passage of the contributors
when they should depart from these
islands In the early years of the
ISITllOly d COHOlucI dDle IlOElIOu VI Iuio
fund disappeared and by Act II of the
laws of 1903 (Reyised Laws, page
1907, the remainder, amounting TO
S155, $40, was transferred to the gem
eral funds and an equal amount was
to be paid to the con-.
tributors but without the condition re-
luiring them to leave the territory /
That appropriation has now been ex-
hausted The entire matter should
now be cleaned up, and | recommends
hat this be done by appropriating the
namely, s17,925.S0, necessary
10 meet the remaining obligations, and
by providing that all claims not pre- /
sented for certification as provided in |,
said Act of 1908 within limited per-
iod be forever barred and that the :
;nexpended balance, if any, OF the APP
should then lapse.
w. F. FREAR,
Governor of Hawaii