The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-03-31

Necef sary expenditures which did
not exist prior to 1915 ard additional
expenses imros"d bv the legislature of
,that year are shown to have amount
ed to $45, sos, while the increases for
the same reasons. will be $53,355 for
1915. t..s
Out of the already absolutely mad
equate income of the municipality,
n'esent laws reduce it farther by set
tirg' aside large sums of money from
the city receipts.
Gnder the pro isiNps of tie c'sh
basis law the already inadequate in
come Of the ETY. is N " actually de-
pIeteI by $500 cat" oi~ mo- tbs, or
$4,000 each year. The city is not
from the present inadequate inc m -
Injustice OF Cash BASS <.
The previous board had talance of
$s3,7l3 on hand Janrary !, 1918, which
offset The s63.7S7 contributed by il to
the cash basis fund. The previous
board left the present board a balance
of $l44s to- Offset its yearly eontri-
ution of SIS 900 TO the fund. The eff
feet of the cash basis f"ni is to com,
! pei the years 1915, 1916 and 1917 to
supply a sinking fund for all subse.
quCnt years and the city cannot aft rd
it. There is at present in the fund
$l0s,0O0 and by June 30, 1917, this
amount must tie increased to more than
10000. t-, ~ 10, = !,
The permanent improvement fund
presents a needless aud harmful dis
tinction. The present law with regard
to s"w-r extensions is inadequate and
fnanc ally ruinousf The growth of the
city requires that the sewer system be
extended. The .penling Improvement
of large districts under the frontage
tax law renders il Imperative that adj
ditional extensions and alterations be
made 81 ng with the Improvement.
Sewers Do Not Pay
The sewer department is not now on
n paying basis. Its present bopded
debt is $3j2,1aq, requiring an annual
Interest and sinking fund 20 be got
ashle out of its earnings of more than
/ $50, 900. The ,sost of installing sewer
extensions in the Manoa district be-
fore the proposed new pavement is laid
| is estimated. at, $4,000. After the
BROADWAY is laid II will cost $50 ,O00 10
| lay the sewers. If the sewer extern
|
ment is laid in this district there would
be. n saving of $4,000 This same sit.
uatiOn applies throughout the entire
city where street improvements are
contemplated. The city is unable ia
! meet the situation at present. 1t can
not get the $43 900 to lay the sewers
necessary to be laid now to save the
| Fc2, 900. .eJ ~
A special tax of one mill on the dollar
would meet the situation.
Successful administration of the pres,
eht law with regard to the school budg
ct is impossible on account of a con,
Hict between Act = and Act 90 of the
laws of 1918. Combined with actual
conditions of administering. the fund
subjects the city to a possible loss OF
the use of large share of the annual
school budget. ., ....
Frontage Tax Law Revision
The frontage tax law needs wise re-
vision to meet emergencies, to reduce
excessive publication of notices, t.
equaIize cost as between the Territory
and the city and to hasten construction
wolk. Remnants of public land lay
/ ing between public streets and private
land in the city should be put under
: tho control Of the city.
The courts have already expended the
entire amount of money allowed by law
for expenses for the year ending Jnnt
80, 1915. The income of the city i,
Inadequate to provide for the addition
al expenses of the courts until that
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