The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-09
Republican Central Committee
.r Discusses State Highways
Scheme At Meeting
MAY ASK TERRITORY TO
ID. LEND CREDIT TO ISLANDS
Territorial Body Also Thrashes
Pa" Gut Question Of Legislative
Jobs For Faithful

A million dollars for each Of the four
Islands, Oahu, Kauai, Maui and Hawaii.
TO be used for the construction Of
state highways, is provided for in
measure that was discussed by the
Territorial Republican Central Com.
mittee at its meeting Monday night.
The proposition is for the Territory
to lend its credit to the counties to per
NIT of their borrowing the money. Ac.
cording to Emil Berndt, chairman Of
the committee, the matter has not vet
been put into working form, but IL IL
fully expected that some such measure
will be placed before the legislature.
which meets February 2I.
One of the important matters dis
eussed by the central COMMITTEES was
that of legislative jobs. The commit
tee had before it a large number of
applications for endorsement for the
clerkships Of house and senate and Of
the various committees. No action
viii be tPk"n IN them until February
Is, ii Is stated. -
The committee also discussed rexi-
sion of the taxation laws. The last L.
gislatnre provided for the appointments
Of taxation commissions to 20 over
the tax laws Of the Territory and. make
recommendation for their revision.
This committee, of which c. J.. McCar-
thy, territorial treasurer, Is Chairman.
recently made its recommendations to
the Governor in the form Of report.
This report is caIefully guarded as q
secret by His Excellency, information,
regarding II being refused at the por.
tails Of the Solid Ivory chamber,
| II Is known, in general, however,
that the taxation commission recon.
nended, among other things, that the
counties be given one per cent Of the
axes, instead of two-tbirda Of one per
sent rs at present and that the law
which requires that one-sixth az one
1er cent be set aside as a permanent
Improvement fund be repealed, the en-
Ire revenue being thrown into q gen
trol fund. 90
Chairman Berndt stated yesterday
that the revision Of the tax laws con.
templated by the Rcpnblicap Central
Committee differs In some important
partieulats from that recommended BY
the tax commission, but he did not
state what the differences are.
The matters Of garbage and sewers
were also discussed by the committee
u its meeting Monday night. AZ
briefly outlined. the proposal Is that q
AK of one mill shall be imposed to
,cyer water and sewer requireme nts, Il
being specified that not more than half
mill shall be spent on garbage col
lection.
just what shall be considered gar
5age within the meaning Of the pro-
posed law was also discussed. The de-
isiop was that IL shall be what Il
tnown IS Hwet" garbage, that Is, any.
thing that is liable to decay. I've We
got to put some restrictions on, said
Mr.. Berndt, or people will be putting
tut for collection all sorts Of refuse
that does no properly come under the
head of garbage.p q
In general, Mr.. Rerndt said, the Re-.
publican Central Committee is taking
up the pledges Of the party platform
Ghd going over proposed laws TO see
that they cover those pledges. Reports
from the other islands have not ycs
been received, and many Of the pro
posed bills, he stated, are stin under
cover.