The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-26
MANY MEASURES :. !
FOR SPECIAL Session
Bill For Municipal Market WIN Be
introduced Another Restoring
Governors Contingent Fund

| with which ;hC Is and Of Hawaii car
repair damage done hy the recent
| storm, the legislative program Of the
special session Of the legislature, ten
| tatiN ely set to open Tue day, May IA
viii include numher Il measures
| Among those thnt have been Bfouph
forward in conferences Of hottse lead
ers win administrative officers are one
restoring 4 contingent Fund to be ex
pended unrtcr the direction Of tn
Governor; another drsi mod TO estan.
lish a free territorial matket; an0Ihe
enabling counties 30 10 their 0&n high
way repair work; one, an AMI !A6tlitiOr
bill, aimed 1T rhr, king disoyaty
"ither to America or her allies; Ter
ain fool mcaiures not Vcs detern' ned
Upon amt, in the event that Wishing
on does not establish an Intermittent
amp, a bill that will pftabli b a camp
Under territorial statute. '"'
Contingent Tu%d
Until the Legislative session of 1917
ormer legislatures had always male
.Lennial Appropriations of $5O, 900 each
hat were termed the Goevrnor q con
.Ingent fund. These appropriation
provided that expenditures could only
he made from this fund with the
approval of the Governor and only 10
argent needs for which no specific do
preparation had been made. e.
As the result of fight made by
speaker Of the House II. l.. Holste n,
his particular appropriation was grant.
vi in new way which took IL out of
the Governor 8 hands at the 1917 SEES
sion. The act Of the 1917 session pro
ided that expenditures from the fund
souid only be made by the treasure
If the Territory and new limitation
were placed on expenditures from the
fund which was TO he devoted only
cases "where the public health or
public safety are Imperfect"
II is held that the fight that Speak
er HOlstein conducted Mt the 1917 SEES
ion TO alter the method and. terms
If the appropriation has turned into
boomerang, for under the old order
is said the present emergency on
he Island of Hawaii might have been
met with the fund with the result that
I special session would not have been
Necessary. The fight was made be
'ause it was charged Governor Pink
ham had made improper use Of, the
bulk Of the previous contingent fund.
The fund placed by the 1917 session
lnder the direction of the treasurer is
now being expe nded in paying guards
ON the waterfront and similar Work.
To Make Change
/ According to suggestions that have
zen advanced at conferences the for
ner method placing the contingent
fund under the direction of the Gov
amor is to be restored and limitations
that permit expenditures for only
'public health or public safety" will
0e removed. 1t is held this will give
he new Governor funds with which
meet emergencies like the present
me on the Island Of Hawaii.
Free Market
The proposal to establish q free ter
-itorial market was brought forward
y Senator NJ. G. Pacheco, who gave
ne first public utterance on the sub
Get last night at the meeting of the
board of supervisors in the course Of IN
address,.
Senator PachecO told the supervisors
hat If the purpose met with their ap.
.'roval and had their support he would
introduce q bill at the coming special
ession providing that free territorial
market be established.
Supervisor Ben Hollinger gave i'm
mediate support to the suggestion and
he offered some startling figures of
'rofts and earnings OF two Of the mar
kets. One Of these, he said, had beer
EST ablished at an initial cost Of $25, O6t
and its net profits from the first wear :
H. l.
'ost. Another, he said, did even bet
'er, for the cost Of establishing it wa
$4,000 and its net profits in the frs
year Of operation Went TO $l5,OOO.
The result of the discussion on tn
question was that The Supervisors IN
a resolution unanimo usly endorsed tn
plan of Senator Pacheco to introluc
bill for free territorial market.
Roadwork Measure
The measure to enable counties to
10 their own repair work on highways
- held to be necessary, for in mum
Der of instances the counties have
found themselves in the position OF
having working plants with which t.
10 road work, but instead of using
hem, under The present Statute they
have been obliged to ask for bids
whenever the cost Of work to be done
exceeded $1,000, thus turning over to
private contractors work the counties
were well able to do themselves and
often more cheaply than contractors.
Details of other legislation that it
to be proposed are being worked out
by leaders and members of the two
houses.
estimate Is Made 70. ,.-
According to, the estimate of A. C
Wheeler, county engineer of Hawaii
he Legislature at the special session
will have to provide $4,000 to re
"air the storm damage to bridges OF
Hawaii. He gives this hgure as hi
estimate Of the extent of the damage
A letter to Col. G. j. Mccarthy
from Wheeler says that 1t has been
found necessary to close one bridge
that had been damaged but not
washed out. His estimates are $I4,
400 six Hilo HilO bridges, $23, 900 10,
Halawa, 81, $50 for Puaiole, $500 for
Waikane, $l9,300 for two bridges il
North Hilo,, and $2l,Sl6 for two il
Hamakna. Other bridges, gao, 600.
Efforts are being made BY the AL
ministratiOn to hold the special session
somewhere besides In the Capitol build
ing legislative rooms so as not to dis
turb the Red Cross workers who are
using the chamber Of the house Of rep