The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-18

tend was next taken up. Bevins
| spoke OF the agitation there had been
lor II ana OF its support by the Wom-
/ an CluD Gray spoke in favor of the
proposal saying it was not designed
| 10 90 at this time into a project TO
Iurhlsh transportation generally or to
abandon small schools and put into
operation consolidation plan but
merely to make start. 1t had been
SAID $4,000 would be needed but that
contemplated plans were merely for
making start, the others to come
later and $4,000 to $4,000 would suffice
superintendent MacCaughey told of
the experiences of Hawaii and said
tAere should be considered the dis
tlnctlon between consolidation and
transportation. Treasurer Wilcox
spoke on Maui paying part of the
teacherS salaries and other expenses
Oh schools for Kauai and for Ha-
wall and said the upper grades on
Maui were poorly attended while Maui
lea, pro rata in attendance in the
tllree lower grades. Senator Rice
favored the proposal and said Mr..
WllcoXs remarks were an argument
Tor it. Chairman Kalama wanted the
spending of the money to rest with
l''' 'iiNhI VI
Dut this was opposed. D. H. Case
spoke for the proposal and Fred Muir
phy, supervising principal said it
would make trouble as so MANY sec
t1ons would want it. Gray replied
that the project had been side track
ed dozen years, that if the county
waited until it would make no trouble
to start it might wait 40 years more;
that nothing that could be done with
out trouble was worth effort and that
trouble was worth taking for anything
worth doing. The motion prevailed.
County Library Bill
ID. H. Case presented the County
Library Bill as drafted by the commit
tee for the Woman's Club and read
the measure. He and Senator Rice,
both of the committee that assisted in
drafting the bill opposed the section
which fixes the first biennial appro-
priation and the provision relative to
permanent site but with those ex-
ceptions the bill as drafted by the At
torney General is endorsed.
Belt Road Wanted
Senator Rice then inquired what
was desired for inclusion in the loan
tund bill. In that connection he spoke
ol lne pier building and harbor i'm
provement projects being the greatest
danger the Islands have to meet un-
til such time as there can be secured
federal legislation to permit the secur-
lng OF a revenue from the territorial
and piers.
The matter of public building,
county building for Maui at Wailuku,
was broached The county engineer
in reply to questions said such pro-
ject would require about 100000.
Senator Rice believed the best plan
was to have an addition made to the
next tax rate and build the county
building from tax money as the high
school is to be built. Chairman Kala-
ma and other members OF the board
opposed that plan and the appropria-
lion OF 100000 will be asked in the
loan fund bill.
Then came the matter of an ap-
preparation for the belt road and mat
iers of cost We're gone into both as
10 continuing from Kipahulu around
by Ulupalakua and from Keanae to
kailua. 1t was decided to ask for
100000 from the loan fund.
Other matters of minor importance
were discussed including the subject
Of district magistrate at Ulupalakua.