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THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL; ADVERTISER, HONOLULU, JULY 26, 1906.
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Mr. Holloway Dis-
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putes Statement
of Mahelona.
Are You Tr avelmg
If you want to have your clothing nicely packed for travel
ing we can greatly assist you by providing convenient pack
ing facilities. .
We have just received another splendid new line, em
bracing: Steamer trunks, Ladies' trunks, Hat trunks, Wall
trunks and Wardrobe trunks, Suit cases, Club bags, Shawl
straps, Trunk straps, Steamer rugs, etc.,
We are Headquarters for
EVERYTHING IN THIS LINE I
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Over Lis own signature Representa
tive Mahelona has made the charge!
that Superintendent of Public Work
Hollowav has been guilty of bad faith
in undertaking the construction of the
Auuanu da:n and reservoir at all. As
Mr. Mahelona was a member of the
House in the last Legislature, and was
moreover chairman of the Committee
on Public Land and Internal Improve
ments, this charge at once assumes very
grave proportions.
In the last session of the Legisla
ture, Superintendent Holloway asked
for an appropriation of $85,000 to con
struct the big reservoir in Nuuanu val
ley. This request went to the commit
tee of which Mahelona was chairman,
and in a long report signed by Mahe
lona, Andrade, Pali, Fernandez, Quinn,
Holstein and Mahikoa, it was denied.
It did not, therefore pass the House.
The statement of Mr. Mahelona con
cerning this committee and its works
is as follows:
of the Legislature but if the reports
are true with reference to the con
struction of this dam. It has been
squandered, and worse han a:l. life
and property jeopardized to a frightful
extent.
S. MAHELONA.
HOLLOWAY JS SIDE.
"The construction of the Xuuanu
dam was authorized by the Legislature
of 1Q03," said Superintendent of Pub
lic Works Holloway yesterday, when
asked about the matter. "Here is the
item in the Loan bill passed at that
session, setting aside $75,000 for that
rk."
At this point he showed the copy of
the Loan bill kept in his office.
"When the last Legislature Was in
session," continued the Superintendent,
Cor. Fort and Merchant Streets.
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by staining them with
Cabot's Creosote
Shingle Stains
The Creosote will make
the woodwork impervious
to decay or to injary by insects, and the soft, velvety colorings
will give a beauty that can be got in no other way. They
are made with the best pig
ments and pure linseed oil,
and the colors are guaranteed
to be fast. They are the
original shiDgle stains, and,
the only bona fide Creosote,
wood-preserving stains.
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C P. M. Qiucrt, AncnY, N.'V.
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For samples on wood, prices and full information, apply to
LEWERS & COOKE, Ltd., HONOLULU.
SAMUEL CABOT, Sole Manufacturer, - BOSTON, MASS.
Honolulu, July 13, 1906.
While there is so much talk with
reference te the insecurity of the Nuu-
anu dam creating an impression in the
community that there has been official
corruption and graft, there is one very
important matter of which the public
should be reminded and which makes
the building of the dam by the Super
intendent of Public "Works, if not al
together illegal at least a flagrant
breach of faith on the part of that offi
cial. During the session of the last
Legislature when an attempt was be-
I ing made to secure government control!
of the waters of the valleys of Manoa,
Pauoa, and Kalihi. a resolution was in
troduced at the instance of Mr. Hollo
way through Lilikalani to insert in the
, appropriation or loan bill the sum of
eighty-five thousand dollars
iur increasing me storage capacity or
water in Nuuanu Valley. This resolu
j tion was referred to the Committee on
Public Lands and Internal Improve-
"icuw nuiiu cunsisieu uj. iiianeiona,
Andrade, Pali, Fernandez, Quinn, Hol
stein and Mahikoa. The committee re
ported saying:
"There are now in Nuuanu Valley
three (3) large reservoirs in which are
collected the storm surface water from
the upper end of the valley, which, in
the course of its progress to the reser
voirs passes through the upper lands
and runs over and amongst, decaying
organisms of numerous characters
where it with the effect of the direct
rays of the sun, evaporates and be
comes impregnated with the germs
generated in the basins, rendering it
absolutely unsafe and dangerous for
use for domestic and drinking pur
poses. The plan, as your commit
tee believes, is to build another large
I storage reservoir or dam, and there
collect and keep a much greater supply
of water of the same character as now
conserved, and which is open to the
same objections and dangers to the
users as the water now supplied.
It is practically inviting an epidemic in
the City of Honolulu, by making it the
main and practically, if all the money
for the bettering of our water supply
is spent thereon, the only water for
household use. That this danger of
sickness is not an idle dream is shown
by the recent occurrences on the Is
land, of Molokai and in Kona, where the
death rate was exceptionally large,
considering the number of inhabitants
what it would be in so thickly a
ruiuicu i-ciiici a.o nuuuiuiu is tern-1 , ,, , , , , . . , ,
ble to contemplate. The storage of a for chlldren and adults- and is the only
larger body of similar water under tho remedy that will cure chronic diar-
same conditions, would, without fail rhoea. Every bottle is warranted. For
greatly increase the dangers of anl.oi k,, rni,nn &;v, rv ta
i cpiuciiuu vl ijpnoia, ana aiseases or a !
the proposition was ud to purchase
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the Pauoa water supply. I was not in
favor of that, but was and am in favor
of the Xuuanu proposition. I asked for
$S5,000 to buiid tne Auuanu reservoir,
and the request was beaten by the Pa
uoa fellows.
"Then I put the thing in the form
of a plan to appropriate $200,000 for
the general improvement of the Hono
lulu water supply, and that carried. It
was, perfectly well understood in the
Legislature that a part of that appro
priation was to oe used to construct the
storage reservoir in Nuuanu. I also
had asked for an appropriation for the
jvaiini reservo r. and that was refused
As to the understanding about the use
of a part of the money to construct the
nuuanu reservoir, you can ask W. VV.
Harris.
The expenditures on the Xuuanu
dam for construction so far," said the
Superintendent, when, asked concern
mg tne sum so tar used, "amount to
$40,147.20. With- theten per cent,
drawback thnt we hold, this will make
the amount elose to $o0,000. "
UNDERSTANDING EXISTED. .
"There certainly was an understati
ng that a part of the $200,000 appro
priates! tor the general improvement
of the Honolulu water supply was to be
spent m the construction of the Nuu
anu reservoir, ' ' said V. W. Harris, who
nail neen one or the leaders m the
last house. -
"The special appropriation for that
purpose failed to pass, because of the
Pauoa nght. The Pauoa proposition
could not get through, either. The on
ly thing to do was to put through an
appropriation for the general improve
ment of the water supply, and leave
the expenditure of the amount to the
discretion of the executive. The Pa
uoa fellows, I suppo&e, thought they
could bring , some kind of pressure to
,$g. 0Q(n bear to get' the Superintendent to nur
? i! chase their springs. I was willing:, on
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Immense
Begins Monday, Jnly 30th,
We are now preparing for an immense mid-summer clear
ance sale of our entire stock which will exceed in importance
any similar event in Honolulu for years.
Watch for our big announcement later.
R. BL0M,
MODEL, BLOCK,
FORT STREET.
The LEONARD CLEANABLE REFRIGERATOR pos
sesses sterling qualities which place it in advance of all other
makes. The cleanable feature is, in the LEONARD, far su
perior to that found in "other refrigerators. The parts are re
movable' and may be taken out one at a time. This makes
the process of cleaning a much lighter and pleasanter task
than is the case when the entire ice-box has to be lifted out.
H. Hackfefd k Company,
Hardware Department. .
Ltd.)
A DANDY SHINER for home use, makes shoe polish
ing almost a pleasure. It is the only rigid shoe holder and
holds any size shoe perfectly rigid for polishing with either
brush or cloth
Then we have the brushes and the blacking and polish.
Try a Dandy Shiner, the real article sold for One Dollar, by
E. 0. Hall & Son, Ltd.
prints, x was willing, on
my part, to leave it to executive dis
cretion. I p.m in favor of the Nuuanu
scheme, provided of course that the
reservoir is made safe. But this is
what happened in reference to the
water appropriation.' '
In other words, it would appear that
each side in the water controversy in
the last Legislature played with load
ed dice, the leaders believing they could
win out, and that Superintendent Hol
loway refereed the game with his mind
made up in advance as to what he
would do. Incidentally, mayle the old
plan of pumping water showed its head
in the deal, but it does not seem to
have had much show,, at any stage.
The . tale is ,an interesting one as
showing how legislation is sometimes
manipulated, and how legislators do not
always succeed in getting what they
scheme to get. Of course, if the Ma
helona crowd also understood that ex
ecutive discretion was to be used in
exnendinsr the monev anDronriated for I
the Honolulu water works and there I i
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vvuiuu seem 10 ue no oilier possiuie un
derstanding in that kind of general ap
propriation they were merely beaten
at their own game, on the surface of
things.
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CHAMBERLAIN'S COLIC. CHOLERA
AND DIARRHOEA REMEDY.
The great success of this preparation
in the relief and cure of bowel com
plaints has brought it into almost uni
versal use. It never fails, and when
reduced with water and sweetened is
pleasant to take. It is equally valuable
EAT MUTTON
The sweetest, fattest and most savory mutton we have
been able to secure comes to us from New Zealand. Every
sheep fattened on the succulent grasses that grow on the
slopes of that far-off country. It comes to us in cold storage
and in good condition.
Metropolitan Meat Co., Ltd.
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Japanese, Nuuanu street, above
Hotel street.
KIMONOS,
Silk and Cotton Crepes.
Embroidei ed
Shirr Waist
Patterns
Fine Bits of Porcelain.
Old Ivory-Bronzes
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similar nature.
"We believe that the health of the
community at large is to us our great
est care 'and in order to preserve the
same measures should be taken and
available publio moneys spent for the
purpose of obtaining the purest, health
iest and most wholesome water possible
and for this much desired end all such
moneys should be first appropriated
for the acquisition of all available
spring water which can be procured
from many of the valleys surrounding
j in the City of Honolulu
I "Therefore th
j mends that no money be appropriated!
i ior increasing the storage capacity of
( water in Nuuanu Valley, and that the
resolution be tabled."
i.ne resolution was m accordance
with the report of the committee
tabled. Mr. Holloway then asked for
an appropriation of "Two Hundred
Thousands Dollars ($200,000) Water
General." The House believing that
he would expend it in the way
that he was directed to do by the Leg
islature, passed this appropriation. In
f view of the unanimous adoption
j of the committee report the House
couia never have supposed that
Mr. Holloway would take the
money which it had voted for the
purpose of securing a supply of pure
spring water to do the very thing
which it had refused him permission
to do. but as soon as the Legislature
adjourned, Mr. Holloway took the mat
ter into his own hands and openly
violated the express directions of the
House by takinsr the monev whiTi wa
J appropriated for the securing of pure
; spring water to the building of this
. reservoir in Xuuanu Valley which the
j House had refused to sanction. Such
a high-handed procedure ought to sub-
IPrt Hn! Iaii -i i- -. .
id niiptrittiinient ana tne J
work should have been stopped at its
very inception by injunction. Xo one,!
however, seem to want to take the
initiative and so the peopled money has
not only been spent in direct violation
Agents for Hawaii.
MISSING WITNESS.
Sheriff Brown returned unserved
warrant for the arrest of Harata,
material witness for the prosecution in
the case of Territory of Hawaii vs.
Sasaki, perjury. It is set forth that a
due and diligent search had been made
for Harata, but he could not be found
nor his whereabouts ascertained.
FOOD OR
STIMULANT.
Ask your doctor if when
he orders a patient to drink
lots of pure milk he advises
the addition of a large
quantity of whiskey. He'll
tell you "no" very emphati
cally. Yet there are people
who, when ordered to get
Scott's Emulsion, will accept
some wine, cordial or extract
of cod liver oil and think it is
the same thing or better. If
you want and need cod liver
oil' in its 'best, purest and
most easily digested form, get
Scott's Emulsion. If you
want whiskey, that's another
matter, but don't look for the
same results.
SCOTT & BOWXE, 409 Pearl St., New York.
Just Arrived
Strong
Mules
Fine for plantation work.
Call early and make your
selection.
Schuman Carriage Co.
Young' Building.
Experienced Japanese cooks, waiters, house servants' suDDlied
at short notice. All help guaranteed.
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EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
King-Street near Maunakea. - - - Tel., Main 285
Large
ssortment
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In sill
sosnima
, No. 30, King Street.
Our Belts Susenders j Trunks Gloves
Spri"g Neck- Hanck'fs i and Under-
and
Summer wear Duck Valises wear,
Stock Hats Pants Shirts gtc. '
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