The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-09
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Will Guarantee Pave
meslnsif.Real Estate
Holders Pay.
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VAIL Of no MONEY DOESN'T CHEER.
ICE AND ELEcrRIcITy WILL
SOON COOL AND EN-
LIeHTEN HILos
Officers Still Running Clews On
The Hack Murdersr-Hilo News
- Eosss and 1--we Psfsozals
From Rainy City.

The superintendent of public works
J. A. McCaadiessTand his ASSISTANT. Nr
Rovell. came up TO Aahukona by u.
Kinaa last week and arrived In Hilo OF
Sunday, coming overland, says the
Tribune. This is Mr.. McCandless' frs
visit 10 Hilo, and II took him som.
time TO master the intricacies OF tbs
towns formation and clearly distin.
g1ish north from south and waianue.
nue. street from Shipman street, al.
though be had the guidance of NJ
Rowen - fI' After listening to ths
plants Of the populace for some time
Mr. McCandless concluded to&cali a
meeting OF those representing the prin-
cipal interests OF the town and as many
others as wished to be present, for the
sake OF having big talk" pro bono
publicos and enable the Hiloite to take
advantage Of his God-given right 10
cuss the government, the superintend-
ent and all their works. Accordingly.
on Monday evening the following gen.
tiemen met at the sheriff's Office for
the purposes aforesaid: Messrs. F. s
Lyman, Lambert, L. A. Andrews, G. II
Williams, Baldwin, J. U. Smith, Fairer
Bosworth, Alfonso, a. NJ. Wilson, ". II.
Smith. Dr.. NJ Rice. Rogers, Stacker, E.
N. Holmes, Day, Richards. Little, Beers
NJ. V. Holmes, Fitzgerald, Schoen and
Baptiste.
Mr.. McCandless opened the ball ,by
giving some financial data, the exact
nature of which the reporter does no,
now recall. The point brought out by
him, however, was that there used to
be million and half In the treasury
and now there wasn't anything except
enough to pay the interest on the gov
eminent debt and keep the board bills
OF the officials squared up. All OF
which sisnified that there was no sur
plus for HiloT appropriations already
authorized. The depletion seemed t.,
have been largely caused by the gold
cure which the board Of health and It's
army OF assistants took for the plague,
and by the expensive nature OF the
plumbing peculiar to the construction
Of the Honolulu sewerage system. Mr..
McCandless said that they had intended
to put in one more wharf in Honolulu
and one In -Hile, but the funds gave out
about the time they commenced. Even
the work on the sewer system had been
stopped, the cost having exceeded the
estimate. The loan fund Is no longer
available, as it has already drawn all
that 1t can from the current account
fund, and no bonds authorized under
the republic can be sold under the ter
ritorfaf@ administration. The custom
house loss is also 100000 per month.
At, this point Sheriff Andrews remarked
that the local road board money was
about out, as a considerable portion Of
1t had been taken for new road con-
struction which should come from the
loan fund and which 1t was expected
the loan fund, had 1t materializss
would reimburse. Unless some assist
ance could be obtained from the ma
uonal treasury even the.work of ordf-
nary road repairing would have to be
stopped. Mr.. McCandless said that
enough could probably be squeezed out.
to keep up Ordinary road repairs. =
That's the condition of the treas
ury,' said the superintendent OF public
works. "NowTwhat do you want?"
Most OF those present quit wanting"
right there. except wanting to go home,
and their carefully prepared memo
randa OF what they did want, and the
possibility OF obtaining that which they
foolishly supposed the coming OF the
superintendent presaged. were kept
hidden In their inner consciousness.
The rafk drifted away into vague gen
eralities.. wherein an occasional pubic
need cfept hesitatiHgly forth. Mr.. Nc
.Candless on such occasions remarked:
What's right: you ought to have it
But even this failed to lift the gloom
embodied in the fact. NO money"