The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-04

The $4,000 Loan Item
Alone Available
for narbor.
Warning to Road Boards and
Their Creditors Royal
School Building.

C. S. Holloway, Superintendent of
Public Works, was in conference with
Governor Carter over the affairs of
his department yesterday afternoon.
Finances of the department were
gone oyer, state of things being ex-
hibited which dictated close sailing to
the wind for the short remainder of
the year.
Superintendent Cooper, before retir-
ing from Office, had signed approval of
expenditures 81, 46s. 43 in excess of the
authorizations for October Superin-
tendent Holloway finds s21,O34.73 more
in unapproved bills outstanding, which
with the payrolls makes total obliga-
tions amounting to $4,000 and odd up
on an authorization of 500, 000
mot knowing just where we stood
in finances" the Governor said after
the conference, I'VE agreed that we
should at least pay the labor bills, so
that the laborers could get their mon
ey."
The November and December bills
are yet to be figured. Contracts al
ready let on loan account prior to Mr..
Holloway's taking office, amount to
s44,532, and work in progress under
current account appropriations
amounts to $4,000. Payrolls are also
to be counted, and, to carry on the
department to the end of the year.
will require almost $4,000.
Zone serious matter" Governor Car
ter said, sis that some of the road
boards have been in the habit of ig-
noring Mr.. Cooper's authorizations and
instructions and spending money in ex-
cess of the amounts authorized.
| THE new administration will not toll
crate such actions, and if any road
! board spends money beyond it's author
| ity its members will have to assume
personal responsibility. There is
found to be an excess of s3,O43.15 in
road board expenditures. Some of this
| will have to go over to the next Leg
| islature. I do not know if we will
| recommend the Legislature to pay
such bills. 1t would have a good eff
| feet if those who give credit to road
/ boards without knowing what author
| ity is back of their expenditures were
to go without their money!
The contracts let under the loan bill
the Governor went on to say, were
those for the new Jail and the Diamond
Head reservoir. 1t was decided to &C
ahead and complete these, as the con
tracts could not be violated.
| Mr.. Holloway is also to build the
new Royal school house. 1t will bt
on the old site in Emma street.
The Inter Island Telegraph Co. wal
authorized to change the location o
its station on Molokai to a point nea
| Kaunakakai. This makes little diff
ference, as Molokai is not part of tn
main system now, but the change viii
bring the wireless telegraph into bette
communication with the telephon
system of Molokai. The conlpan
drew its monthly subsidy of $1,000 las
month.
Bids for dredging Honolulu harbo
were taken up by the Governor an
the Superintendent of Public Works.
Neither Of us can see," the Govern
or said, "how we can go ahead wit
this work on any other than the loa
appropriation of $4,000 Retrenchmer
does not mean that the Hawaiia
Dredging Co., should go to the e1
pense of the work, taking warrant
therefor and waiting for their none
to the extent of $4,000"
Regarding report that the Nuuan
bridge foundations had been washe
out by recent flood, Governor Carte
b stated that it was untrue. Only
3 retaining wall had been carried ava
D and with slight repairing it viii be {
good as new.
81 With the assistance of Captain Roc
3 man, U. S. N, it was reported by NJ
g Holloway that Pearl Harbor can
, buoyed so that it may be declare
z open to commerce.
8 The Superintendent will at once tai
2 up the matter of bringing water fro
{ the Polipoli springs on Maui down
y the settlers and see if it can be carrie
, out under the appropriation of $50
{ which Senator Baldwin secured in Il
3 Legislature.
2 Governor Carter stated that NJ
( Staekable, Collector of Customs, hs
) very kindly arranged to make dai
Z inspection of the bell buoy, to asce
{ tain whether or not it is in satisfa
y tory operation.