The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-12-01
THE COUNTY
LEGISLATURE
Umm wsdnssdays AdvsrtIserj

NIH NIHHNM NNI NHNNtNH NHNN" NfNA ~
tsfisf ssssi1n laHi niEhi Tor the primary
Isarf-isf of paHsinE she November war
ranff. lot 80 usual other matters
aef. considered iY the board The
salary warrants Cor November passed
- tbs board aRFrsEated fisgif. which
Win ons special drmand Tor material
for the K0oiau road boards Tor f25eso.
Brogght uie total W 10 f2ol70.so. The
item u fzsfs9 caused some discussion.
e. BOite appeared before the board
and Dfged The payment Of an old
s-islfn u me Knneohe Ranch Company
and Heeia Plantation Company for
that amount The bill had been In
CURED by the Territory for gravel
and lumber supplied Tor road work
before the county government had TAX
On charge Of the roads. This senti- |
mont of the member of the board who |
had Investigated the claim was that 1
u VIA just one BOlte suggested |
that the board purchase sufficient /
quantity Of gravel at the rate OF ff- |
teen cents q cubic yard. to pay the |
claim and agreed 10 furnish gravel free |
after the board had purchased a sufii- |
cient amount 10 pay his claim. This |
compromise was agreed upon and the |
claim was passed IN q warrant for
material. There was no repst from
the committee appointed 20 investigate
the Keanu-P Paele muddle, as Adams
had been unable 10 get away Adams
resigned from the committee In :1vor
of Lucas ~ II was desired that the
Investigation should be made today.
Lucas and Moore agreed TO leave carly
today for Koolau to make an inquiry.
Pacle called attention during the
meeting 10 the fact that a number
Of the road employees In that pdrtlcu
lar district had worked about three
days after he. Paele, had directed that
they should discontinue work, as the
oyerseer had been suspended. The
board decided 10 let the special com
mlttee pass on that part Of the matter
and determine whether the men should
be paid for the time they worked after
Paele had ordered the work discon-
tlnued. Paele stated that the work
had gone over the appropriation for
the Koolau side.
A communication from Governor
Carter calling attention to n request
from the Department of Agriculture
for Information concerning roads In
every county WAS received. The gov
ernor urged that steps be taken by
the board TO appoint some reliable cor
respondent to supply the desired in
formation to the department. On mo-
tIon OF Adams all OF the chairman OF
the various road districts were ap-
pointed TO report for each OF their
divisions, with Lucas as chairman.
Frank $. Dodge for the Bishop Es-
tate presented a petition regarding the
matter OF the Improvement OF Waikiki
road near the Hotel Annex. The COM
munication called attention to an
agreement that had been made In 1902
between the Bishop Estate and the
Superintendent of Public Works where
by In exchange for Bishop Estate land
for the Improvement or the road the
Territory had agreed to fill in the pond
and erect fence along the road by
the Annex. This Improvement had
not been made and Dodge, who was
present, asked that the SUPERVISORS
have the work done. After some dis
cussion the matter was referred to Su-
perintendent OF Public Works HoI-
loway. a. Murphy of the house num-
bering department sent report to
the board to the effect that the survey
ing work had been completed. An APP
preparation of Sl25 to enable the work
20 be finished up was made
President Plnkham OF the Board OF
Health sent communication to the
board relative to certain regulations
that the Board of Health had passed
In regard to tuberculosis. expectora-
tion, garbage and clothes sprinkling
In laundries.
Chairman Smith directed that Road
Supervisor Johnson be asked to pro-
vide employment for j. X. Kaikoo, "A
native man who was two years in
arrears for taxes amounting to Si5, and
desired the opportunity of working 80
that he could pay the taxes on his
land.
In communication II. p. Wood
urged that the estray ordinance be
strictly enforced
Territorial Auditor Fisher was pres
ent and was asked regarding the pos
sibllity OF some agreement being reach
ed whereby change In the form of
warrant could be made, He stated
that he had talked with the treasurer
and auditor OF oahu county and the
auditor OF Kauai county and those
officials had expressed themselves sat.
isfied with the present form Chairman
Smith said that this was not the i'm
preston that they had given him. Tn,
chairman said that the object in de
string to secure change from tn,
present form was 10 avoid the necess
ity under the present form of having
80 many signatures on every war
rant. After some discussion, II wa
agreed that Moore and Adams OF tn,
special warrant committee confer will
the Territorial auditor with a view t,
trying to secure some form that woulC
entail less labor on the part OF tn,
members of the Board of Supervisors
They viii submit their idea OF
change TO Fisher.
The board adjourned, subject to tn
call OF the chair.