The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-12-08
SUPERVISORS
IN SESSION
trrom Wednesdays AdvertIser)

ness to the accompaniment of won
derfully little talking. Even the most
verbose members said little and sawed
a great deal OF wood. In spite OF the
business transacted there was much
left undone. necessitating another
meeting on Friday evening.
The financial wheels OF the county
received their usual monthly greaslng.
The reports of County Treasurer
Trent and County Attorney Douthitt,
for the month of November, were read
and filed.
breeze was created when Treas
urer Trent intimated that 1t would be
graceful thing for the county to al
low Judge Whiting a fee of 5000 for
certain services rendered the treas
urer in connection with the late lament
ed blanket warrant controversy.
The board refused fatty to entertain
any such proposition. holding that the
county has no right to pay private
bills.
]. p. Mendonca was another who
wanted to give the county an oppor-
tunity to do a graceful act. He COM
planned that premises belonging to him
had been damaged to the amount of
$3.50 in recent police gambling raid on
Smith street and thought he should be
reimbursed for the loss that he sus-
tanned
1t was gently limited that he was
liable to prosecution for permitting
gambling to be conducted on his prem
Uses and it is expected that the mat
ter of damages will be allowed to drop.
The Rapid Transit Co. made pro-
position for moving coral from the
South street dump to Waikiki for fill
ling purposes, which will be taken i'm
mediate advantage of.
! A petition from a hundred residents
! and taxpayers of Kaimuki and Kappa
hulu districts calling attention to ex-
.ecrable roads was read and sympathy
expressed with the signers.
1t developed that the KeanuPaele
investigation was still hanging fire and
in response to the urging of Chairman
Smith to prompt action in the matter,
the committee of investigation will
journey over the Pail today.
Present We're: Chairman Smith, SUI
pervisor- at-Large Adams, Supervisors
Lucas. Cox, Paele, Archer, Moore,
Capt. Sam Johnson, George Nawaakoa,
Auditor Bicknell, Clerk Kalauokalani,
S. L. Shaw, Clerk Buffandeau, Stem
/ ographer Aea, County Attorney Dou-
thitt, Detective Lake, Sheriff Brown,
Solomon Peck.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The following appropriations were
authorized:
County office rent. 500.
County clerks salary, $10150.
County auditor, general expense,
$2S.SS.
County attorneys office, general ex-
)pense, 1910.
Pound master, general expense, $685.
So.
County treasurers office, general ex-
pense, s19.25.
Road department payroll, $410716.
Waialua road district, salary de-
mands, $104l.50
Eva and Waianae road district, sal
airy demands, $650.S6.
Eva and Waianae road district sal
airy demands. s444.50.
Eva and Waianae road district, SAL
airy demands, $34005.
Koolauloa road district general eX-
pense, $135.S0.
Waialua road district, material and
supply, $7574S.
Koolaupoko road district, material
and supply demands, $3.50.
Eva and Waianae road district, ma
terial and supply. So.
Koolaupoko road district, material
and supply, sos.
Eva and Waianae road district, ma
I terial and supply, $1291.5O.
Pupukea homestead road, $5S.65.
Jictr
terial and supply, $SS42.
Kailua bridge. $S7.
Kapiolani Park, general expense,
$4SS.25.
Fire department, material and sup
ply, S77220.
Garbage department payroll, $63S90.
Garbage department, material and
supplies, sS9265.
Electric light department, payroll,
$15775
Police and fire alarm system, payroll,
$75.45.
Hawaiian band, general expense,
$146.44
A MATTER OF LIGHT.
The question as to whether the coun-
ty or territory should light the courts,
came up, and the committee on electric
lighting was instructed to confer with
the Hawaiian Electric Light Co., which
will probably attend to the matter more
cheaply than the county could.
NOVEMBER REPORTS.
The county treasurer's report for
November was read and filed.
County Attorney Douthitt furnished |
resume of the work of his department |
for November. 1t was placed on file.
SMITH STREET EXTENSION.
communication to County Attorney |
Douthitt from the Hawaiian Trust Co., |
with reference to the proposed extern
sion of Smith street. was read in which |
it was stated that If county would
buy the entire tract concerned from the |
Dowsett Company, consisting Of ZOO |
square feet They could obtain same
at the rate of 81 per square foot.
A PRIVATE BILL.
Treasurer Trent asked for a fee of
$1,000 for Judge Whitney for work done
i'm connection with the blanket war