The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-12-08

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Adams Insisted that 4 was . psreon-
al bill. purely and simply.
A motion was passed that Treasurer
Trent be Informed that the county can
not pay private bills.
MINOR MATTERS.
a number Of department estimates
for December were received.
chief Decring reported 8 fires and
one false alarm for November. ard
damage done TO the amount OF s2as5
OF which t23i was covered by insur-
ance.
MENDoNZA's NERVE.
]. r. Mendonza wanted the county
to reimburse him to the amount of
$3.50 for damages done his premises on
Smith street during n police raid on
gamblers last Sunday He alleged n
smashed plate glass window among
other grievances.
Chairman Smith and Supervisor
Adams thought that Mendonza had his
nerve with him in asking for dam
ages and intimated that landlords who
rented premises for gambling purposes
stood in danger OF being punished.
The matter was referred to the Po-
lice Committee for investigation.
FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
A communication from Manager
Ballentyne of the Rapid Transit Co.
was read to the effect that the COM
pany would contract to transport coral
material from the dump at the foot
of South street to Waikiki and else
where for the price Of Ice. per cubic
yard, the county to do all the loading
and unloading at its expense.
1t was moved that the Committee on
Roads, Bridges and Parks be instruct
ed to accept the above offer.
THE USUAL PETITIONS.
A petition from Kakaako residents
asked for money for street improve
ments. 1t was referred to the Cover
nor for reference to the naval depart
ment The kick was improper drainage
and the poor condition of the low
lying land.
The following communication, signed
by over a hundred persons and address,
ed to the board. was read:
I'VE the undersigned residents and
tax payers of Kaimuki, Waialae and
Kapahulu, do hereby respectfully call
the attention of your honorable board
to the bad condition of Waialae road,
and respectfully request that action
may be taken by your board with
view to making the road in question
fit to be travelled on. 1t was but a
short time ago when owing to the bad
condition of the road in question, one
of the residents and tax payers in
Kaimukl namely Mrs. Mary Prime,
lost a valuable horse. The traffic on
Waialae road is now and has been for
a long time very heavy, owing to
the recent improvements made in this
district The assessed value of the
Waialae, Kaimuki and Kapahulu tracts
is in the neighborhood of s1,000,000. the
Territory receiving as taxes in these
districts the annual sum of approx
mately 100000. not to mention the
water rates yearly paid by the various
householders and landholders in these
districts. We believe that If this road
were put in a proper condition. it
would serve as means of attracting
purchasers of real property in these
districts, and thus be the means
of additional improvements being made.
Thousands of dollars have been put in
circulation in the last two or three
years by landholders in the districts in
question by the erection of residences,
thus assisting labor and the building
interests generally, not to speak of the
identifying of these districts. We
therefore respectfully invite the atten-
ton of the Board of Supervisors to the
deplorable condition of -Waialae road
and most earnestly solicit the action of
the board that conditions may be
speedily ameliorated."
Chairman Smith told S. I. Shaw, who
presented the petition, to inform his
Improvement club that the matter
would have the boards early attention.
Two or three other petitions from
disgruntled property were read
and a successor to Road Overseer Ke-
anu of Koolau was suggested in the
person of John Asing by some enthu-
siastic admirers.
A TARDY INVESTIGATION.
Incidentally it dawned on the board
that no step had been taken in the
Keanu-Paele investigation. Chairman
Smith said that it was high time the
matter was attended to and an effort
made by the committee to reach Koolau
today
Lucas ordinances relating to curbing
of sidewalks and automobiles were
read, the first being read by title for
the first time and the second passing
second reading.
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