The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-08-11
OAHU BOARD
WORKS HARD
CFrom thursdays Advertiser,

but Supervisors Moore and Paele.
Bills for the Police Department were
taken up, being presented by supervis-
or Adams. The latter explained the
different items in the bills and gave
the totals. The board approved the
following and ordered them paid:
Salary warrants for Strout and
wahine. keepers of police rifle
butts $500
Iiverv and railroad fares ..... $500
s,ationerv 124.70
Iyaau of nolice prisoners. .. 29s.11
T,oroner,s exnenses .. 46.00
General expenses at police sta
ton, electric lights. ice. etc.. T.Ss
Repairs to station. n............... 2ol'lo
A bill from Lucas Bros. amounting
TO s7e.7O and one from Benson, Smith
& Co. for 1886 were passed separately,
as members of the board Interested in
the same could not, by a ruling adopt
ed by the board. vote upon them.
Mr.. Adams also reported that the
July appropriation for police expenses
had been exceeded by $3S759. This was
caused by extra expenses caused by
contagious illness at the station.
report was read from Sheriff
Brown stating that the running ex-
penses of the Police Department FOR
the month of July were s5o1.1O
Supervisor Lucas, for the Fire De-
partment Committee, presented mate
rial and salary demands for July
amounting to s71370. Approved and
ordered paid. The payroll, amounting
TO s32so, with the addition of the s7l3.7o'
amounted to $4OO37O. The appropriation
for July was s4l7O. so the department
had a balance of $166SO.
The Committee on Sanitation and
Health, through Supervisor Archer
presented 16 material and supply de-
mands for s542.O4. These were APPROX
ed and ordered paid, with the exception
of an item of s14O for harness, which
the committee withheld.
Mr.. Archer, as one of the Committee
on the Garbage Department. asked Tor
further time.
Material and supply demands for the
Doad Department amounting to $255l.is
and a salary demand for $50 for the
Police Department were approved and
ordered paid. d
The sum of s1S7,5O for premiums or
the bonds of Supervisors Smith,
Archer, Moore, Lucas and Adams was
ordered paid. The bonds were for IL
months.
A communication from the Paiolo
Kaimuki and waialae Improvement
Club was next read and DIR. Rodgers
and Mr.. Clark appeared before 'he
board to explain the communication
The club did not recommend the re-
pairing of the waialae road as 1t was
the intention of the Road Department
to do. but wished the board to appro'
pirate enough money to build a gooc
macadamized road over the new sur
yey from the Moiliili church to the
top of the hill, and If it could no.
be done all at once then it was tine
desire of the club to have enough
money appropriated so the road couic
be built in sections. The new line Of
the road had already been surveyed
and would be graded the same as thu
Rapid Transit road running beside 1t
Mr.. Clark stated that rock would b'
furnished. and that Furthermore tn
club would furnish 5000 trees to plan
along the way.
Blue prints were furnished to th'
board showing the line of the proposed
improvements and the matter will b
taken up by the supervisors at a late
meeting.
The following self-explanatory lette
from County Attorney Douthitt wa
read before the board:
d. Kalauokalani, Jr., Esq, Count
Clerk, County of Oahu, Ex offic
Clerk, Board of Supervisors.
Dear Sir: In reply to your con
munication of the goth ult., in whic
the opinion OF this office, is requeste
in regard to the right of the Boar
OF Supervisors to require permits
be Issued before the digging UP {
injuring of roads under the charge
the Board OF Supervisors, I am of Il
opinion that the board has the pow
TO impose reasonable regulations rel
tive to opening the surface of stree
and roads under it's charge or othe
wise injuring the same, and that I
requiring of a permit for such purpo
would be a reasonable regulation.
The streets and roads of the cour
are constructed and maintained for I
purpose of being Travelled over by
public generally as highways, a
neither the adjoining owners 7