The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-12-29
THE FINAL
SESSION

trrom Thursdays Adveriiser)
The Board 81 Supervisors held their
lest meeting Of the present year last
malt
The bulk ~ the business transacted
consisted of the passing OF the Gus
tomary monthly appropriations.
The employees Of the road and
garbage departments were made happy
by the issuing Of a blanket warrant
through the medium Of which they win
be able 10 have their wages In time TO
properly celebrate New Years Day.
IL was decided to continue the en-
ployment Of the house numbering de-
partment until the only uncovered Sec
ton Of the city, kalmuki, be attended
20.
Chairman Smith was granted vaca-
ton OF two months In order to enable
him to take his Washington trip In the
interests OF the Territory.
Present were Chairman Smith. SUI
pervisor- large Adams. Supervisors
Lucas, Paele! Archer, w. Savidge,
Stenographer Aea, Clerk Kalauokalani,
Capt. Sam Johnson, Auditor Bicknell,
A. e. Murphy. Joe Gilman, and repre-
sentatives of the press.
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read and approved.
The following demands were approx
ed and ordered paid:
Public expenditures, 1870.
County Attorneys Office clerks. s4S5.
Treasurers Office clerk. 500.
Poundmaster, $40.
House numbering department, s125.
Auditors Office clerk. 800.
County Clerks office, $195.
Road department, general expenses,
$3.50
Road department, payroll. 1884.
Keepers of parks, $500.
Koolauloa road district, $59075.
Kapiolani Park, 1882.
Eva and Waianae road district. ST.
402.20
Koolaupoko road district, s79S75.
Waianae road district, $355.50.
Police department, s7165.
Fire department, 1856.
Garbage department, $651.90.
Electric light department, $59750.
Police and fire alarm system, $191.50
Hawaiian band, $3.50.
The Aala Park bandstand proposition
was reported to be still in the air.
A statement from Road Supervisor
Sam Johnson showing work done by
the road department during the past
six months was read and filed.
The report showed that 1890 feet or
7.45 miles of streets had been construct
ed and macadamized in that period.
Seventy-three hundred feet have been
oiled by the road department on Pensa-
cola, Iwilei road, Queen, Fort and
South streets.
Numerous bitumen street crossings
have been put in, also sanitary btu
men cutters. The dangerous parts OF
Diamond Head road have been fenced
and numerous other road improvements
I effected
Communications were read from Fire
Chief Thurston, Superintendent of Pub
lie Works Holloway, Warehouse Trust
Company and the Hawaiian Pineapple
Company.
In connection with Holloway's letter,
Supervisor Lucas vouchsafed some in
teresting information with regard to
the topography of Kakaako.
One hundred and seven voters en-
ployed in the Road and Garbage de-
partments signed petition praying
for payment on the Goth inst, in order
TO be able to properly observe New
Years Day.
Tho necessary amount was appropri-
ated by blanket warrant
A petition signed by property owners
in the neighborhood of Hotel and Union
streets stated that they have no OBJ
lection to the Union street hack stand
occupying the place it does at present
1t appears that certain persons have
al IN gta md rI, 10
referred to the police department
The chair drew the boards atten-
ton to Chdpter 4, Section of the Coun-
ty Act in reference TO the county's UNI
Outstanding with the Rapid Transit
Co. The latter's attorneys thought
there seemed to be some ambiguity in
the reading of the law as to whether
or not bids should be called for in a
contract of this nature.
1t was decided to submit the matter
TO the county attorney for an opinion
House Murderer Murphy gave some
interesting details of his work. The city
has been covered with the exception OF
the Kaimuki district This latter work
would take two months to complete
Murphy stated that houses were in
creasing rapidly in Kaimuki and that
enquiries for numbering were frequent
IL was decided to continue the en-
ployment of the numbering department
until the Kaimuk district had been
completed. AS soon as this numbering
is done, Kaimuki will have a mail de-
livery.
Lucas stated that College Hills want
ed to turn over its roads to the gov
eminent for the county to care for. II
was decided to notify the Public
Works department that the county was
ready to look after the roads when
ever the department took them over
from the oahu College trustees.
Chairman Smith spoke OF his having
been selected to go to Washington and
it was unanimously decided to allow
him a two-months vacation. dating from