The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-28

| / have the honor to be,
Respectfully yours,
| f. A. DOUTHITT,
County Attorney, County of Oahu.
| Lucas said that the ruling of the
County Attorney tied the board down
to the letter of the law.
MOORE WAS SORRY.
| Moore was sorry that the law was
| as it was and wished that there was
| some way to give the Board Of Edu-
cation the money they asked for. He
| thought that the matter might be cir
cumvented in some way and a sum OF
perhaps $500 per month be indirectly
| appropriated until the tension were re-
| lieved.
ARCHER'S BRIGHT IDEA.
Archer thought that if the board
appropriated money for the schools the
Legislature would surely repay the
| board in the sweet by and by.
Lucas reminded Archer that the
board hadn't the right to appropriate
| money for this cause. anyway.
THE BOARDS ACTION.
1t was moved that Superintendent
Babbitt be advised that the board had
taken legal advice on the matter and
found itself powerless to accede to
his request.
Z HUGHES IS FERVENT
John Hughes made few fervent re-
marks on the needs and requirements
Eof public schools and of the urgent ne
cessity for providing a home for the
sick and destitute poor.
IMPROVING KANEOHE.
A Kaneohe communication stated
that promotion club has been formed
at Kaneohe, with Henry Cobb Adams
as president: Frank Pahia, vice resi
dent, and Zach McKeague, secretary
and treasurer. A number of resolu-
lions drawn up at a meeting of the
club, calculated to beautify the hamlet
of Kaneohe and make more happy her
enlightened residents, We're read. 1t
was requested that the board furnish |
certain funds necessary TO carry out |
the aforementioned improvements.
ALL LIKE PECK.
A petition from fifty citizens of Koo |
laupoko protesting against the threat |
ened removal of Road Overseer Peck. |
of the district, was read. The fifty |
good men and true evidently have |
nothing but praise for Peck's work and
handed him a large bouquet in the
wording of the petition.
AN UNPOPULAR POLE.
Moore said lot of hard things about
a telephone pole at the corner of Hotel
and Fort streets, which he declared
TO be a nuisance to navigation. The
Co. will be notified to move
the offending pole today.
EACrrrC 1
Adams spoke of county funds. He
said that trial balance had showed |
the special road tax fund balance to be !
sS344.45. The general fund balance, af-
.er deducting last nights expendi- !
lures, was s3S,444.12. The total balance
IN hand was s46,S0S.57. Il
Contracts entered into amounted to {
az. 32020. OF this amount 6.2712O
would have to be paid in March.
There We're also unpaid bills for Feb | {
'uary to be met, to the amount of {
about 500, 900. Il
ADAMS SAYS. "GO EASY Il
The chair thought that with an ex-
oenditure of say $4,000 a month. the
county would be sailing mighty close
to the wind. He wanted the board to
realize just how money matters stood, |
n order to prevent any possibility of |
getting into a hole
Estimates for March were consider
I'd, retrenchment being the keynote OF
he boards operations.
Adams said that there was left $500 |
'or the road department, to which :
vas to be added about $4,000 Honolulu {
special road tax. F.,
LUCAS SCARED. II
Lucas said that it looked as if road c
work would have to be shut down. !
Work couldn't be done without money. +
Adams suggested dropping work on I
he Kaimuki road.
Johnson said Waikiki road work +
couldn't be stopped because it was on t
contract basis.
Adams said that he would like to see 6
II the road work dropped and Wal y
Xxi road repairs and Improvement a
'ushed to a finish t
ROAD MONEY CUT.
The road department appropriation =
or March was cut about $4,000 under =
he February appropriation. 1t was =
laced at $11,500. including the $4,000 II
pecial road tax.
A GENERAL SLASH.
1He estimates Tor March amounted / p
D $42,5S5 as against s530 for Feb
uary, cut of s10,415, of which the
bad department is responsible for S.
10, the other $4,000 being divided UP
mong the other departments. y
BAND TO WAIALUA.
On motion of Cox the band will go e.
} Waialua on March 25. @
At II p. m. the board adjourned till t.
ext Tuesday evening. O
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