The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-16
What Is Saved on One
Goes to Pay the
Other.

en1falv voted down. This was one o
the interesting papers produced at las,
nights meeting, another one being the
revised salary list for the police de-
partment, prepared by Sheriff Brown
and presented by Mr. Dwight. This
revision cuts off $500 a month from
the police payroll through a trimming
of salaries.
Messrs. Cox and Moore were the only
members of the board not in attend
ance last night, to I'LL their places al
the table being Supervisors-elect Hus-
tace and Harvey, the former sitting al
the elbow of Chairman George w
Smith and drinking in wisdom from
the head OF the table. Hustace looked
as if he had decided that that was
about the place where he would declde
to sit after January Z.
After the preliminary work, the fol-
lowing appropriations were passed;
Garbage department, s470.46-
Road department, special, $l927-89.
Road department, S4233. 80.
Electric lighting. s704.41.
Police and fire alarm, 5000.
County Clerk, $37.7O.
Election expenses, S15.45.
Keepers of parks, SIS.
Police department, $9S4.S2.
Waialua road department, s1S44.
County Attorney, SIS.
CUT FOR THE POLICE.
Supervisor Dwight presented the POI
lice salary list as cut down by the
sheriff, which provided for the follow
ing amounts: Specific salaries, s25o5s
foot patrol, $780, mounted patrol.
1855: country police, $500; incidentals
$500: detective fund, 800; supplies for
pris oners, $3.50, and Attorney GeneraPs 8
department, s1o0
The last item was subjected to crit
tcism. Al cher wanting to know why
the county was putting up for the
Attorney General. He thought that
the LEGISLATURE ought to provide for
that purpose.
Chairman. Sp,itil explained why the
money was needed, although he agreed
that the Legislature should pay it. He
went further than that, expressing his
,opinion that the Legislature should
turn all moneys realized from fines In
the District Court into the county
treasury The county paid the expense
for maintaining the police force ana
should have the revenue.
Archer then objected to the accept
ance of the list to apply for this month.
December was half over, in two weeks
the Sheriff would be pau. and then
the cut could be made. 1t would not
be fair TO cut the men for December
unless they had been notified that the
cut was coming.
Dwight explained that the matter
had been talked about enough to give
everybody concerned notice. The list
would effect a saving of $500 a month.
Smith. Lucas and other said the same
thing. and Archer bowed to the Will
of the majority, voting aye with the
others.
NEW CHINE Sc INTERPRETER
A deter from the County Attorney
vas read, notifying the board that he
had appointed Joseph Goo Kim in
place of Chang Chau as Chinese IN
terpreter for the police court and ask
ing that the appointment be confirmed
to promote greater efficiency in the
department The action of the County
Attorney was approved of
TWO SMALL FIRES.
Fire Chief Thurston reported two
small fires during November, IN which
the less had been s12S5.45, fully paid by
the adjusted insurance
H. a, Wilder also reported having
issued nine certificates for gasoline mo-
tors since his last months report.
ROAD WORK WANTED.
a petition from Marquesville was
read asking that reapirs be done on
Short street, and another petition from
a number of business firms asked that
the business sections of King and Fort
streets be oiled. Both petitions We're
referred to the Committee on Roads
and Bridges.
A LEAKY BASEMENT.
Ching Lum was also a petitioner,
be put in on River and King streets in
his neighborhood. He also asked the
board to pay him back the expense he
had been put to in pumping some three
feet of water out of his basement after
each of the last two storms.
Chairman Smith thought that this
was a case where the board could plead
irresponsibility for an act of God.
Archer objected, however, to laying
the blame in that quarter. The leaky
basement was not the fault OF Pcovi-
dence but the fault partly of the Japa-
nese who had put in the cement in the
building and primarily the fault Of
the man who had hired Jap to do
the work From the tone of Archer's
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