The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-09-28
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Billboard OF SUPERVISORS
HELD SESSION LAST NIGHT.

Billboard OF SUPERVISORS.
HELD SESSION LAST NIGHT
A brief though busy session Of the
Board of Supervisors was held last
night The following salary demands
for the month of September were pass
ed: Fixed salaries. $3.50; clerk. $50;
attorney, $735: auditor, $l20; treasur-
en- $780, engineer, 1866; poundmaster
$50; keeper Of parks, 5000: electric light
department, $716.25; police and fire
alarm system, $115; Eapiolani Park,
$3.50. Koolaupoko road district, Sl35;
road department, $2,O15; garbage de-
partment, 5000; fire department, So
675; Eva road district $125; Waialua
road district. $15.
The police demand amounting TO 81
! 725 was held up because an item of $15
for Peter Baron for three months SER
vice avs not clear to the Board. The
demand was finally passed minus the
| particular item as it was decided to
! ask the Sheriff to explain the nature
of the work done.
A communication from J. r. Gait on
behalf of the trustees of the estate Of
the late George Galbraith was read re-
lative to the construction of a bridge
over the Kaukonahua Gulch and the
construction of new road toward
Wahiawa over the land of Galbraith
Gait wanted to know by whose per-
mission such right of way had been
taken. The letter caused considerable
amusement at the expense of Lucas,
who together with Arcner, said that
the Public Works Department had di-
rected them to go ahead with the work
of building the road. The matter was
passed up to the Public Works Depart
ment.
A communication was received from
c. r. auckland of the Secretary's office
relative to the Board furnishing an
election clerk for election precincts
where there were $50 votes or more,
Lucas smiled and declared that the
various candidates for election ought
to pay the extra expenses, but he sup
ported the measure saying that 1T
thought the request was reasonable.
Moore said that some idea of the cost
of the proposed clerks and of the mon
ey that the County would receive from
election expenses from the filing of
nomination papers, ought to be given
the committee of Ways and Means.
D. Kalauokalani Jr., the county clerk,
then furnished an estimate showing
that the income would be about $1,000
The expenses for ballot paper and
printing and other details would be i'm
the neighborhood of 1854, and allowing
for about 20 inspectors at $40 day,
, the total would be about 1854. Smith
, observed that in event Of favorable
action being taken by the Board, the
appointment of the clerks should be
nonpartizan. and the appointment
should rest with the Board of super
vsors. The matter was finally refer.
red to the Committee on Ways anc
Means.
The communications regarding the
local Japanese securing permission tt
use Aala Park for the celbration ii
honor of the japanese naval training
ship Anegawa were read. The Japan
csc can have the park either tonight
or some night next week, as the parl
is to be used by the Republican rati
fcation on Saturday night.
A communication from County En-
gineer Gere stating that 5000 would b,
asked for in October for the openire
of the road through the PapeekeC
homesteads, was referred to the Com
mittee on Roads and Bridges. TIL,
sentiment of the members seemed t,
be that October would be a very poo
month for securing appropriations.
Fire Chief Thurston submitted, in
e communication, his estimate for tn
a1
aries at $S675 and material and suppl,
at $S75. A report for August showed
S that the department had responded t.
five alarms of fire, where the damag
had been $4692.75 and the INSURANCE
adjustment $3.50, was read.
Lucas stated that County Enginee
> Gere was in need of an assistant at
= salary of $3.50 a month. The matte
: was referred to the Committee Of
:. Ways and Means.
=, A request from merchants on King
4, Alakea and Merchants streets in tn
:. vicinity of Union Square to have thos
=, streets oiled. was referred to the Com
. mittee on Roads and Bridges, as wa
. a similar request on the part of resi-
L dents on Beretania street between Pu
- nahou and Alexander streets.
Residents of Luso street petition
for an electric light opposite Punch
bowl drive and the matter was re
ferred to the Committee on Electri
light, as was a request made b.
s Dwight on behalf of residents of Aul
and Kunawai lanes. Dwight said tina
the claim was that the lights in Aul
'. Lane We're too close together. Luca
= did not think this statement correct
Moore said as soon as the new elctri
transformer arrived, he would be abb
to install more lights without add
tional cost. The matter of the neces
sity of light along she Queen stree
extension causeway was also consider
ed
Lee Sing Wal Company, at Waiau