The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-20
COUNTY WILL
CONTROL
PARKS
Present Commissioners
Are Appointed by the
Supervisors.

The principal business transacted at
the meeting of the Board of Supervis-
ors last night was the reappointing by
the board of the present park commits
sioners, who have heretofore served as
Territorial officials.
Since it was decided that the county
has right to appropriate for the up
keep of the parks the supervisors have
evinced desire to get into closer touch
with the park commissioners and with
this end in view the aforementioned
action was taken.
The signing of an election proclama-
tion was shadow of a coming event
which probably means the writing of
.finis'' to more than one supervisorial
career.
Supervisors Lucas, Cox, PaeIe, Moore,
Archer; Clerks Kalauokalani. Buffan-
deau; Stenographer Aea, Sergeant-at-
Arms Hanalei. County Engineer Gere,
John Emmeluth.
BILLS.
The following appropriations were
made:
Road department ..............$ 81 ,4S6.74
Garbage department ............ 63435
County attorney .... $50
Kapiolani Park ................. 1858 80
II 1ryoc dooi5ad +o x,o1- +bo s,;r7o ,,oolv
ed Kapiolani Park bills for the months
of March, April, May and June. Lucas
said that the bills had been contracted
in good faith during the Transition
ought to pay them. Moore withdrew
his objection and the necessary appro-
priation was made. Smith remarked
that the trouble was that the park
people were not advised to cut off ex-
penses while the question of the con-
troll of the park was in allegiance.
A LIVING WAGE.
The following committee report was
read:
NSO' " AoiiiiNiA iSS4', Siid1iiiioiis IoOoiu
of Supervisors, County of Oahu.
Dear Sir: Your special committee to |
whom was referred the petition (No. |
2O from the citizens and voters in the |
district of Eva, and requesting that a |
uniform rate of S1.25 per day be given |
them for all lines of road work in their |
district, begs leave to report the fol- |
lowing:
That your committee has had a con-
sultation with the road overseer of !
Eva road district as well as with the
petitioners themselves bearing on the
rate of pay day as requested.
Your committee is aware that the
work performed is onerous, and in ask
ing that their wages be increased 10
cents and Is cents more than what
they at present are receiving, they are
not asking too much. Your committee,
therefore, would respectfully recon-
mend that the daily wages of those
doing all lines OF road work in Eva
road district be at the rate of S1.25 per
day.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK K. ARCHER,
Committee.
The recommendation was embodied
n a motion which passed unanimously
DECLINED WITH THANKS.
The offer of $50 per month to the
Concordia band was declined by Jose
T. Medeiros on behalf of the band.
ROBINSON HEARD FROM.
The following communication from
Park Expert Robinson was read:
65 So. Washington Street,
Rochester. N. Y, July 6, 1906.
Ion. John Lucas, Supervisor, Homo
lulu, T. H. !
Dear Mr.. Lucas: The reports have
cached me at last! They arrived on
he Fourth of July, quite in keeping
With their gay appearance. 1 wish to
congratulate you heartily on the good
ooks of the pamphlets, and to thank
'ou for sending them.
News of the receipt of the report
anne to me from various parts of the
ountry before the package reached me,
o that my appetite was whetted to see
t: and on the Fourth of July itself ,
Golfers Weekly had an excellent
on the report-entitled Beau
ifuI Honolulu" You will have to get
usy carrying out my recommends 8
IONS so much is now expected of you .
s a result of the wide :blicity given
D the pamphlet and the attention that
has attracted. In fact. I am in rel
eipt of so many inquiries for it, that ,
would be a thousand times obliged to
ou if you could spare me twenty-five +.
25) more. I can promise you that
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