The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-09-11

the Eva district and trying to so ru
things that the Honolulu plantatio
will get all the benefit of whateve
work is going on. The presentation
OF the report brought on an altercatio
between senator l.. L. McCandless. VIII
represented the Low faction. and su
pervisor Moore, during the course o
which each took the opportunity o
telling the other that he did not knov
what he was talking about.
The special committee looking int,
the question of surplus employs
around the police station asked 70
further tine. This was granted. afte
which the clerk read the Low-Arche
report, as follows:
ARCHER ENUMERATED.
Honolulu, T. H., September I, 1906.
Geo. w. smith, Esq. Chairman, Board
of Supervisors. Honolulu.
Dear Sir: Your special committee
to whom. was referred communication
from Mr.. James A. Low, relative to
road work done in Eva district. re-
port as follows:
In answering the first statement
made by Mr.. Low, namely, that of fur
nishing gratis all the rock used by the
Board of Supervisors for macadam on
the roads In Eva district, We find that
large proportion Of the rock was
gathered from the new field on the Eva
side of Lehua avenue by the carts and
teams of the county government at
considerable expense, and since that
field was cleared the crusher was put
on a lot Honolulu side of the court
house. and all the rock used from that
location was blasted and broken by the
road men and not taken from rock
fences, as set forth by Mr.. Low. The
rock from said rock fence was used
under Mr.. Lows direction on the con-
tract road built from Aiea to Lehua
avenue under Mr. Lows management,
said contract being first held by a Mr..
Springston and afterwards by Mr.. John
De Fries. Every yard of rock the
County Supervisors have used in Eva
district has cost us money.
Furthermore. the county is at a loss
OF several hundred dollars on account
of having to leave rock blasted and
broken ready for the crusher. This
loss was caused by Mr.. Low forcing us
to move our crusher and bunkers.
With reference to strengthening the
bend in the Kalauao Valley, your COM
mittee wish to say this matter has
been before the entire Board of Super
vision several times. and in June of this
year the County Engineer was directed
to see Mr.. Low and agree upon a right
of way. After several interviews the
line was agreed upon. and on July is. |
1906. the papers were all completed and
forwarded to Mr. Low. together with |
Mr.. Holloway's signature to an agree I
ment for an exchange deed. The En-
gineer informed Mr.. Low that as soon !
as he made the, necessary arrange
ments for the transfer of right of way,
the work on said road would be taken
up and finished. After holding the pa
pers for month without doing any
thing with them, Mr.. Low did, on Au-
gust II. return said papers to the
County Engineer, and made the remark
that he. Mr.. Low, would not attend to !
hr. Archer's business. The Board of
Supervisors have therefore been unable
to DO this work, not because of any
neglect on the part of the Supervisor
from Eva district, but because we
have not the right to proceed until the
necessary arrangements are made for
light of way.
Your committee do not feel that they
Ire called upon to answer certain sec
ions Of Mr. Lows letter, as 1t is
dearly n personal attack on Mr..
Archer. when, in fact, the work done
II Eva district has been done after the !.
anne was ordered by the entire Board
II Supervisors. Had the necessary ar
angements been made for the trans !,
err OF the right of way, this board :
would. long ago, have completed both :
ections of road work that Mr.. Low :,
GEMS to make basis of his complaint, !
nd he was so informed by the County
Engineer. We wish to say In passing,
hat when the county received the "
quipment from the Eva and waianae
load Board, 1t was necessary for us to :
xpend about $500 In repairs before we
ould use the crusher. We, therefore, y
aim that the equipment was not re-
irned in good order by the last con-
actor who made use of it. =
With reference to the up-keep of %
,ad ways in the district of Eva, we u
nd that Mr.. Low has paid some six ~
: eight cantoniers for this purpose VI
ON the $1,000 which was left over from
lie Special Road Tax Fund OF Eva dis
let, and which can only be spent in OF
i'd district, and which same was b,
ithheld from the Board of Supervisors Sc
r some reason, Mr. Low even object n
g TO allowing the Superintendent OF pr
nblic Works to pay for six mules w
ON said fund, for the use of road w
ork In Eva district. tn
With reference to the work done in be
wa district since October LIST. when NJ
g equipment was turned over to the tn
'unty Supervisors we will repeat FIR,
at the work has been done by the to
fers OF the whole Board of SUPER
sors and under the direction OF the tn
unity Engineer since his appoint TIN
ant and that the work has been done In,
public roads and not private roads; do
at the Board OF Supervisors had to on
lid stable for the protection of the .
'ck, there being no place for keeping to
stock when the equipment was pr,
rned over TO us; that the Board have TIL
released and paid for six mules: that ala
, Board had to put up over miles thi
fencing to complete contract left fin
by the Territory: and that VIII
had to construct a bridge over the me
stream, also a leftover 7
}; and have had TO do other things pal
ich will be shown In our appended c
tement OF all expenditures that the 4
ard OF Supervisors have made In L