Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-19
Fishmarket Building,
Supervisors Decide,
Shall Not Be Moved

The old fishmarkct building will
stay where 1t is as far rs the super
visors are concerned. This decision
they arrived at at the meeting last
night, a few figures showing the cost
of moving the structure being suili'
Client to convince them that the plan to
remove the building to Aala park,
however desirable it might he, would
he too expensive to carry out. The
| meeting was a very quiet one through.
out. Archer was a bit peeyish, but
was smoothCd down.
Fire Chief Thurston reported that
during November his department had
responded to five alarms. Property
| worth about $40 had been destroyed.
NJ. Brash called attention to the bad
state of the sidewalks on King street
between South and Thomas Square.
| lie asked sarcastically If the weeds
! on the street were part of the Robin.
son plan for the Identification of the
| city.
Hustacc said all this had been at
tended to and Sam Johnson said in
| lignantly that there were no trees
| growing on the road, and the sarcasm
was uncalled for.
| President Pinkham of the Board OF
Health wrote that the Piinaio stream
was in an offensive condition. He
wanted the County to clean 1t. John.
aOn said the work had already been
done. He wondered why people al
ways kicked after the work had been
| done.
Superintendent of Public Works
Campbell wrote that B. +. Dillingham;
would deed S925 square feet of land
Tor the widening Of Alexander street,
provided that the County would lay
the curb and build small retaining
wall. Referred to the Road Commit
,Cc.
| A petition of 81 citizens asked for
Ave arc lights on the Waikamilo road.
Referred to the Committee on Lights.
| Residents of Artesian street asked
% have that thoroughfare macadam'
led. Dwight said that this matter
you'd be attended to.
| Dwight recommended that $3.50 be
| appropriated to move and repair the
house at the Makiki pound. This was
| lone, though Archer demurred mildly
N regard to the expense.
Dwight submitted the following fig
ures by the County Engineer in regard
10 the proposed removal of the fish
market building:
Taking down building and haul
ing ................ 4,5OC
New piers for columns ...... 1,SOC
| Erecting ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5,oO'
Repairs to roof, etc. .......... l,5Ol
Total ..................S l3,3O'
Under these circumstances | think
he building will stay where 1t is fol
,cme time" said Hustace, and the rest
If the members agreed.
| Hustace said that he had another
proposition to make, namely to pur
chase the old makai hshmarkct sheC
n Kekaulikc street, which would be
more suitable in point of size, Tn,
committee was instructed to look into
.hc matter.
Hustace stated further that the mex
legislature should see to 1t that the
est of the Aala Park block be con
!emned for park purposes.
Hustace said that there was some
question as to the payment of $500 fo
l sprinkling cart for KoOlau.
81 understand that that bill has al
'eady been passed." said County En-
!neer Gere.
well, so much the better" an
iwered Hustace. THAT saves a fight.
Hustace reported that all the roa'
aborers in Koolau had been paid of
md there was no further kick com
rg. He was glad to make the state
hent.
Dwight reported that road work wa
eing done at Kahauiki, PauOa, Kcaw,
.treet, Diamond Head road, 18th ave
lue, Kaimuki, Palolo road, YOuni
street, Alexander street, School stree
extension, Alewa and other places.
Archer wanted to know how man!
Dads in the Fifth District had beef
lied He said that no roads had beef
piled there but $500 had been spcn
IN such matters in the Fourth.
Hustace said that only roads will
neavy grades were being oiled. Al
The roads in the Fifth were level.
What about King street," askec
Archer
well it had not done any good,
answered Hustace. "And we won
| II any more level roads"
Sam Johnson reported that oilini
ad saved much repair work on thu
'tcep roads.
Dwight said that the appropriation
or oil had had reference only to th'
hilly streets.