The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-06
Board of Supervisors Meets
and Approves the
Expenditures.

Koolaupoko road district. s276.60.
WaIanae road district. $254.75.
Waianae road district. $40.
Waianae road district. S99. IS.
Koolauloa road district, SIZES.
Koolauloa road district. S502.15.
Waiaiua road district, $93I-75.
Eva road district. S356.75.
County Office rent, $3.50.
County Engineer, sl73.25.
kapiolani Park, $472.25.
County Attorney, So.
County Auditor, SIS. %.
Keepers Of parks. $222.S5
County Treasurer. $3.50.
Road department. S3060-15
Garbage department, S590.25.
Hawaiian band, $7474.
THE MONEY COUNTED.
Charles Hustace, Jr., chairman Of tn,
Board Of Supervisors; James Bicknell
County Auditor, and c. H. Olson, Dep.
uty County Attorney. the statutory of.
fcers charged with counting the money
In the county treasury, made their re-
port They reported. that there ought
to be in the treasury s64, 597.ol, and
warrants issued but not paid s1o51.12, a
total Of $50, 64S.13. In the county treas
ury there was s1o0.72 in redeemed war
rants: 1895 in gold; 1925 in silver;
s25, 1Ss.49 Of road taxes in bank. and
$85. 2Ss.67 in the general fund in bank.
a total of s65.s4S.1s.
a petition was received from the
Leahi Home asking that Twelfth ave-
nue. in Kaimukf tract be maeadamized.
The petition says: Patients going to
the home are in almost al cases SUI
fering from an incurahle malady. or
from tuberculosis. and are very often
in a most critical condition before We
get them. The road through town and
up to the top of KaiInukt Hill is in
excellent shape. but going over Twelfth
avenue in its present state, or going
over the continuation Of Eighth ave-
aue. is a terrible strain on sick persons
,wing to the rough and rocky condition
If the road"
In connection with this, the Sisters
If Saint Francis, as the owners of
block SIS in the Kaimuki tract, asked
hat the avenue be macadamized. They
ay that at present they are unable to
make any use Of their property because
f the condition Of the roads approach
ng 1t. They say that if the work were
arried out they believe il would not
My be of the greatest convenience, but
would afford one Of the most beautiful
rives in and around Honolulu and
would be made use OF and appreciated
y the public in general.
These communications were referred
0 the Committee on Roads and Parks.
Theodore Richards asked permission
o lay line of 6-inch pipe on Vine
ard street from the corner of the lane
n the Bows Field, to the River. dis
anee of about eco yards. The purpose
# the pipe line is to carry off the
waste water from the wash houses
,oon to be erected on the vacant lot
N his premises. and the plan has the
approval of the officer Of the Board
# Health The water will be CHARMED
# all offensive material before II
caches the stream.
This is for one Of the wash houses
authorized lately by the Board OF
Health to take the place Of the puDhc
wash houses at Iwilei, which are 70 pc
polished. This request was referred
o the Committee on Roads and Pub
&c Parks
a communication was received from /
. s. Holloway, superintendent Of Pub |
c Works. asking the board for thirty /
We barrels Of cement for use in the
ath house and seawaH at the Kunst
roperty, purchased for the park, In
with promise made by
1e chairman OF the board. President
-ustace explained that Mr.. Holloway
al met him and told him that the
ark Commissioners needed some ce-
ent. and he had thought that as the
,ad department usually had lot OF
.ment that the board might author
? the use Of a part Of its SUPPLY, and
lus save the expenditure Of money at
lis time At that time It was not
7own how much was needed by the
ark Commissioners. But when il was
una JEIaE ATlEA& IN T AteAA 1 10 N'e--1 I
eeded that put a different phase on
e matter. The road department had
, such amount Of cement on hand.
II shall ask the board" continued
hartman Hustace. TO authorize the
ark Commissioners TO purchase thirty
-e barrels of cement. and then I
ink We must tell them that they
III have TO conf1ne their expenditures
the 500 a month regularly allowed
EN-. We have put in the plumbing in
e new public bath house and this
ment will enable them 70 construct
e floors and the seawai. ana then l
ink It viii be admitted We have
ne all that we can be reasonably
ked 10 90. and whatever other ex-
mixtures they have TO make must be
ade from their regular allowance.
The board took this view Of the mat
?. AT any rate it voted the thirty
e barrels Of cement.
The japanese colony sent its thanks ,
: the services Of the Hawaiian band /
the time that Prince Fushimi pass
through here on the British cruiser
onmouth, in the following communi-
ton addressed 70 the board: