Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-18


out its surgical instruments last night |,
and performed series of operations
on the February estimates that left
the latter looking peaked and thin.
There was nothing delicate about Tie
process The amputations were pei
| formed with an AK and without the use
| OF auesthctics, and the victims
| sruirmcd and yelled Justify but with
ont avail. One stroke of the AK was
sufficient to lop off about $4,000 from
the amount of money which the heads
of departments thought they acrc go-
ing TO have to spend.
The protests of the said heads were
vigorous and loud but as Hustace -
marked to one who kicked with lar-
ticular vigor. protests didn't - there.
The deed was done and they must maize
the best ont.
There was only one head of d.lIfrt-
mcnt who had no kick coming. That
was w. l.. Frazec, Superintendent OF
the electric light department. The
estimate for running that branch of the
county government was slashed TO the
tune of 1915, but Frazcc said he was
satisfied.
Sheriff laukca objected to any reduc-
tion of the estimate for the nol'ce de
partment. and thought he ought to
have an opportunity of submitting es-
Inmates himself without having the
matter taken entirely out of his har U.s.
However. the Board peeled on about
$500 from the police department, and
the new Sheriff had to submit with as
good grace ms possible.
Fire Chief Thurston kicked vlgor-
unsly but without effect He said that
II cut In salaries were made In his
department, he would he unable to get
the kind of men he wanted. for as soon
as man was offered n better Job, he
would take it. The department Is al
ready crippled he said. For years there
has been hook and ladder In the de-
artment. but there has been no money
To nay men to operate II. A big blaze
might occur at any time, and the bop
ping of of the $500 from his DEPART
ment estimate would prove TO be ppol
economy.
J. Gilman, representing the Board q
Underwriters, supported Thurston II
his contentious, and on behalf Of HI
underwriters protested against any de
crease In the fire departments appro
priation. Hustace tersely told hin
protests don't 20 here" Gilman, coli
IA
, meeting.
Captain Berger put IN roar whe'
| II was proposed to reduce the approl'ri
d lption for the band. He didn't think tn
county was so poor ms to necessi,Rt
cutting the band down any more.
Sam johnson put up no very ri9or
4 ous protest, evidently recognizing III
D uselessness of kicking against what II
= saw was the intention Of the Board.
Chairman Hustace started tho pyr1
tecnics by reading the followiuG:
/ Gcntlcmcn: In looking into the II
nances of this county find that. 10
the first three months OF this year. "
will receive from the Territory $1,000
rcr month, to use In defraying the OK
penses of the County of Oahu. Tak'n
as basis the monthly estimates he''
,ofore made by the former Boart
which amounted to about $37,jli, 30
will see that deficit of about 10000
$1,000 will exist. In order to keep We
inside of the amount available, ! SUI
nit for your consideration the follow
e. ing estimates, which I hope will NEE
with the approval of this board, til
ame to take effect February ! neA
BY so doing we will reduce the aironr
SiS995S over our estimates for 'lan'
airy. In approving the above estimates
with the small amount avail able In og
road tax fund. we will be able TO RE,
our obligations and not ir'1air gu
credit, at the same time creating II
aerve fund for emergency.
The new estimates are az follows
Public ExDcnlitlIrcs-