Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-27
ARCHER DOES NOT
ike CERES PLANS
Many Jars At Meeting
Keep Supervisors
Awake

ihc session or the SupcrviSOrS last
evening. though of routine char.
acter, was very much enlivened by a
lew passages at arms, between the
chair and the men about the official
board. The climax came near the last.
when Mr. Archer demanded to see
plans for culvert in the Eva district.
and announced that they were not
acceptable" to him, and that he
thought the engineer should have
made the arch In a semicircuar shape
County Engineer Gcre objected to the
impeachment of his Judgment and
took occasion to tell Mr.. Archer that
he was talking about something of
which he knew nothing.
And all the time, MIR. Hustace was
having the time Of his life, at his same
old job, asking the Supervisors to
stick to the English tongue in the
heated course Of their argument. In.
cidentally, the matter of the bridge
was finally amicably settled by the
allowance asked being made when all
the directors had been convinced that
the County Engineer thought he knew
something about drawing a plan.
Those present at the meeting were:
Chairman Hustace. Supervisors Fern.
Dwight Harvey, Cox. Archer. Kealo.
ha. Clerks Kalauokalani, Aea. Buffan.
deau, County Engineer Gere, Col. Sam
Johnson. w. l.. Frazee. w. X. Sims,
Fire Chief Thurston, Fl. T. Lake, mem.
bers of the press.
When the bills were being allowed,
a representative from the Salvation
Army Home came in. wanting to have
the matter of an appropriation of pub.
| lie funds for home acted on, and was
told that the matter was in the hands
of a committee, which would report
on II later.
| Squabble Over Bills.
Bills were not allowed without fric.
ton. Two. one from the Inter-Island
Steam Navigation Company, and one
! from the police committee. were the
| subjects of animated and impassioned
discussion.
The chairman remarked that the bill
from the Inter.lsland. which was for
coal, had an item for sacking, while
the original order had called for coal
In bulk. The bill was finally allowed
when 1t had been understood that all
future orders were to be for coal In
bulk strictly.
| The committee on police affairs had
taken the authority necessary to al
low the expenditure of quite a neat
sum for repairs" Among the items
were some for varnish and calcimin
ing, and the like, and in view of the
l fant that l,n ri pva haI
limited to certain sum for expendi
lures, and was behind on expenses
Mr.. Hustace thought the matter should
have been referred to the Board. A
\ lively chat arose, but the thing was
passed as soon as 1t was put up to
the Board.
| Over the ratification of two appoint.
ments by County Engineer Gere OF
two assistants, rose a battle OF
tongues. Mr.. Archer and others
thought Gere might have done all OF
the work about his office and outside
too, If he had not meddled, as they
claimed, with other jobs.
Raising a Salary.
| "He goes down, Mr. Chairman" said
Mr.. Archer. where the work on the
roads Is going on, and growls the
men,"
From what | hear, he has the right
to growl them, and reason" said
| Archer
81 don't believe he has the right,
was the retort.
And almost Immediately there came
up squabble over the allowing of O
| raise In tho aulary Of Miuo Achurk 4,