The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-13
BLOCK PAVING
ON QUEEN ST.


CONTINUED from Pare One1
cate OF the plan and also expressed
himself in favor of adopting pol CT
of putting permanent plvements o,
all the down town streets. Supervisor
Harvey also favored the plan of put
ting down Nor'west blocks. Fern had
to, be shown. He wanted ohia II ary-
thing, but thought that after all maca-
dam at the lower price was the lest.
Dwight believed the Pavement ought
to be put down as a test anyway.
But look at the COST" objected Fern.
who then argued that | wss bette
to buy three $40 suits than one 80
one because there would be three new
suits to wear. Archer enterta ed
somewhat the same idea. II any rate
he wanted to have bids callei for. He
had heard whispers of someone willing
to do the work for $40 900. I. en- Fern
was afraid that the county would be
stuck with bum llocks If they were
ordered from the Coast He won ed
ohia. Archer also wanted 20 know
where the $4,000 was to come from.
Hustace reminded him that there
was surplus in the treasury of s4i.-
coo boarded up for Just such purposes
as this. the cost of which would not
stop any of the other regular road
work.
Road Supervisor Johnson and County
Engineer Gere Joined in the debate at
various times, and when 1t was at its
height someone from among the spec
tatofs added to the confusion BY
wanting to know How about that
dead mule?" Every objection was
argued away, however. the vote to go
ahead with the work being unanimous.
FEBRUARY BLAzES.
Fire Chief Thurston reported the
number of alarms answered during
February as five. the total loss of the
various blazes having been $50. The
surers at $4,000.
ROAD PETITIONS.
A petition from number of resi-
dents on Gandail street. at the head
OF Gulick avenue, was read. They
want some road repairing and also
from residents of Puunui was present.
ed. asking for road work. Both petit
lions went to the proper committees
for consideration.
EVERYTHING SATISFACTORY.
After he had asked for and hhen
voted an extra appropriation of $500
for a new bridge in Manoa Valley,
in the road department.
Archer also announced that the cleo
tric light department was going along
the way it should
Harvey called attention to a bad spot
on School street, which sam Johnson
promised to have fixed as soon as the
lawsuit the county was in over the
Kalihi quarry blasting was settled.
which would be next week.
COUNTY FINANCES.
The report of the County Treasurer
for February was presented. The re-
port showed the receipts of the month
to have been sill. 0O0.97, of which s43,-
$50 SO had been cash on hand. The
total expenses of the month had been
only s40,611.32, leaving the cash on
hand at the beginning of the present
month $7O,7S965. The expenses were
under the following heads:
County Attorney, $l026.35; Auditor.
s297.15; County Clerk. s629.O5; collection
road tax. S455; Eva road district, 81
379.11; electric lights, s12s5.21; County
Engineer. $685. fire department. So
1862 So: garbage department, $4,000;
Hawaiian band, s1346.15; Kapiolani
Park. S7O4.5O; keepers of parks, sou.
road district, S1005.52; po-
lice department, $s245.23; police and
fire alarm, s962.36; poundmaster, s15499;
road department. s14.1S1.04; Sheriff ana
deputies, s5S5: Treasurer, 1926; Waia-
nae road district, 1898; waialua road
district, $3.50, and sundry accounts,
s9s45s.
The balances remaining on hand to
the credit of the various districts in
the road tax special deposits was: Ho-
nolulu district, s4901.79; Eva and Wal
amaze district, s253s.55; Waialua dis
trict, s663.1S: Koolauloa district,
s6937O; Koolaupoko district, s152.9s,
and outstanding warrants, $40.