The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-07-31
DUNTY STILL
HAS SOME
MONEY
eFrcm weanesday.s AavertIser,

IN hers went through their routine
'.Ttpgsiness last night, passed on the July
Mseounfs estimated for their work in
~ Sigust and attended to some minor
y CATERS The only Supervisor not in
~ jas place was Frank Harvey.
nv Supervisor Archer presented state
f8ment of the county finances, showing
VI that Oahu is still far from being broke,
( having $56,277.25 on hand now, with
y, $4,000 more to come from the Terri
tory on August l. This is the general
8 fund, there being $17 ,SS706 in the road
tax fund, giving total of $l03, 6l4.31
in sight to begin next month with.
The accounts passed last night, which
have been estimated for and which do
not have to come out of the total
ka,2kcve, were:
.,HARPsHCoTERS MAY GO.
Ks, ttesponse to request from Gov
Frear that the county employees
III ~ be chosen to go to Fort Perry
kins tgIN. G. II. rifle team, for the ma
mandofs Il {hatch, might be granted leave
shin,s Hence under pay, the permission
:, Se,..1 .gsiven, Road Supervisor Cummins
lag that his department could get
fII without them meanwhile. The
HN will leave on August and be
iGi for probably five weeks.
INKS FOR STREET WATERING.
n Two letters of thanks for the way
n road department kept the streets
knlthe waterfront watesed and clean
~ ing fleet week were read. One came
en- II. P. Wood secretary of the
ght entertainment executive commit
Ne, and the other from Captain Rees
III the Naval Station.
W DEED IN ESCROW.
ytH Thompson Clemens, representing
The Pacific Guano Fertilizer Co., no.
ttified the board that deed had been
splaced in escrow with L. Tenney Peck
in favor of the Territory for 3467
square feet of land in front of the
Fertilizer works, the deed TO be trans
ferred to the Territory if the county
II would widen and fix the road within
IS six months. Otherwise the deed goes
Ii back to the company and the street
h remains as it is.
ROAD REPAIRS ASKED FOR.
A petition was read for the repair
ing of the Waialae road on the other
SIDE of Koko Head avenue, the sigma
lures leading being those of D. p. r..
I+enberg, A. Perry, s. M. Damon, C..
4 n. Peterson, f. A. Mott-Smith and G.
I'm Bailey. rhe petition stated that
|, THE road was in bad shape. Dwight
!, Stated that the matter would be at
\. Tended to and the petition was referred
II Ito his committee of roads, bridges and
I parks.
j BIDS FOR SUPPLIES.
Il The result of the rendering for sup
plies gives the months contracts as
! follows:
H. Hackfeld & Co.-California red
bricks, Clover-leaf Portland Cement,
California lime, double-fuse tape and
1 (distdllate.
III. Steam Navigation Co.--Stanford
coal, Pelaw Main coal for Central, Ma
Xxi and Palama fire stations
III fl. H. Davies & Co.-Goldeu Gate
III c-tland cement, Roche Harbor lime
il Hawaiian lime.
~ Z, Nwers & CoOke-Clover-lea Port
cement, Hawaiian bricks, Nor
" ! lumber rough, timbers and bat
Honolulu Construction & Draying Co.
Blacksmith coal, best Cumberland,
Newcastle coal, Sneddon's coal, Cali
fornia wheat hay.
Allen g. Robnson-Nor west lumber
rough and timber.
Union Feed Co.--Wheat bran and al
4 he2 ifornia Feed Co.-California wheat
E,o,,Irolled barley and feed oats
" MkN INTERESTING REPORT.
II s1-bunty Engineer Gere presented a
N Fnbrt on the road work done in the
~ side districts for the past six
sfe pths, showing the following:
n R+ iva district-s636 feet macadam
4 Ey5 at $1.509 per linear foot.
1 FYWlaianae distriet-T92s feet of ma
4 4dam road at an average cost of $1.03
/ a8ierj linear foot.
3,T Koolaupoko district-7ss5 feet of
hacadam road, costing $l.ls5 per
Y finear foot.
4 rs Eoolauloa distriet-Copstructi of
M bridges and approaches at Pau
r. Y hfaunalu and Pupukea, and re-
! A. NYdamages of March storm
N S,Ejanalo district-GeneraI repairs.
~, euyIs new macadam, while the old
3G ads have been kept in repair
n -Ibncludng his report, Engineer
0T3tys:
AEfould call to your attention the
sG'IiD1 'ility, in case the funds at the
I'LL of the board will permit, of
II TO the above list the coral dress.
sS the main road from Kahuku
a. IL AS Wailee, and would recommend
$1,000 per month be appropriated
~ carrying on of such work. This
( a time of year when the track
equipment of the Kahuku planta.
- dean be obtained, and to my mind
us the most needed piece Of work
he Koolau district at the present
Is jSome five months ago the board
glorized the committee on roads,
iges and parks to oil the Pail road
80 1.-THE Koolau side believe that the
IN J ling of this piece of road is impera.
We if you do not desire to see it
list the repair stage in another season
%Nf'I would also strongly recommend
n iiat oiling of the macadam roads in
j. I;wa and Waialua districts be made the
lettled policy of the board, as con
sider that in Eva district the work
If maintenance is being very much me-
ilected. 1t seems TO me the utility
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