The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-13
BLOCK PAVING
ON QUEEN ST.
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cate of the plan and also expresses
himself in favor of adopting a policy
of putting permanent pavements on
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 IL ary-
thing, but thought that after all maca-
dam at the lower price was the best.
Dwight believed the pavement ought
to be put down as test anyway.
But look at the COST" objected Fern.
who then argued that /, was bette
to buy three $40 suits than one 80
one, because there would be three new
suits to wear. Archer entertain ed
somewhat the same idea. At any rate
he wanted to have bids called for. He
had heard whispers OF someone willing
to do the work for $40 600. Then Ferr
was afraid that the county would be
stuck with bum tiocks IL they were
ordered from the Coast. He wan.eI
ohia. Archer also wanted TO know
where the $4,000 was to come from.
Hustace reminded him that there
was surplus in the treasury of $44.-
900 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 II was at it's
height someone from among the spec
tators 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
property at risk was valued by the in
surers at S20,100.
ROAD PETITIONS.
A petition from a number of resi-
dents on Gandall street, at the head
of Gulick avenue. was read. They
want some road repairing and also
four electric lights. Another petition
from residents of Puunui was present.
ed, asking for road work. Both petit
tons went to the proper committees
for consideration.
L i 4 l.
After he had asked for and been
voted an extra appropriation OF $500
for a new bridge in Manoa Valley,
Dwight reported that everything was
satisfactory in the road department.
Archer also announced that the cleo
trio light department was going along
the way it should.
Harvey called attention to bad spot
on School street, which Sam Johnson
promised to have fixed as soon as the
lawsuit the county was in over the
KaIihi 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, O0O.97 Of which s43,
557.S3 had been cash on hand. The
total expenses Of the month had been
only $40,611.32. leaving the cash on
hand at the beginning OF the present
month $40. 1886. The expenses were
under the following heads:
County Attorney. S1O26.35: Auditor,
s29715: County Clerk. S629.O5; collection
road tax, Sass; Eva road district. 81.
379.11; electric lights. Sl2S5.2l; County
Engineer. S32s.65; fire department. S.
1925 garbage department, Sl490.23;
Hawaiian band. si346.l5: Kapiolani
Park. s704.50. keepers OF parks, 500.
Koolaupoko road district, $1O05.52; po-
lice department sS245.2S; police and
fire alarm, 1926: poundmaster, $l54.s9:
road department. s14.1s104; Sheriff and
deputies, $685.; Treasurer. 1925: Waia-
nae road district. 1898: waiaIua road
district, s31510, and sundry accounts,
S9s4.5S.
The balances remaining on hand %
the credit Of the various districts IN
the road tax special deposits was: Ho-
nolulu district. S49O1.79, Eva and Wal
anae district, s259s.55; waialua dis
trict. s6631S: Koolauloa district.
s6927O; KOolaupoko district sl52.9s.
and outstanding warrants, s1.40.