The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-09-15
DR.. COFER AND
HEALTH BOARD
tTrOm saturdays Advertiser,

terror, holdlng that there Is no iegai
impediment to DR.. Cofer holding the
office of president Of the Board Of
Health while still retaining his position
in the United States Marine Hospital
and Public Health Service.
Governor Frear said that in present
ing the matter to the Department, he
had sent full list of all the Federal
officers affected by the issue, and had
presented all the law on the subject
which could be found, even some which
! it was not thought amounted to a
great deal.
The reply Of the Acting Secretary Of
the Interior is very full, and holds not
only that DR.. Cofer may hold the Of
fee Of president of the Board Of Health
and retain his position in the Fed
eral service, and that the others SINH
larly situated may hold the Territorial
positions without detriment to their
Federal positions, but went on to say
that in many cases it was desirable
that Federal officials should hold local
positions bringing the work of the two
sovereignties into harmony.
Governor Frear would not say that
DR.. Cofer would again become the head
Of the Territorial Health Department.
He said that he could not say right
away that he would.
A. S. Humphreys, who represents
those who raised the question of DR..
Cofer's right to hold the two positions,
said that he could not state what if
anything would be done until he had
consulted his clients.
There is feeling, however, that DR..
Cofer will not accept the position
again. While this ruling of the De-
partment is very satisfactory and very
fattering to him, it is not decision
of court and therefore if the question
should yet be pressed to an issue in
| the courts, the decision might be that
the two Offices are incompatlp,c aud
that the acceptance of the Territorial
office is in legal effect resignation of
the Federal position. And it would
take an Act of Congress to reinstate
him in the position he now occupies in
the Public Health service.
In addition, the position of president
of the Board of Health is one that
draws good deal of criticism on the
occupant, and while DR.. Cofer is not
afraid of criticism in the line of his
official duties, accepting the presidency
of the Board of Health is in some as.
poets unnecessarily inviting criticism.
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wagons. without engine, 1875 each.
| Engineer Gere then asked for n
sprinkler wagon for the Eva road
work. Hustace jumped the engineer
at once. First he had only asked for
roller and he did not suppose he
wanted anything else.
You mislead me many times, -
shouted the chair.
Archer explained that second hand
sprinkler could be bought here.
&C want to know these things in ad-
vance; what do you want wagon
forf you people ought to wait for a
rain for your water for the road. -
continued Chairman Hustace.
The engineer explained that his es.
innate he had shown the chair con-
tanned items for cost of watering the
road during macadamizing.
| Fern thought it no more than right
that, if road were to be macada-
mized, sprinkling cart should be pro-
! vided. Even coral road could not
be laid without a sprinkler. Mr..
Dwight said he knew nothing about
the sprinkler proposition for that road.
Mr.. Hustace, however, harped on
the proposition that additional pur-
| chases would put the county in debt.
Economy was necessary. Hustace f.
nally agreed to let Archer have his
secondhand sprinkler if it were paid
for out of Eva funds. The sum of
$3.50 was finally appropriated for it's
| purchase.
| The chair requested that the Hawai-
ian band be given n vacation of two
weeks between now and the time the
Pacific fleet returns from Samoa. He
said the band had already had two
weeks vacation, but it had been very
hard worked this summer, on the occa
sion of the visit of the Atlantic and
Pacific fleets. The board willingly
gave the vacation asked for.
Kealoha said the Koolauloa bridge
needed repairs. He said the engineer
estimated it would cost about $500 foi
repairs. Mr.. Gere said the bridge wa,
worn out. He suggested, instead of +,
bridge, that the place be bulkheaded
and filed in with riprap. He consid
: cred the bridge in its present stat,
was dangerous.
He also referred to two bridges il
Kaneohe. These were in immediat,
need of repair. He thought he coul,
fix the Waiahole bridge at once, bu
asked for material for the othe
bridge. Archer asked to defer tn
matter one week, as the road commit
tee intended going over the entir
+ road, He didn't think anybody woul
D be killed meantime.
+ The road committee was immovabl
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