The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-26

stated that the Territorial Auditor has
told him that In the cleanup at the
end of the year there would be ST.
600 in taxes and $4,000 in license fees
to come to the county. The financial
standing of the county now showed
$53,17 in the treasury, and from this
amount there could be balance of
$13,193.51 left from the December ex-
penses unless December proved wet
month, when at least ten thousand
could be left. This would give the
new board $4,000 to swing on, in ad-
dition to their regular amounts from
the Territory.
Some of the Supervisors thought this
was going to be too much to leave
over, although Fern explained that it
could be used to good advantage after
January /. 1t was resolved to leave
the big nest egg.
The December estimates totaled $43,-
$50, of which the road department gets
$4,000, Chairman Hustace remarking
that the road committee could prob
ably make that go farther than it had
the $4,000 this month.
Townsend's Back Pay.
Cox brought up the matter of pay
ing Townsend for work done as inter
prefer in the District Court since Sep
TENDER ID, communications from the
County Attorney and his deputy and
from Judge Andrade showing that
Townsend had been engaged then by
the County Attorney on the Sheriff IS
elimination that he would try and
pay half the salary out of the police
money There was nothing to show
where Townsend was to get the other
half not intimated about. nor any
thing before the board to show that
he had been appointed to do anything.
No one from the County Attorneys
office was at the meeting, this fact
bringing several caustic remarks from
Hustace to the effect that he did not
see why the County Attorney could not
attend to his duties the same as other |
officials.
eff he doesn't attend the meetings
TO answer questions about his own de-
Dartment, I'm not going to waste time :,
over it,, he said. "There were two
)r three things 7 wanted to ask about |
[ supposed that Milverton would be
here, anyhow.
Hustace Was Angry.
Harvey thought the matter ought to
70 over ANYHOW. The board had no |
authority. in his opinion, to vote !
money 20 anyone not regularly APP (
pointed. and the County Attorney had |
rot notified anyone about appointing |
Townsend nor asked for authority to |
appoint him.
The matter went over, accordingly. |
The Catch-Basins.
Road Supervisor Cummins reported |
hat he and Supervisor Archer had I.
,aid visits to about thirty of the com /
,Iained-of catch basins in Makiki. /
some of them they had punched the |
bottom OUT of experimentally. Con- |
erning the basin at the corner of P1- I!
koi and Beretania avenue, of which /
here has been so much complaint,
rummins stated that the basin was as
lrv as a bone. but that the sewer was
,verripe. He supposed someone rad
niffed the sewer aud blamed t on the
atch- basin.
Group Photograph.
Harvey reported that he had the
,ortraits Of all the board members tut
[eaIoha to go into the group photo to
,e hung in the board room. Kealoha
vas delaying the game.
The representative from Koolauloa
aid that he had a photograph he
would send in. 1t WASH t as big as
he others, but it would do.
Hustace asked him if he had the