The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-18
TRAF FIC Law
PASSES BOARD
New Ordinance Will Go Into
Effect in Fifteen
Days.

The automobile ordinance introduced
by Supervisor James c. Quinn into the
Board of Supervisors. is now law and
fifteen days are granted to owners of
machines to learn its provisions and
obey the new rules. It was matter
Of qualification to the auto-driving SUI
pervisor that the ordinance has passed
its final reading and that Honolulu will
now have law governing the speed
and moments of machines by day and
night which will be effective in the in
terests of the pedestrian and buggy
driving public, if only the police
properly enforce it.
Taking time by the forelock one
auto-owner has already had his regis
ter number painted on the lamp glasses
Every auto must now use red tail
light. Furthermore, it will be unlawful
for machine drivers to permit the
muffers" to emit loud noises on the
down town streets. In brief, the Board
of Supervisors has opened the throttle
in an anti-noise crusade.
Consequent upon the passage of the
auto ordinance Supervisor Logan pre-
sented resolution requesting the police
committee to investigate the causes of
recent eases of ALLEGED reckless driving
/ of machines resulting in accidents
The feature of the Logan request
which gives power to a committee to
make itself felt in various county de-
partments, caused Supervisor Quinn to
express his approval and to voice the
sentiment that this method of going
to the head of department or bureau
would prevent a subordinate from snap
ping his fingers at requests for Super
visors committees. It would enable
the committee, he said, to pat its foot
squarely on bureaus.
Kaluanui Agreements.
The Mayor reported on the agree
ments signed by county officials with
Chinese residents on property along the
Kaluanui beach, Koolau, whereby the
tenants have agreed to remove certain
obstacles on rights-of- way which they
have granted to the county for a new
section of road from the beach within
thirty days, the county agreeing to pay
them $2370. This sum is divided into
FIVE payments to five different tenants.
as follows: 1908, SAB, $408, 1913 and
1898.
Mr.. Quinn stated that the securing
of the right-of-way was due largely
to the efforts of Mr.. J. J. Bowling,
general manager of the Castle interests
in Koolau, Engineer Gere and the
Mayor
Engineer Gere received authority to
call for tenders for building the new
section of road, bids to be in by the
07fh of tho nrasent month
Plumbing Inspector Miehlstein IS APP
pointment of A S. Kaleiopu as clerk
in the plumbing inspector g Office, was
approved, the salary being SIS per
month.
Much Road Work.
A detailed statement of the road
work done under the direction of Road
Supervisor Wilson for July was read.
In the portion of the report devoted to
the stables, Mr.. Wilson gave the cost
per day of each mule, including care,
feed and shoeing, as .4S3 cents.
To Prevent Street Digging.
Supervisor AHA presented an ordi-
nance to prevent the promiscuous dig
ging of streets without first receiving
permission from the County Clerk or
County Engineer. The ordinance covers
work being done by the telephone com
pany. At the request of Mr.. Logan
no action was taken on the proposed
ordinance, he stating that too much
haste was manifested in rushing ordi-
nanees through, which has already
caused republication of some.
Tenement Ordinance.
1t was stated by the clerk, while
reading over the titles of various ordi-
naces, that the tenement ordinance
publication expired today, and that it
would be ready for action on the part
of the supervisors.
Hospital Complaint.
Mr.. Logan made mention of com
plant of the hospital people that they
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