The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-19
NEW WATCHDOG
FOR TREASURY

nearly all matters aud be- received very
little sympathy from his co-mcmbers Of
the hoard
When the board was about 30 al
| iourn Kane rose and swung bis arms,
and. looking straight nj city Engineer
Gcrr. said that people had come 90 him
| 90 inquire whether the city engineer
had been asked by the board 10 make
surveys FOR The proposed road.
." But. - shouted Kane, 1--WE want 10
know whether the property owners had
agreed TO this road As a member Of
this board | don Z wish TO go into any
unnecessary expense. We appropriated
| 5000 to make the surveys, but we want
To settle these questions first. Will
you explain TO this board, Mr.. Gerei"
May Not Be Feasible.
Engineer Gerc replied that he did
! not think any consultations with owners
was necessary unless il was determined
hat the road as proposed was feasible
II il is not found feasible then there is
no need to consult anybody. As to the
Steward estate. which Mr.. Kane had
in mind, he said the land was leased
to the Macfarlanos for thirty years, and
they were IN favor of the new road.
lie said that personally, he did not be
liove the road feasible, but he did not
feel warranted in saying so until the
surveys were completed
Up to Col. Jones.
In another instance when the Mayor
presented communication TO the
board saying that lac had received a
request from the HilO band to allow
the Hawaiian band TO 90 TO llilo March
20 to participate in the silver jubilee
of the HilO band, Kane came TO the
front again as a watchdog of the treas
ury The HilOites said they would pay
the expenses of the band in lIilo but
could not provide transportation across
the water. Mr.. Logan said that HilO
was a little out of the jurisdiction of
the Honolulu board and he did not feel
that the city should pay the transpor'
, tatiOn, much as they would like to
q have the band 90 over to the big island.
No doubt the Interstate laws would
q prevent Mr.. Kennedy, even, from Civ
q ing free transportation. However, a.
A the band was partially military or
. ganizatiOn, and the National Guard
@ might have a fund to pay transpOrta
4 ton, he thought the matter might be
4 referred to Adiutant General Jones He
y moved the matter be so referred and 50
did Quinn. Kane jumped up and be
I gan talking again. LET llilo pay tn,
q bill! We won appropriate cent?
4 and down came his fist on the table
with bang.
q AHA said that if any money wa
Il to be spent on the band let il 20 to
ward raise in salaries, but not on
{ iunkets; that is, if the county had tt
Il pay. Mr.. Logan thought it a gooC
!. idea to refer to Col. Jones. The. Ma
+ tional Guard might like TO send the
/. band TO lilo Just to encourage tn,
n National Guard spirit and assist il
the formation of second company
Il of militia there. The matter wac
Q finally referred to Col. Jones.
d Lesson in Etiquette.
e At the very start of the meeting
# Kane showed his belligerency and OPP
e position by criticizing a report iron
N Road Ovcrseer Andrew Adams whicl
y, had been addressed to the City En-
rs gineer referring to the damage dom
A. to roads in Koolau and KoOlaupok,
e road districts in last week s storm
e Chairman Quinn of the committee oil
e roads, bridges, etc, presented the let
h ter to the Board, saying he had foun,
il on Mr. Gere IS desk and in the alb
sence of that official had taken i
upon hinself to get it before tn,
Board. Kane objected and wanted al
Y communications addressed to the Board
He said the engineer was only an EN-
ploye and should not be addressed.
AHA cut Kane short by moving I,
refer the communication to the engi
neer for consideration. As it was onl,
report on damage, that was th
proper move.
v Quinn said the engineer was in Koo
Is lau at that time investigating the mat
a ter. Aylett said the matter could no
e be acted on anyway until the Cit
r Engineer returned. Mr.. Adams woul
k not know exactly what to do and tn
a engineer would "When the City Ell
is gineer gets back, and"
4. And just then Mr.. Gere walked int
A. the assembly room.
owen, talk of the devil and he
g sure to appear remarked Aylett.
ne Great Damage to Koolau.
Mr.. Adams letter referred to niue
a. damage near Kaaawa where nifty fec
re of road had been washed out, bu
Of enough rock had been washed dow
m from the mountains to assist in mai
(. ing repairs. At Kahana bridge abu
k. ments had washed away and one en-
II. had dropped into the water. On tn
he Punaluu side of Kahana landslid
g had filled one half of the road in on
m place and there were two bad wasl
ne outs at the Punaluu bridge. There
ed a large hole in the fill at the Haul
on bridge and many minor washouts
70. the road through Kahuku. The bridl
at Kaunala has dropped in the cent?
re as the earth had been washed out b
.rs meath the mudsills. He estimated Il
N damage from Kahuku to Kaaawa
90 be about $4,000.
In Mr., Gere said he had gone over Il
an whole route Of the road on windwa'
Oahu and said that autos could n
nj make the circuit of the islands uni
Tuesday next AT earliest. He thong
about $1,000 would cover the repai
10 be made and he could do this o
of his allowance, without calling
al the county for additional money. 4
bridges could be bolstered up. He sa
'as that Road Overseer Paele had abo