The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-28

business, along with much routine
we're despatched by the Baord of SUI
pervisors last night.
After sharp fight the health COM
mittee carried both the dairy and the
milk ordinances by bare majority
This was final passage, the ordinances
going TO the Mayor for his signature.
An amendment to the ordinance ter
regulating the digging up OF streets
by corporations was adopted, and the
amended bill passed on first reading.
Nv one amendment the inspection Zee
is reduced from 81 to so cents, and
instead of being applicable to single
hole the fee will cover 300 lineal 1eeC
of disturbed locality.
An additional appropriation OF ST.
600 for maintenance of schools and Tor
school supplies was made in resoiu-
ton that passed first reading with only
Kane's negative vote.
Two Mckinley high school teachers
appeared before the Board to advocate
a request that the boys of the school
be allowed to practice football on Ma
kiki recreation grounds. They sald
that police officers had ordered the
bows off the field that afternoon. Lo-
gan stated that the ground was dt-
dicated to recreation many years ago
and athletic organizations mad al
WAYS had the use of it under the rule
of first come first served. Kane sald
tina trees and grass hal been planted
lately and it was on complaint tnat
1.-THE bows were damaging the tender
growth that officers had been sent OUT
TO interfere. Chairman Quinn OF the
road committee in moving reference Oh
the matter to that committee, SAID
they had found the ground garbage
dunn and were making it look res
pectable. More han hundred trees
had been planted around the ooruei
and new grass put down. However
the use of the compound as a play
ground could not be stopped ana ne
promised that the committee woulC
not do anything in that direction. he
felt sure that the committee woul'
: arrange matters to satisfy the boys
The motion carried.
;, When the milk and dairy ordln
ances were called up Mcclellan, U
= allow whom to study the bills the!
were deferred at the previous meet
ing, rose and opposed the ordinance
as having too many details and benz
liable to drive the small dairymen on
of business
Logan in reply stated that the or
dinances had been under considera
ton for months past Two hearing
had been given to the dairymen, be
sides which they had held a meetin
: of their own in the assembly ROOF
of the Supervisors. At the latter mee'
ing no member of the Board was pre-
sent and the dairymen appointed
committee to draw up amendments
the ordinances, but it had proved thi
= there was no amendment on which tn
dairymen could agree. The Boar
had therefore awaited in vain an
united expression from the dair!
i men. An amending ordinance ha
been submitted by the committee Il
massage Immediately after the al
prevail of the original ones, which CO
cred the only two objections OF re
harship in the ordinances. A moo
fication of the temperature provisic
was offered which was two degre
higher than the dairymen asked. The
was nothing besides in the measur
which most of the small dairym'
= were not already living up to, und
the Board of Health regulations,
= which could not be complied with
but slight trouble and expense. II
provisions in fact were mild In col
parison with the milk ordinances
progressive cities on the mainlan
- One of Honolulus leading dairym
within the past few days had to
the speaker that the ordinances we
excellent and that the dairymen h
found it impossible to agree on a
objections thereto.
Cox spoke strongly against the
dinances, arguing that the eprovisio
would not be enforced, therefore tn
would only be an addition to
large amount of dead letter laws pa
ed by the Legislature. So far as tn
Iwould be enforced they would mere
drive poor men out of the business
Kane also spoke against the ord
ances.
Mcclellan stated that Paul lsenb'
- said to him in San francisco that
ordinances would drive the small da
men out of business. In answer tc
les statement that Mr.. Isenberg ber'
me going away had based his opini
ny. entirely on the temperature provisi
ain the speaker said that in San Fri
wa cisco Mr.. Isenberg mentioned otl
is affections To the measures.