The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-02
ATTEMPT TO RAID
THE TREASURY

While the Mayor and the Board 81
supervisors are IN = quandnry as 60
how 10 pay The employees Of the road
department for the period between
March and March l5, the superyis
ors appointecs are In no quandary rs
TO what they want the Mayor and su.
per'iscrs 10 pay them. The frst Of
March Is the date the Supreme Court
declared the Supervisors appointees
had been illegally appointed. March
10 Is The date that Road Supervisor
Wilson was permitted to take hold Of
the road department fully. During
that period the crowd that the Su-
preme Court turned ont, hung tena-
ciou-ly tn their jobs, and now they
ASK the city and county to pay them
IN full, though during that period there
was practically no work done.
payroll has been filed with the
city aud County Clerk, by Tommy
Cummins, in which he certifes that he
was rond overseer during this period
ana performed the services and that
he wants to be paid at the rate of
5000 month. And this in spite of
the fact that the Supervisors them
| selves confirmed the appointment of
Wilson on March 10. How Cummins
could he road supervisor throughout
the first half of March, while Wilson
was undoubtedly the incumbent dur.
ing that time, and without question
after the tenth of March. is pretty
hard TO see. Yet there is the claim
over his own signature. Perhaps his
title to the office consists in the fact
| that he needs the money.
If possible, more barefaced claim
than that of Cummins is that of
Charles Coster. Coster was the partie.
ular man whom the Supreme Court
said, in its decision, had absolutely no
claim on the city and county, because
of the illegality of his appointment.
But he hobs up again with a claim for
half months pay for the period
from the first to the fifteenth of March.
His name is on the payroll and Cum
Minis certifes that he faithfully per-
| formed the services.D
And yet both Cummins and Coster
have been outdone by Sol Peck of Ko-
olaupoko. Peck has turned in a bill
for month and halls services of
the man who took care of his horse
in the stable that the county built on
Peck's land, hut which he now refuses
to give up. Peck kept the stable and
he wants the city to pay the stable
man. But he did give up the horse
that belongs to the city.
SSSScSSccSSSSSS>cSScS SSSSSSSSSSsssSSSSSS
by Mr.. Baldwin of Maui, who is an
authority and has the finest collection
of shells in the islands.
Koa Will Attract.
The furniture and koa exhibit will be
| oh
In fact much of the interior finish of
the building will be in koa. In add
tion to what has been purchased for
the exhibition a great many very fine
pieces of furniture have been donated
or loaned, particularly by Lucas Bros,
w. w. Harris and Mr.. James of Hilo,
while one or two Chinese cabinet max
ers of Honolulu have contributed pieces
to complete bedroom and other sets
One of the features will be a gentle
men s Longing den completed furnish
ed by Mr.. James. In the koa bedroom
will be an old fashioned four-poster
bed
The decorations throughout the build
ing will be of Hawaiian origin, as for
instance, cocoanuts in clusters, Hawai-
ian and American flags, and thousands
of feet of lima leis in two colors, mats,
ferns, portieres of kukui nuts, ported
plants, palms, etc.
An attractive feature at one entrance
of the building will be an information
counter made of the very finest quality
of curly koa. Herd will be stationed
an assistant to give out literature, and
information about the Islands.
Growing Cocoanuts.
The commissioners propose erecting
in the wing entrance a fountain and
! fernery, similar in some respects to the
one at Moanalua, so that when one
walks into the wing he is in the midst
of tropical garden. In the wing will
be maintained two rest rooms, one for
ladies and the other for gentlemen, fit
ted with all dwelling conveniences
These rooms will be done in koa. Out
side will be the garden. In the center
of this will be a little garden house
covered with thatch, similar to many
seen in the islands. Near by will be
a taro patch and also some bananas and
cocoanuts growing. Mr.. Childs has
some cocoanut trees fifteen to eighteen
feet in height and clusters of cocoa
nuts will be attached.
The Agricultural Station exhibit will
be very comprehensive showing of
products, including forage plants of all
kinds, and there will be a display of
garden truck, to indicate possibilities
in this line in Hawaii.
In the sugar production display the
commissioners anticipate making a
very extensive showing, but the details
have not yet been worked out.
Fine Moving Pictures.
One of the most important adiuncts
+ TO the whole exhibition will be the
moving picture display, accompanied by
lectures on the Islands. The moving
picture films will be furnished by r.
X. BONNIE, the moying-picture expert.
y This whole collection of films will be
one of the finest ever sent out from
one country for educational purposes.
The Bonine films are considered among
) the best produced. There will be hun
: dreds of feet of them, and, in addi-
ton, about 800 stereopticon slides of
. Island scenes covering the industries.
! A lecture is to accompany each show
ing of films, and the Hawaiian must
: clans will sing and play appropriate