The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-06
QUINN HAD A
LOVELY CROUCH
trfom satutany !. AdyerII.ef.l

tFrom saturdays Advertiscr)
Supervisor Quinn had Crouch on
last night nj the Board ~ Supcrvis
ots meeting. and badgercd Road su.
pcfVisor Wilson for oiling street,
Jumped on Road Oyerseer Paele Of
Koolaupcko for daring to employ a
blacksmith. or blacksmi,h's helper,
or even Waterman at the quarries or
even an extra luna. and then eriti.
cized Treasurer Trent for asking for
AN electrical adding machine for use
in case the Supervisors adopted the
individual warrant system, and de.
clared that Trent had no need for a
clerk even. and that the adding ma
chine would he used by Trent for his
commercial business.
The meeting was a-waste of words,
the discussions being lengthy and in
debating n lack of cohesion or uniform
ity of knowledge of any subject that
was brought up. The wrangling be
gan when the road committee present
ed report on matters connected with
the road department, declaring some
horses and mules and wagons unfit for
use and recommending the purchase of
new ones; recommending the road SUI
pervisor to put all machinery in good
shape; recommending that fifteen fire
extinguishcrs be put in the Kakaako
and Palama stables, and finally recon-
mending that the horses be no longer
given a square meal, but that the oats
be cut out of the bill of fare and the
animals only fed barley and bran. The
report stated that oats were expensive
l,,A . lot
of money by cutting out oats.
This brought forth an objection
from Aylett. He said that barley and
bran were insufficient for hard-work-
ing horses. Quinn, for the committee,
said he knew all about horses and
knew that they didn't need oats, but
| he felt it his duty to the taxpayers
| to cut out oats and save money to go
on roads. He said he did not mean
| that oats be cut out altogether, but the
road supervisor could feed bag of
| oats now and then. Aylett read from
the report, which said: ''We recon-
mend that nothing but barley and bran
be fed Logan thought the condi-
ton of the horses was the best evil
dence as to whether the oats should
be cut out. He thought, however, that
barley and bran would be very strong
diet. The report was finally accepted
and the horses will go on short
rations.
Quinn made another objection and
that was against Alexander street,
which is being macadamized for the
very first time, being oiled, complain
ing that Road Supervisor Wilson had
actually had the temerity to oil part
of block without getting permission
He said he did not criticize Wilson fol
lot of good work he was doing, but
he was\all wrong in oiling the street
before Quinn had said he could.
A few weeks ago Quinn stated thai
he believed in making good roads anc
u that all new streets should be oiled, n
it was the economical thing to do. HI
stated last evening that Alexander
street did not need oiling, as the stree
was not used much. One reason, how
ever. WHY Alexander street has no
been used so far is the deplorable con
dition it has been in-unfit for auto
or buggies.
Quinn and Wilson had little set-t'
over the matter, but Wilson stated tina
only $50 worth of oil had been use'
and the whole cost of oiling woul'
amount to about $500. He stated tina
it was economy to build in the dressing
with oil. Other members agreed witt
Wilson, Cox, Aylett and Mcclellan sup
ported him. 1t came out, however, tina
Quinn felt that Wilson was all wroni
because he had not directly consulte
him about oiling.
Quinn said there were other street
more important that should be oilec
He said Alexander street could be ollie
later on. Wilson stated that if it wa
left unoiled now, it would have to b
rebuilt in a few months and the cos
would be excessive.
Mr.. Quinn did state, however, that
the board left the Manoa Hill roa
longer without new coating of o
the entire expensive road would /
ruined in a short time.
Mayor Fern stated he believed
: oiling streets when they are built +
\ suggested a separate appOrtionment {
4 funds for oiling.
4 The board finally voted to allow w
/ son to go ahead with his road buildin
using oil to pack it in properly.
Then, when Road Overseer Paele
payroll came in from Koolanpoko, o
q iections were made by the road cor
mittee chairman against certain item
for the blacksmith, bis helper, waite
" man and lunas. The mayor called a
10 tention to the fact that Honolulu al
10 other districts had watchmen at Il
stables and quarres to guard coun
property and he thought it was no mo
It than right that Koolaupoko should
1t similarly equipped. Mr.. Mcclellan sa
1t that one of Quinn Is objections mig
er be well taken, and that was in rega
AT to certain parts of the payroll viii
ar apparently included some of Peck
" former employees, and thought the pa
roll could be deferred to the next me'
ing. Cox said Waialua had watchm
p. and Koolaupoko should have them
.. guard property.
Paele made n statement in Hawaii
and Cox stated that the overseer So
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