Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-10
COUNTY BILLS ARE
ORDERED SETTLED
SoIOnS Act on Accounts
Dating Back For
Month or More
QUINN URGES need
FOR CLOSE ECONOMY
Complaint Is Made That Merchants
Have Been Slow About Getting
in Bills-Purchase of
Engine and Roller


Engine and Roller
Bills for supplies, which had been
mounting up since January 4, werel
Jumped through in short order by the
Supervisors in their meeting last
night. Owing to the dispute between
the Mayor and the Board, concerning
the personnel of the various standing
committees. and the consequent au.
thOrity to contract Indebtedness, His
Honor declined to take part in the pro
ccedings and sat passively by while
Supervisor Logan went through the es.
tablishcd practice of playing chairman
pro TEN.
Despite the length of time which
merchants have had to get their state
mcnts into shape. all were not in last
night. Quinn suggested that the af'
fairs of the Board should be conducted
in just as orderly and business-likc o.
manner as the affairs of any private
corporation would be, and suggested
| that rule be made that all accounts
must be In by the end of the current
month.
There was considerable talk about
CCOuOmiZing, Supervisor Quinn talking
at length on the necessity for cutting
down expenses in order to get through
without serious deficiency. Logan
announced that he had hoped to pre-.
sent statement of the finances of the
City and County at the meeting. but
| that matters were so tangled up that
| he had been able to get but the barcst
| idea of the true state of affairs.
| Despite the claim that economy was
necessary, resolution was put
| through to advertise for bids for q
portable steam engine and petrol.
fhic roller for the Eva road district.
| Supervisor Kane, who has appar.
entity been gradually developing into
the "agin It" member of the majority.
got his chance to take exception to the
vote of the Board, when the date of
| the next meeting was being discussed.
| He wanted to have the Board cOngrc.
| gate at o'clock Thursday afternoon
while Aylett stated that at O'Clock
he would be on duty and therefore I'M.
able to be present. Logan suggested
| that, though he personally would like
to have the meeting at o'clock so as
to have II over with. yet he believed
that Supervisor Aylett should be taken
into consideration.
| Kane stuck to his ground. and when
the vote was finally put on the mo
ton to adjourn, he shouted mo" at
the top of his voice.
The routine deliberations Of the
County Solons follow
Routine Of the Meeting
Supervisor Quinn as chairman OF
the Committee on Roads and Bridges
presented the budget for his depart.
ment. Kane moved that 1t be adopt.
ed.
The usual dialogue having taken
place between Supervisor Logan and
His Honor, the Supervisor put the mo,
ton.
| Quinn then moved that the Auditor
be directed to draw warrants as called
Tor in the report.
The Mayor again refused to put the
question, so Logan heroically jumped
into the breach and the motion car.
ried, only Mcclellan voting No"
Kane for the Committee on Fire De.
partment and Electric Light then pre-
scented the budgets for his depart.
ments and moved their adoption.
The Mayor declined to put the ques
ton, as well as Quinn's following mo-
ton that the Auditor be directed to
draw warrants as specified in the re-,
port, Logan then put the question.
The report of the Committee on Pub
lie Expenditures was presented by
Supervisor AHA.
The motions that the report be &C
cepted and that the Auditor be direct
ed to draw warrants, We're put by Lo
gan, His Honor having declined to dc
SO.
Logan called attention to the fac
that the Auditor had had to purchase
a new set Of books and that an over
draft on his pro rata, of 800, was The
result lie therefore moved that tn,
expenditure be approved and the mon
ey be deducted monthly until the tota
nc paid.
Logan called attention to the fac
that this had nothing to do with tn,
committee dispute, and asked tn,
Mayor to put the question,
His Honor complied with the reques
and the motion was passed unani
mOusly.
Quinn then presented the report o
the Committee on Roads and Bridge