The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-04-28
busy SESSION
OF SUPERVISORS

prepared by Deputy Clerk Bunandeau
from the records the ways and means
committee of the Board of Supervisors
presented a report at the meeting last
night II showed that with moneys
voted but not yet expended there
would be an average monthly overdraft
Of 1914 Taking into account large
unforeseen expenditures, of KINDS be-
yond the control Of the boards, the
municipality had kept well within its
income in general administration. Yet
to provide for the new road machinery
on which bids had been received, as
well as to ensure a fair working sur
plus for future emergencies, the Board
adopted a resolution submitted by the
committee to reduce the allowance for
roads and bridges $1,000 a month divi-
ded equally between the districts of
Honolulu, Eva, Waialua, Koolauloa
and Koolaupoko. 1t was stated that,
in the absence of Chairman Cox of the
police committee, no recommendation
had been made to reduce the police in
cidental fund, but the committee urged
retrenchment on all the services be-
sides that of roads and bridges.
There was another little breeze over
the Koolaupoko roads and bridges ex-
penditures in general and the Waia-
hole bridge repairs in particular, arts
ing from a report of the roads commit
tee in which, after stating that Over
seer Paele has used all the money al
lotted to Kooiaupoko for March, the
committee said: I'VE think that this is
very bad practice to use up all the
money in few days"
Mcclellan strongly objected to this
passage as undue censure, since the
money had been eaten up on Waiahole
bridge and that with the authorization
of the board. He moved to strike out
the censure.
Kane, as a member of the committee
dissented from the same part of the
report. Mayor Fern also took a hand
in defending Paele.
Chairman Quinn or the roads com
mittee disclaimed intent to be severe.
saying the passage was intended chief
ly as caution to all overseers. He
offered to withdraw that part of the
report.
Aylett, the other signer, declined to
yield, relating the history of the
bridge trouble to show that it originat-
ed in Paele's ignoring of the engineer.
A motion to defer the report until
next meeting was made, but the dis
cussion continued nevertheless.
Engineer Gere said that the figures
of cost of the bridge given by the
Mayor and Mcclellan were incorrect
and that the work would be completed
in few days.
Mayor Fern waved a report from
Paele in his hand, but said that before
presenting it he would have to have il
; translated into English.
In the meantime Aylett, having had
his say, was ready to withdraw his
opposition to the expunging of the
censure and Logan, with the remark
that Paele's translated report could be
considered along with the committee
report, called for a vote on the motion
to defer under the rules. The motion
carried
, There was no discourtesy to the
Mayor but the contrary in this actor
which was necessary to stop a useles!
debate
On the matter of an exchange O
two old horses of the fire department
for one new one, there was divided ad
vice from the fire committee and j
was referred back to them for a de
finite recommendation.
Logan, on behalf of many citizens
brought up the matter of violations O
the automobile speed ordinance ant
introduced the following resolution
which was adopted, after Quinn hat
corroborated the introducer's state
ments about reckless and unskilfu
drivers and stated that, at his instance
the attorney had in hand an adaptation
of the San Francisco ordinance TO
adoption by the board:
Whereas, 1t is common knowledg
that many automobile chauffeurs an
drivers habitually disregard the spec
limit ordinance, and the number G
accidents in which automobiles ar
concerned appears, from daily news
paper reports, to be increasing
Resolved, That a special committed
to consist of the chairman of tn
roads and bridges and the police con
mittees, with another member of thi
, board to be named by the Mayor, /
appointed to consider the present at
O tomobile speed ordinance with vie
to ascertain whether or not it is &C
vsable to amend it, and if so to re-
ommend on the advice of the City an
| County ATTORNEY such amendment 9