The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-03
QUINN HAD 4
LOVELY CROUCH
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ZIG ~ a mo outf TO the taxpayers
to cut out oats and save money to go
on roads. He said he did not mean
that cats be cut out altogether, but the
road supervisor could feed bag of
oats now and then. Aylett read from
the report, which said: eve recon-
mend that nothing but barley and bran
be fed. y 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 60 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 for
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 that
he believed in making good roads and
that all new streets should be oiled. as
| it was the economical thing to do. He
| stated last evening that Alexander
street did not need oiling, as the street
| was not used much. One reason. how
| ever, why Alexander street has not
| been used So far is the deplorable CON
| ditlon it has been in--unfit for autos
| or buggies.
Quinn and Wilson had little set-to
over the matter, but Wilson stated that
only $50 worth of oil had been used
and the whole cost of oiling would
amount to about $3.50. He stated that
| it was economy to build in the dressing
| with oil. Other members agreed with
| Wilson, Cox, Aylett and Mcclellan sup
ported him. 1t came out, however, that
Quinn felt that Wilson was all wrong
because he had not directly consulted
| him about oihng.
| Quinn said there were other streets
more important that should be oiled.
He said Alexander street could be oiled
| later on. Wilson stated that if it was
| left unoiled now, it would have to be
rebuilt in few months and the cost
| would be excessive.
| Mr. Quinn did state, however, that If
=! the board left the Manoa Hill road
| longer without new coating of oil
| the entire expensive road would be
ruined in short time.
| Mayor Fern stated he believed in
| oiling streets when they are built. He
| suggested separate apportionment OF
funds for oiling.
| The board finally voted to allow Will
son to go ahead with his road building,
using oil to pack it in properly.
| Then, when Road Overseer Paele s
| payroll came in from Koolaupoko, OBJ.
| iections were made by the road COM
| mittee chairman against certain items
| for the blacksmith, his helper, watch-
| man and lunas. The mayor called at
| tention to the fact that Honolulu and
other districts had watchmen at the
stables and quarries to guard county
property and he thought it was no more
than right that Koolaupoko should be
similarly equipped. Mr.. Mcclellan said
| that one of Quinn S objections might
| be well taken, and that was in regard
to certain parts of the payroll which
apparently included some of Peck s
former employees, and thought the pay.
| roll could be deferred to the next meet
| ing. Cox said Waialua had watehmen
and Koolaupoko should have them to
guard property.
Paele made a statement in Hawaiian
and Cox stated that the overseer said
powder had been stolen from the quar-
ry. He had cement and other valuable
materials at the Waiahole bridge where
| important repairs were being made and
| the stuff had to be guarded. At present
he was making repairs with gangs ten
and twelve miles apart and luna was
over each gang. This was only while
| the recent storm damage was being
| fixed up. The Mayor said that the re-
pairs were important and there should
be lunas over working gangs.
The Mayor cautioned the board from
| bringing politics into the discussion or
allowing politics to influence them IN
these matters. The matter was finally
referred to the committee on roads
Mayor Fern presented letter to the
board in which he told of his visit
with Engineer Gere to Waiahole bridge,
the cause of the Gere-Paele controversy.
He found that Paele had begun making
instant repairs to the bridge when the
storm was over on March 16 and had
kept the bridge open for use and was
carrying out his own plans for keeping
the way open. On March "a Gere had
gone over there and objected to Paele' 3
methods. The matter was adjusted
now. A map was employed on the work
under the direction of Engineer Gere.
A special committee reported that the
new street line at Bethel and Hotel
streets had been adjusted satisfactorily
to the county and the property owners.
Overseer Paele called attention, in a
letter, to a demand of former overseer
Peck of Koolaupoko for month and
half S salary for his japanese watch
man. Referred to roads committee.
Logan said that in view of the pos
sibility of the individual warrant sys.
tenn being adopted the Treasurer would
have more work and so would the Au-
ditor, and the latter would need another
clerk. As for the Treasurer he recon-
mended, on behalf of Treasurer Trent,
a new electrical adding machine to aid
in the work to cost about $3.50. HIS
stated that the Treasurer used the
smallest incidental fund of any depart
ment and some of the cost could be
defraved from this fund and more could
be added. He offered resolution COW
ering an adding machine.
Hu;pp objected He said he wanted