The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-19
TREASURER s
LICENSE CLERK
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an adding machine or a clerk, his re-
quests are generally SHE'D at much as
bricks are thrown at the "nigger's
head at a county fair.
Then some of the members couldn't
see why there should be any necessity
| for the salary starting until July /,
when the county begins collecting the
license fees. Their idea was that the
license clerk should start right in on
/ July / and begin collecting. Super
visors Logan and Mcclellan attempted
| to show the remainder of the board
that during the month of June about
eighty different forms would have to
| be printed and arranged, lists of stores
prepared and schedules made up, so
that on July / the clerk would be
| fully prepared, and in a methodical
way, to collect the moneys which will
now go into the county treasury in
stead of into the Territorial Golfers.
These two Supervisors finally won over
a majority.
A Jolt to Magoon.
| Deputy City Attorney Milverton
| sent in a communication based on the
request of sMagoon & Weaver, to ad-
| just a claim for damages on behalf of
| the heirs of Clarissa Cummings. be-
cause the county had for some time
been removing rock and other mate
rails from her property. which have
been used on the city's roads, the city
| presumably having no authority to
| take the stuff. Mr.. Magoon's modest
! claim for damages was $4,000, this
amount being given to Mr.. Milverton
when the latter requested the attor-
ney to name his figure. There was
/, something of a smile when Mr.. Mil
verton reckoned the damages at about
| $3.50 Magoon asked 500 a month
rental on ten-year lease if the city
wanted to continue in further posses
| sion of the property.
| Mr.. Milverton estimated that about
| 10, 900 cubic yards of material had been
removed or blocked out. He estimated
| its value, outside the cost of remov-
| ing it. at five cents per cubic yard
| The whole area of the property in
| volved is about half an acre. and the
| rock taken is from about 16-10o Of an
acre. Owing to the nature of the re-
quest of the attorneys, Mr.. Milverton
stated to the board that If the city
felt any real need for the quarry it
| could obtain it through condemnation
proceedings.
The matter was referred to the road
committee to ascertain whether the city
needs the quarry and to make whatever
recommendations it may see fit.
| Big Pineapple Business.
| The Ahuimanu Ranch company and
| the Kahalua Pineapple company, both
| of the Koolau side of the island, re-
quested that the road to and from their
| estates and connecting with the main,
or ''belt road be repaired and put in
| proper condition. The companies ex
pected TO do extensive hauling, espe-
| eially when the pineapple crop was
| taken off. They estimated that at least
| 5000 tons of freight would be hauled
| over the road this year and the amount
| would double next year. They offered
| TO furnish teams, wagons and drivers
free, if the city and county would fur
| nish the materials and other labor. Re-
ferred to road committee.
Manoa Wants Better Roads.
A committee representing the Manoa
Improvement Club asked for better
| roads in College Hills and Manoa. A
petition signed by some property own
ers was read in which it was set forth
that of $4,000 appropriated by the
Legislature of 1905 for building the
Manoa road to Kamehameha avenue,
$4,000 was to be used for building and
grading the Oahu extension connecting
with the upper Manoa road. Only
$500 was used on the extension but the
remainder was used to build a road to
and beyond the then Governor place
in the end of the valley.
The petitioners and committee asked
that the lower Manoa road be attended
to promptly.
Reports on the 25th.
Supervisor Quinn prodded up the
chairmen of the various committees
who are assembling. facts and figures
about the new work to be taken over
on July /, to get their reports ready and
in by the 25th of this month. There
was a lot of work to be done before
July l and no time could .lost.
Mr.. Milverton presented documents
and releases showing that the claim of
some Waipahu residents for damages
to their property through changes in
the grade, etc, had been settled for
$100
The heads of departments are to have
lists of the names and salaries received
of all assistants and employees except
day laborers, in the hands of the clerk
not later than June |.
The design for new seal for the
treasurer was shown to the board and
approved. The sum of $3.50 was order
ed paid for the treasurer s new adding
machine.
Logan Has Many Figures.
Mr.. Logan, for the ways and means
committee, presented an oral report on
matters affecting the new health and
sanitation duties and other items In
his last written report he had omitted
the salary of the second district mag
istrate of Honolulu, paid at so much
per day when that official sat on the
bench, which would require about $3.50
for eighteen months. He said that
whatever the city and county had 10
do in paying salaries of certain sani-
tary officers, the board should do its
duty to keep the sanitary condition. of
the city up.
Racing on Eva Road.