The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-05-19
Preparing To Take
Up New Burdens

Oral reports from the police, health
and ways and means committees given
at the meeting or the Board of Super
visors yesterday afternoon, showed
that progress had been made in pre-
parations for taking over the new res
possibilities transferred from the Ter
ritory to the city by the late Legis-
lature. Should the final estimates on
maintenance of Honolulu Jail be not
much more than the Territorial es-
Inmates made before the transfer
everything new in services can be fair
ly well covered by the additional re-
venue not counting whatever increase
there may be from the regular tax
funds.
Another step was taken in assuming
the new work when the salary of Ii
cense clerk to be attached to the
Treasurers Office was fixed, being 1925
month so that Treasurer Trent could
have an idea OF what kind of man to
engage and that the preliminary ar
rangements for collecting the license
fees could be proceeded with in good
time The Board also adopted a
Treasurers seal design submitted by
tae committee on expenditures.
Supervisor Kane's resolution to au-
thorize the payment of ten cents a
mile each way for travelling expenses
of members in attending meetings was
reported on favorably by the commit
! tee on expenditures, but it was re-
committed for amendment to limit its
Honolulu district.
Deputy Attorney Milverton report
ed on the claim of the heirs of Clarissa
Cummings for trespass on quarry prop
erty at Moiliili, committed through a
mistake of former Road Supervisor
Cummins under the county govern
ment. He gave an estimate of the &C
tual damage as being $3.50 Magoon
& Weaver, attorneys for claimants
! had put the damage at $4,000 in reply
to his request for a statement. Mr..
Milverton further informed the Board
that if the city NEEDED the quarry II
could be acquired by condemnation
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on roads, bridges and parks
Quinn presented a report of the
roads committee on Road Supervisor
Wilson's report of work, recommend
ing that detailed reports should be
rendered of all road work showing the
cost in labor, materials and hauling
Mayor Fern raised the objection thai
Wilson was being singled out for thC
eXaction of accounting from him, moth
ing being said in the report about the
cost of work done under the road over
seers of the country districts. 1t was
pointed out to him that the city work
was the subject of the report, the
committee having under consideration
the report of Engineer Gere on the
work in the country districts. The
report was unanimously adopted.
E. Herrick Brown, Arthur c. Alex
ander and Samuel De treest, a com
mittee of the Manoa Improvement
Club, appeared before the Board in
support of a petition from property
owners praying for attention to Ma.
noa roads. 1t was shown that OF
$4,000 appropriated by the Legisla,
ture of 1905 for building the Manos
road to Kamehameha avenue, $1,000
was to be used for building and grad
ing the Oahu extension connecting
with the upper Manoa road. ONLY
$500 was used on the extension, the
bulk of the money being put in roaC
to and beyond Governor Carter's place
at the end of the valley. AS the own
ers of property on the extension gave
land for the road, the delegation sale
they felt rather sore at the teatment