The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-03
QUINN HAS An
AUTO RATE BILL
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tion. $40; Pearl City, SIS; Oahu plan
tation, SIS, and around the island, $50.
There are twenty-five hack stands
provided for and three motor car
stands. The ordinance was referred to
the road committee for Quinn wants to
make few changes in the rates. One
of the features of the ordinance is that
all drivers will have to keep little
book with a copy of the ordinance
where all their passengers may see it
when they wish.
Odors of Graft.
An anonymous letter furnished some
excitement as it limited at graft very
strongly in the police department. The
supervisors expressed themselves as be-
ing surprised 1t called attention to
the fact that Mr.. Alfredo Gumbs had,
on his own account. gone down to Aiea
and unearthed the following case of
bribery.
A labOrer wanted to have a man ar
rested and took his troubles to Chief
Leal. LeaI assigned the case to Hippo
Tito and the man discovered that his
enemy would not be arrested until he
paid the police twenty dollars. This
Ht tiu anu IGtitbu ONGILbOh inc
trespasser.
MilvertOn said that his department
had also received copy of the letter,
as well as the territorial grand jury.
He also said he had investigated with
the result that he discovered that the
money paid was not a bride, but auto
mobile hire down to Aiea, which the
complainant paid for, as he wanted the
arrest made in hurry. Milverton
also said that he discovered that
Gumbs is sore on Leal and Hipolito.
Logan suggested that LeaI had sore
Gumbs.
Kahana Beach Road
The sum of $4,000 was voted from
the general fund FOR the building of
the Kahana beach section of the belt
road in the district of Koolauloa. The
resolution was introduced by Quinn.
There were several bids received for
the construction of this part of the
road. John Emmeluth being the lowest
and receiving the contract. The other
bidders were the Concrete Construc-
tion Company. Sl6,6S5, and Henry De
Fries and Albert Trask, $17,750.
Road Kicks.
Several kicks about the county using
private roads were received, among
them being one from r. w. King. on
behalf of himself and his mother. Mrs.
Charlotte d. King, who claim that the
county is using road through their
land on Reretanja avenue to the No
iliili quarry. They want the county to
desist.
The Honolulu plantation also kicked
because the county is using the plan
tation road from The pumping station
to the county road ut Puuloa This
also, hereafter, viii be closed to the
county In letter. Capt. c. =. Rees
cemmandaut of the naval station. call,
ed the attention of the supervisors to
the fact that county road ought 70
be built through to the Puuloa road
as the pending work on the naval res
ervation Will require it. The matter:
were referred to the road committee
The three Judges of the circuit court
communicated with the board request
ing the closing of Militant street a
the trafti, disturbs the proceedings o.
the court Attention was first called
to this during the trial Of Nori.
Vacation for Trent.
Richard II. Trent was granted sew
eral months vacation as he wishes 4
90 TO his old home in Tennessee. Dur
ing his absence. Irwin II Beadle, tn
deputy county treasurer. Will act II
his stead.
The finance report is as follows
Cash on hand, September 80, S1l5, $50.