Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-20
TO sign
Death WARRANT
Five Supervisors Still
Shy At Phone
Contract

II refuse to become party to the
signing of the death warrant of the
City and County Of Honolulu" was the
dramatic declaration made by Super.
visor Aylett at the meeting of the
board Of solons at the spirited meet.
ing held last evening.
Aylett came out fat.footed against
the adoption Of the proposed agree.
ment with the telephone company.
Prior to the general meeting of Sup
ervisors the county legislators went
INTO caucus. Logan and Quinn entered
this preliminary bout buoyant with
hope that the measure would be
passed. After about twenty minutes
verbal sparring the two lone supervis.
ors who have been putting In yeomen
service with view of assisting in the
installation Of a new telephone system,
practically threw up their hands.
There is nothing doing with thl,
bunch" was the crestfallen comment
from the lone minority.
Aylett came to the front and center
when the phone matter was again
dragged from the depth OF unfinished
business which adorned Mayor Ferns
desk.
With Aylett, was Cox. Kane, McClel.
ian, AHA and Fern. That telephone
agreement did not look good to fiv.
lawmakers but 1t was left to Aylett t.
say the last sad rites over the meas.
ure before II was consigned to oblivion
and laid forever on the table of oh
security. N,
Quinn offered a motion that the tel
ephone agreement as read and dis
cussed at former meetings, be accepted
and that the clerk be authorized to
axe steps towards having the agree.
.nent signed by both parties.
Logan seconded Quinn's motion and
.hen followed orStorical pyrotechnics.
Aylett said that no had read the agree
ment over very carefully. He scented
joker In the innocent appearing type
written pages Of the document. "a
and several things In this agreement
hat does not suit me-" said he. 81.
looks as II the City and County will be
he losers should this measure be
passed. II Is the death warrant to u
,ree and untrammeled right to city
streets and thoroughfares according 70
my opinion and for one will never
place my signature to such a docu
ment."
1T may be death warrant In more
ways than one" was the quiet rejoind
er from Logan. Aylett, however, main.
tanned the floor and further declared
that he was ready to discuss the meas.
ure hundred times before affixing
the Aylett John Hancock" to the
agreement. when the interests OF
the city and county are at stake you
can count me on the side OF the. people
and I think that 1t should be the duty
Of every Supervisor to assume the
same stand In this instance"
Aylett found that the agreement AZ
1t stands left the repairs Of the con
Quits In the hand Of the city, save
something like thirteen thousand feet
The measure IL totally unfair to the
taxpayers was his belief and as Aylet,
subsidized he again declared II will vote
against the measure as It stands"
The call for vote resulted In Ay
lett, Cox, Kane, Mcclellan and Ali;
voting no. with Quinn and Logan Oh
the Affirmative side. The telephone
agreement then went to the refriger
ator for safe keeping.
The ffty.cent posthole ordinance o
the Street Excavation Ordinance wen
through with surprising unanimity
This measure. was brought up am
read by title for the last time.
| nassed by seven votes,