The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
TOO MANY COOKS
SPOIL THE BROTH


Ihnt iuu many cooks spoil thf broth
Seems npphonhio o. the present BOARD
~ Supervisors with reference 90 tho
bungiinE NJ repair work on the waia
hole bridge which was partially de-.
stroysd in she frcshets N March No.
body recms 20 know how muc1 the
remainder Of the Sob will cost. nor
how long Il viii take, nor how much
cement Il win require 10 make the
bridge safe The waiahole bridge has
become the DOGGY Of the board. and IN
the muddlo Road Overseer Paele OF
koolnupoko district seems to be the
under dog
The Mayor called attention TO the
distressing state Of affairs at the Wal.
ahole bridge AT last nights session Of
the board, having Just returned from
the bridge with Supervisor Kane,
which they visited to learn the truth
OF the situation. After the Mayor
made a statement OF his observations.
giving his ideas as To the further cost
of repairs. Supervisor Quinn made a
contra statement, denying the truth of
some of the Mayors information. The
Mayor thought the cost would be some
thing like $1,000; Quinn thought It
would be a few hundreds, and En-
gineer Gere added other figures
The whole Waiahole incident has
been the cause Of more recrimination
among the board members than any
other job. and II Will crop up again
unless all signs fail
The Mayor stated that when he Wis.
tied the bridge yesterday a mechanic
from Honolulu was patching UP the
old engine and pump which Is making
an effort TO suck the coffer-dam dry OF
water so that the cement work can be
done. The engine is apparently on its
last legs. The Mayor thought the work
would not be finished for at least two
weeks If then. The bridge has been
costing all kinds of money thus far,
and he thought It would cost thou
sands to make complete There are
'Dther bridges to be fixed and repair.
ed and rebuilt. and he did not believe
such work should be done out of the
districts appropriation, but special APP
preparations should be made from the
general fund for all bridge work, the
same as was done under the old
county board.
| lt .lhSDi HAhAth littl Idtit WAS VI
against a short appropriation for the
rest of the month for road work, hav.
I ing put most OF his money. into the
bridge. He felt that the engineer
should bring in plans and estimates OF
cost for repairs to bridge work and
the work be done under appropriation
from the general fund.
Supervisor Quinn said the work
would cost about 5000. He was at Wal.
ahole just after the Mayor and he
thought everything was o. x.
Logan remarked that Paele seemed
to have blocked things at the start
by putting the dogs on Engineer Gere
when he went there to make a report
Engineer Gere stated that he agreed
with the Mayors policy of making
special appropriations for repairs to
bridges. and would have to do so in
this instance. He thought the work
could be finished for about 5000 If there
are no more storms meanwhile.
Logan thereupon int~o1uced a reso-
luton appropriating S199 to be used in
addition to the $3.50 yet remaining to
carry on the work this month.
1t is quite likely that the Mayors
plan. to specialize appropriations for
bridge work TO be done under the di-
rection of the Engineer, viii be
| adopta5