The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-20

pounds; salmon, 400 pounds; potatoes,
450 pounds; poi, 1900 pounds; onions,
200 pounds; pork, 200 pounds; rice,
400 pounds; beans, 100 pounds; salt,
$50 pounds; tea, so pounds; coffee, so
pounds; soap, 120 pounds; flour, 50
pounds; vegetables, $500; bread, 1400
leaves; coal, two and onehalf tons;
fire wood, one cord.
A resolution was passed directing the
County Clerk to advertise for bids for
supply sufficient for six months.
Costly Slip.
Fifty-seven dollars and forty cents
was appropriated to pay Judgment in
favor of Marie K. Humphreys for a
tree destroyed by county officials. I'm
der the terms of the law, the county
may settle for damage done to any
tree for the sum of $500. No settle
ment was made in this case and the
court awarded the plaintiff damages to
the amount of the legal indemnity.
But the county also has $52.40 costs to
pay
The read committee, in compliance
with a resolution introduced at a re-
cent meeting, reported the deficits for
the care and disposition of garbage
during the June quarter Of the past
four years us follows:
Quarter ending June of this year,
s1S4.89; quarter ending June, 1908,
$9916s; quarter ending June, 1907,
$2,327.14; quarter ending June, 1906,
$3,431.3S
A resolution was passed instructing
the County Engineer to call for bids
for the construction of roads at Ka-
luanui and Kahana beaches, just as soon
as he shall have completed the survey
of the roadways.
In reply to the protest fled by John
Emmeluth & Co. against the action OF
the police commission in awarding the
contract for supplies for the county
jail to w. w. Dimond & Co., when that
concern was not the lowest bidder, the
committee reported that the award had
been made to Dimond after careful con-
sideration of all details. It admitted
that in some cases Dimond was not the
lowest bidder, but that the articles bid
on were such as were needed, something
that was not true of the bids of some
of the others.
Several applications for roadwork
were received and referred to the road
committee.
Mayor Fern addressed letter to the
Board, stating that the Governor was
DESTROYS of having those city EN-
.ployes, who are members of the Ma
tional Guard rifle team ordered to the
target shoot at Camp Perry, Ohio,
granted leave of absence. There was
some question as to whether the leave
should include pay. Quinn thought
that it should and moved that the re-
quest be granted, saying that the city
and county is much indebted to the
Governor and that it should extend
any courtesy possible. The requested
leave of absence was therefore granted.
The following money was appropri-
ated: $937.75, to pay for petrolithic
roller, harrow and cultivator; $188.50,
donation to Kapiolani Park: $S73.05,
payrolls for Eva and Waianae road dis
tricts; $3,115.41, payrolls for Honolulu
district; 1855, Manoa road and bridge;
$375.59, collection and disposition of
garbage; $2,156.02, material and sup
plies road district Of Honolulu: 1904. So,
Koolauloa road district; $2,363.15 (from
general fund), material and supplies
for Honolulu road district; 1855. 10,
Waialua road district, $599.57, main
tenance of fire department and electric
lights; $9S4.34, maintenance Of police.