The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-29

| the hospital lump sum Of $3.50 was
inserted in the city s appropriation bill
Superintendent or Public Works
Campbell asked the board to vaeate
| the rooms in the Capitol basement
| where the road department. was located,
as he wished TO bring the land office
there. The city viii have to find rooms
downtown for its road department of
fees
A letter was received from W. W.
Hall calling attention to a petition sent
to the territorial government in 1905
and another to the county In 1907 ask
ing for improvements on the road
which runs behind the residences Of
VI. w. Hall, $. ID. Damon and others
on Nuuanu avenue. The county had
previously acknowledged receipt of
! the petition saying the road would be
| fixed. Nothing has been done and the
road is in a wretehed condition 1t Is
SO bad that the Hawaiians living along
/ the. road have to pass through the prem
| ises of the Halls and Damons to get to
] their homes.
The Mayor said that something
should be done People should have
| ingress and egress to and from their
! homes. Anyhow, the Fifth District
should have more road work done.
/ Everything seemed to be done for the
| Fourth District AHA said that $72,-
| 0o0 had been expended on Fourth Dis
| frict roads this year and very little
for the Fifth. Quinn said he was do
ing his best. There was certain work
which must be completed in the Fourth
| and then the Fifth would receive at
/ tentien.
Logan said he was sorry about the
! Mayor s request for an auto, but there
/ had been a change of heart among the
members and the auto eouidn't be
bought. The Mayor thereapon asked
| that his monthly Incidental fund for
materials and supplies be placed at
1859 instead Of 800 as cut, and sthe
Supervisors acquieseed.
The Mayor had something to say
about the hospitals and the subsidy,
| He said that if anybody went to hos
pftal he should be allowed to have his
| family doctor attend kim. The mem
| bers koknaed this suggestion This
fprobablv refers to the strained relations
/ between DIR. 0'Day and the Queen $
Hospital. The Mayor suggestion was
referred to the health committee.
W. IF. Hoogs. a member OF the Pro
motion Committee, appeared before the
board and made a straightforward
plea for funds for the promotion work
/ He said the Legislature had cut out the
| $3.50 per month and he hoped the eoun-
ty could furnish the amount. The Pro-
motion Committee was helping every
one in the Territory. 1t was bust
! ness institution and if the members
would go to the committee s headquar-
| tiers figures could be shown that the
committee was bringing plenty Of peo-
pie here who spend much money IN the
f! Islands and therefore help everybody.
The committee had plans to spread the
promotion idea at the Seattle fair and
needed money TO do so.
Mayer Fern backed up Mr.. Hoogs.
He said he had received about 130 let
ters from people in various parts of
the world, all of which he had referred
to the Promotion Committee to answer.
/ - We have given money to various de-
/ partments which have been turned over
to Us BY the Territory said the
| Mayor Therefore, I think we should
do the same for the Promotion Com
msittee The matter was referred 70
the WAYS and Means Committee. Some
i'of The members are favorablv inclined
toward the Promotion Committee. and
it IS possible some way may be found
TO give funds for its work.
The roads committee reported that
for the month Of July it recommended
that as soon as oil arrived from San
Francisco work should commence on
| Merchant street and that King street
| be finished. It recommended working
| on lower Emma street and continuing
the Punt'hbowl road. The committee
thought it could do something for Kap-
iolaui Park and Diamond Head and
recommended the work continue On the
Pail, and the Belt road.