The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-04-03
WARM TALKS
BUT CONCORD
IN DECISIONS

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Several little controversies arose in
in the meeting of the Board of Super
visors, but although the debates were
warm enough the decisions were una
nimous except for a minority of one
member-a different one each time
in two or three cases.
Reports of the roads committee and
their disposal took great portion OF
the session lasting two hours and ten
minutes. One laying out a schedule
of important street repairs, recon-
mending the purchase of new animals
and wagons, also of fifteen fire ex-
tinguishers for the Kakaako and Pa
lama stables, and a change of feed
leaving out oats, was adopted with the
dissenting vote of Aylett, who objected
to the substitution of barley and bran
altogether for oats as the soft addition
to fodder
A recommendation ordering Road
Supervisor Wilson to put no more oil
on Alexander street on account of the
expense for a road but little Travelled
was amended to allow him to go ahead,
after Quinn as chairman of the COM
mittee had strongly contended for the
principle of submission of all new
work to the Board. He said Wilson
had disobeyed his orders in the mat
ter.
Road Overseer Paele of Koolaupoko
had his payroll attacked by Quinn for
excess of lunas and hiring Of black
smiths helper and Waterman. Mayor
Fern, Supervisor Cox and Paele, who
was present, defended the employ
ments. The matter was deferred to
the regular meeting on Tuesday night.
A. resolution to adopt the individual
warrant system passed with the oppo-
sition only of Supervisor Kane. In
this connection a resolution submitted
by Supervisor Logan for the purchase
of an electric adding machine for the
Office of the treasurer, to expedite the
.
Quinn. Treasurer Trent can get along
without additional clerk hire if he
gets the machine, and the cost of $3.50
added to his never all expended incl
dentals of S25 a month would mean
just $62. so a month as the expenses
of his office for one year. The resolu-
ton was referred to the committee on
expenditures as itself called for.
Quinn gave the only negative vote
on motion to award the hay contract
for April to the Union Feed Co., the
Hustace-Peck Co. claiming it on the
ground that its bid as intended was
the lowest 1t bid on large bales by
mistake for small bales. Although
the error was clearly inadvertent, the
Board felt it would be bad precedent
to allow any correction of bids after
opening.
Requests for privileges on the streets
by Contractor John Ouderkirk for the
Davies building and Architect Kerr for
the Pantheon site building were re-
ferred to the roads committee.
A letter from the Mayor reported a
visit he had paid to the wrecked bridge
at Waiahole in company with Engineer
Gere. Overseer Paele had accepted
his suggestion to leave the repairs to
the engineer.
The roads committee reported that
lack Of funds would prevent the re-
quested extension of Bates streets to
Alewa Heights at present.
Kane's resolution to require road
overseers to address all communica-
tons to the Mayor and Board of Sup
ervisors was again deferred.
Logan presented a resolution for sub
urban fire sub-stations equipped with
portable chemical engines, conditioned
on the organization of local volunteer
companies to take care of the engines
Also a resolution to inquire into the
ACCESSIBILITY of closing to vehiculal
traffic the lane near st. Louis College
where a boy was run over and killed
lately. Both were referred to COM
mittees.
A few payroll demands and coro'
ners inquest account were passed.
Adjourned to Tuesday evening next.