The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-05-06
QUINN AND WILSON
IN WORDY COMBAT

paper to state the facts in regard to
Mr.. Wilson's letter to the board OF
supervisors, my former Letter to Mr..
Wilson having been published in full,
also Mr.. Wilson's letter to the board
of May 4th. At the time Mr.. Wilson 8
letter was received by the board,
made certain corrections, it being full
of misstatements which the general
public know nothing about
About two months ago, one Satur-
day afternoon it was raining very hard
met Mr.. George Smith in front of his
drug store, corner of Hotel and Fort.
He said to me- Quinn, look at the
terrible condition of these crossings.
they are ankle deep in mud Look at
those ladies getting on the street cars,
they have to wade right through the
mud. Why is it you do not see that
the crossings are kept c1ean?" I ra-
piled that l had ordered all crossings
to be kept clean and sprinkled with
black sand during wet weather.
1 went a little further down the
street and met other people who asked
me what was the matter that the
crossings were not kept clean.
/ got down as far as the corner f
Fort and King streets where some
half dozen men were standing. Sew
eral asked me what wa matter
with the road department., sdsiRg that
the crossings were a disgrace to the
city, which 1 thoroughly agreed with,
as every crossing was ankle deep
with mud.
4 tried to telephone to the road de-
partment stables, but could get no
answer. l went Immediately to the
stables and on arriving there about
quarter of four, found quite num-
Der of men lying around. l asked for
the foreman, they told me he was IN
another house. a little distance away.
He was sent for. ] asked him where
the teams were. He told me they were
all in the stables. asked him how
lit was that there was no one out
cleaning the street crossings and
spreading sand on same. He told me
that it was Benavitas' job. | asked
him if he knew where Benavitas was
Some one standing by replied that
Benavitas was home. l sent a man
for Benavitas and told the foreman to
hitch up several teams and to get
drivers and start cleaning the street
crossings, to put them in d passable
condition for pedestrians ! ordered
them to work all night if necessary
and if it kept on raining to have
gang working the next morning, as the
street crossigs must be kept clean.
I was angry at the time at the con-
dition things were in, and the reason
went to the stable was simply be-
cause Mr.. Wilson was on the other
side of the island, | suppose earning
the commission he is getting out OF
Fmmeluth and Company on his road
contract. instead of being in Honolulu
attending to his business which he il
getting paid for. I do not know ex'
actly the words l used, but l did re-
mark that l thought the majority q
them were a lot of loafers; that al
they cared for was to draw their sala
ries. l left the stable at once and
must say it was only a few minutes
until the teams we're out and the mel
at work cleaning the crossings.
That is the only time I have eve
given direct order to any of the EN-
ployes ,of the city and county. al
ways tell Mr.. Wilson, or tell one Of al
lunas to tell him what wish done
On Monday morning I happened Il
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