The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-03-11
FIRE ORDINANCE
IS INTRODUCED
Is Passed on First Reading by
Supervisors-Ahia Votes
"No."
LOGAN FATHERS NEW LAW
Much Needed Measure Meets
With Little Active
Opposition.
LOGAN FATHERS NEW LAW
(From Wednesday Adverr,ser. }

the city, was introduced hv Supervisor
Daniel Logan at the meeting of tho
board of supervisors last night, and
after somewhat lengthy but un-
productive discussion, was passed on
first reading and was passed to print.
There was only one dissenting vote
cast, that of Supervisor AHA, who, as
usual, didn It know what he was voting
on. He didn't come in until the last
section of the ordinance was being read,
the Others having all been read and
passed upon, but he voted HNo' with
as much blitheness as if he knew what
it was all about
The ordinance provides for the ap-.
pointment of building inspector, who,
however, is to be also the plumbing in
spector, SO no new Office is created. The
FIRE limits are defined and extended, as
previously specified in The Advertiser,
and the kinds of buildings that may
be erected within them are specified.
The ordinance was drawn up by Dep
uty City and County Attorney Fred
Milverton at the request of Supervisor
Logan. 1t was not finished until five
o CLOCK yesterday afternoon. Logan in
troduced it after the routine business
of the meeting had been disposed Of,
and it was Immediately moved That the
ordinance be read section by section
and passed upon. This carried.
| Kane, who was known to be vigorous
| ly opposed to the ordinance but who
did not dare without support to try
| to kill it, raised the first objection. He
didn It like the requirement that only
selected lumber be used in the roofs of
buildings. Whether or not he knew
what the term selected as referred
TO lumber, means is doubtful. Most of
the Others didn It. But he didn It like
it, anyway, and moved that it be
stricken out.
After conference with the plumbing
inspector, Quinn and Logan agreed.
They had learned that the inspector
could require selected lumber, anyway,
SO the use of the word in the ordinance
was unnecessary, and Kane won fruit
less victory.
Of course, Aylett, posing, as usual,
as the great Champion of the Poor
Man, had to raise kick or two. He
couldn u see why corrugated iron build
ings should be excluded 1t would, he
contended, work hardship on the poor
man who might want to put up build
ing on Beretania avenue. He was re-
minded that poor men would not be
liable to put up buildings on Beretania
avenue within the fire limits, but calm
ly brushed aside such arguments.
Logan suggested that Aylett wanted
tin city.
Aylett said he didn It believe in maxi
ing laws that would drive the poor man
to the hills. He wanted to know what
about the Art Theater.
The reply was made that the ordi-
nance was designed to prevent the
erection in the future of any such fire.
traps.
Quinn was of the opinion that the
ordinance would really be protection
to poor people, who under present con
ditions are at all times liable to lose
all their possessions by fire. Besides
he said, it is the rich men who are
building firetraps on Beretania avenue
After the surplus supply of language
had been used up, Quinn moved that
the ordinance pass first reading and to
print. This carried, only the late AHA
voting no.
The ordinance as passed on first read
ing is as follows:
The Ordinance.
!, | De II Dy bue IcOplc VI tus
City and County of Honolulu:
Section /. The board of supervisor
of the City and County of Honolulu shall
appoint suitable person as building
J inspector of the City and County OF
J Honolulu, whose salary shall be fxec
by said board. Such building inspector
: shall have all of the powers and shal
! perform all of the duties hereinafter
, provided, and shall have such othel
powers and perform such other duties
as may hereafter be designated by ths
board of supervisors.
Section 9. That part of the City ant
County of Honolulu which is bounde,
and described as follows, to wit: Be
ginning at a point in the makai linz
of Ala Moana road 100 feet distan
: southeasterly at right angles to the ex
tension of the southeast line of Rich
ards street aud running thence north
easterly parallel with and 100 feet dis
tant from the southeast line of Rich
ards street TO the mauka line of Bere
tania avenue; thence at right angle
TO the mauka line of Beretanln avenn
= 1000 feet; thence northwesterly para
|. lei with and 100 feet distant from tn
manka line of Beretania avenue 20 III
= north line of River sireeti thence a
HRHh hhklth 10 Aht nuIih lAho VI NV
. street 1000 feeti thence westerly para
5 lei with aud 100 feet distant from III
n north line OF River street 10 a poiu
on the harbor fr0ntI thence along ID
> harbor front TO the plaee OF beginning
9 and including all the land now OF her
a after 20 be reclaimed therein, shall 1
knnwn As The IRE limits oi the CITY IA
fnnnty 0f ilonnlulu,
: Section :. fYery building or o'hf
u structure hereafter built within the o.
Q llmlis u the City and County o. II
!. nnluln a. ahaYa sei oat shaii have II
!. esieInal aalls thereof eanslfnelsa
: brick, blane, eenelaie, e. other approve
y d. pFoef msleHsl TAa ialennl !
= ansh buildings o. eguelnfes shsii {
- ealled Alll 81 pTnef mAiffiAl - laihs
:. aad Iaaslefsdl pFaFiaeal aaneefii ~
asefhead ealllnaa alaF - anaa1 :
> lfHkaaa ana Haa4ffa aHlIHHesl lHlAhA
4 fAs H1IaIHaf naIla - en3 3afh hHllI
i / 49, - .t.slslsa.t al4a4i Hs44 "a aasaa.