Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-04
WILSON BLUsHED AT
WORDS OF QUINN
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floor and went into wilson's allege /.
incompetency and Irregularities In
detail.
The letter which Wilson terms as
insulting was written by Supervisor
Quinn under date of April 25. The
communication sets forth that some
time ago resolution was passed
by the Board of Supervisors ordering
all street crossings In the downtown
district of Honolulu to be kept clean
and sprinkled with sand during the
wet weather. Quinn wrote:
1T was also ordered that no ex-
pense should be spared that these
street crossings must be kept In
good condition for pedestrians, which
resolution had passed ON one occa
sion some time ago. The crossings
were in bad condition. You were not
In town. | went to the stables; Or
dered out the teams. When I spoke
/ to you the next day, you answered
me in very insulting way, and told
me that | had no business to go to
the stables.
II let that pass. Now, Mr.. Will
son, there is someone responsible for
the terrible condition of the cross
ings on last Sunday, as 1t rained all
day long. and that somebody must
be you. do not propose to put up
with this kind OF foolishness. You
were also. ordered by resolution OF
the board to oil King street as far
as Achi lane. II also took resolu-
tion to have you put oil on, in prop
er manner. as you seem to do every
thing contrary to my wishes.
There is also resolution pass
ed by the board ordering you to oil
Beretania street. think from Nuu-
anu to Richards; also Hotel street;
but instead of you oiing these
streets, Beretania and Hotel, you
were oiling in the Makiki district,
where you were not ordered to Oil.
You do not seem to care what orders
are given you. You do just as you
Please,
"The people who elected me are
holding me responsible and not you,
and the balance of my term. Mr.. will
son, you Will do as you are ordered
to do, and not go from one place to
another to suit yourself.
IF you can not obey the orders
OF the board, then send in your res
ignation. Yours respectfully.
y. c. QUINN,
Chairman. Roads. Bridges, Gar
bage, Parks and Public I'm
provements."
Road Supervisor John Wilson re-
ceived the letter and Immediately
proceeded to get downright mad. His
letter to the Board of Supervisors
as read at the meeting last evening,
among other things, says:
II herewith respectfully submit a
copy of communication addressed
, TO me as road supervisor by Super
visor j. c. Quinn, chairman of the
committee on roads. bridges. parks,
etc, and | deem that the refutal and
explanation of the charges therein
contained are not only an act OF jus.
tice to myself, but that your honor
able board should be acquainted with
the true facts, Supervisor Quinn
states that used insulting language
to him, which Is absolutely and pos
itively untrue. Furthermore. / have
ample and abundant testimony to the
effect that Supervisor Quinn used
most vile, Indecent, bawdy and pro-
fame language TO the stable employees
and others connected with the de-
partment. / can not offend your
honorable board or the public by CIV
ing herein the specific offensive
words and phrases used
ION Sunday, the cath OF April, II
raiEed almost necessarily during that
day, and to have placed sand on the
crossings meant waste OF money
and no compensating benefit, as the
rain would undo the work as fast as
1t was accomplished" ~ 20.
In his letter Mr.. Wilson goes on
to justify his action In neglecting
the work on Hotel street owing to
the laying OF switches and moving
the tracks of the Rapid Transit com
pany along that thoroughfare.
Wilson also states that his month
ly appropriation of Ave hundred dol
lars has been considerable drawn
against for road oil. ard In conse-
quence did the best possible under
the circumstances by finishing work
elsewhere and by patching Beretania
street preliminary to oiling. ~
In concluding a rather lengthy
communication. Road Supervisor vii.
son says: II am warranted In stat
Ing that have always carried out
the instructions from your honorable
board as far as possible and as un-
avdidnble conditions and obstacles
would permit of. and shall continue
to do so, but expect that | shall re-
ceive ordinary courtesy and that
myself and the men under me shall
10 longer be subject to disgusting