Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-31
HONOLII ROAD
TO Be RUSHED
May Be Used With
Effect In The
Election
Csp cial Corrospondcncc)


road will be competed before the
time of the election.
That " what the Supervisors say
and they claim that there Is nothing
which will prevent the early com
plctlon of the work.
Supervisors Lewis and Lyman, who
are better posted on the road work
than any other members of the
board, had talk about the Honolli
matter the other day.
Jim" said Lyman. 81 have a mind
to Introduce a resolution at the next
meeting of the board calling for the
completion Of the Honolil road by
CStober -. There should be moth.
, Ing to prevent It. The material for
the bridge is on hand and the money
is available"
Yes" said Lewis: 1--WE ought to
be able to do it in that time: ut
least, the work under the Brown con-
tracts. The work to be done by the
Ar bills is dependent on a road crush
err, but we might give them the
crusher which is now at Piihonua
doing nothing. Make IL the end of
October, and then we can have the
road finished for sure. That is be-
fore election, anyhow"
That the Honolii road proposition
will figure extensively in politics is
being predicted by politicians OF all
shades Of party and opinion. 1t is
claimed that the Home Rulers and
Democrats will use II as an argu-
ment against Republican control OF
county affairs. On the other hand,
1t appears that the Republican SUI.
pervisors who are seeking reelection
will use the Honolii road as an ex-
ample of how the county. under Re-
publican control, has been able to
accomplish that which the Territory
and the former boards of supervis-
ors were unable to do.
One OF these gentlemen has even
proposed to use the Honolli affair
In a quite neat and unique little
campaign stunt. There has been
a lot OF kicking about the cost of the
Honolia road" he said. But We
can show that previous estimates,
made by engineers at various occa-
sions, have figured the cost OF ;he
road at about siXty-five thousand dol
lnrg Then ghnw he tn
in the most striking manner just why
the road has been so expensive, we
can have stercoptiaon views made of
different sect ons of the road-there
are some cuts there, for instance,
which are as high as the Masonic
buildinE-and when we are cam.
paigning we can throw these on a
screen so as to give the voters the
very best idea of how their money
has been spent"
In the meantime the County Faith.
crs are figuring on other things be-
sides the Honolii matter. Chair
man Jim Lewis Is anxious to have
the financial tangle in which the
county now finds itself, Strengthened
out as far as possible. He stated
last week that he had instructed
Clerk Kai to notify the road super
Visors in the various districts to
make a statement to the board show
ing how much the claims which each
district had outstanding against the
county amounted to. When the
County Fathers were able to tell just
how they stood financially they
might take steps to relieve the situa-
ton. AS II Is at present, money is
being spent on new work, while II
Is quite evident that the county will
hardly be able to pay for the work
which has already been done. At
least, one member of the board stat
ed that he was spending money in
his district on the strength of the
Kalatwaa resolution, which divided
the sum of twelve thousand dollars
among the various road districts.
The sale of the buildings on the
Federal lot has also brought u ques
ton up before the board, namely, |
what to do in the case of the water
works While the Office OF Superlne
Lcndent Vannatta will be placed IN !
the county building, his workshop
will have to be located on the county !
ju tdlng grounds, mauka OF the mall
building, Some of the supervisors
ire figuring on asking Superintend-
mt of Public Works Marston Camp
bell to let the county keep the build
ng which Vannatta now uses for
his purpose, provided the county
'omoyes II to the new site. and the
'equest seems reasonable one,