Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-11-15

against one. TO table the report aud
recommendation.
when Quinn sprung the paving pro
feet II was the signal for the whole
sale opening of noodgates Of pont-up
Oratory. There was not u member of
the City and County board present
last night but took a shot at the mea
sure. Quinn contondcd that the old
ordinance had passed muster before
the Supreme Court Of the Territory.
The measure was In ovcry way legal.
he thought. He also contcndod that
to pave between Bcretania and
Queen streets as was now In
tended would cost the County
perhaps less than ten thousand dol
lars, The contract that he recon.
mended to be entered into called for
laying pavement at $500 square
yard. The contract was In every
way similar TO the former one twice
vetoed by Mayor Fern save that one
block was cut from the job.
There IL no graft about this pro
position" declared Quinn and I am
tired Of hearing complaints from PEG.
pie who find the down town main
thoroughfare almost impossible dur.
ing the rainy season.
Mcclellan took the same stand as.
suinod by him during the considera-
tion OF the late and defunct ordinance
that the prlve exorbitant that CITY
, and County finances would not at this
/, lime permit Of the luxury OF n paved
thoroughfare and that the present
board had no right to bind future
: body of Supervisors TO contract.
!, Mcclellan cited figures CLEANED from
engineering publications which he
! claimed showed that the same pave.
j. ment had been laid at Saint Louis,
New Orleans, Portland Orc, and 9th
I or mainland cities at much less rate
!. per square yard.
Supervisor Cox, who had ,heretofore
/. supported the proposition to pave
:. Fort street with material other than
:, good intentions. shocked Quinn and
!. the representatives for the Paving
| Company by coming out and bitterly
!. opposing the measure. Cox waxed
8 eloquent in filing his objections to the
: scheme.
4. When the proposition was preached
r that an even thousand dollars be
shaved from each outside road dis
irict Cox rs well as AHA and others
launched a most emphatic protest
against the adoption of the plan. The
Supervisor from Waialua did not
want to tie up with any, paving con
' Germ at this late stage Of the game.
= where is the money coming from
to pave the street, demanded AHA
as he took his stand against the mea-
sure. AHA believed that to take tho
funds from the other districts would
II work a hardship upon his constitu-
y ents and he stated that he would
g never consent to any such curtailment
rs of County roadwork for the benefit
ID of the city of Honolulu.
Logan told the members that there
Sc were gaps and seams In the City and
" County Golfers which had resulted In
Is a rather low supply OF funds. There
b Is n smaller clean up from the Terri
It. tory and he could not see where the
IN extra money necessary for meeting
III tho proposed paving bill would come
W from, so aligned himself upon the
to side of the opposionists.
,cI j. A. Gilman and several other In
Il. tcrcsted parties remained at the board
room until the fate Of the proposition
70. TO pave Fort street by the Warren
IS. Brothers bitulithic process had been
If. sealed. then they departed
ID AS the matter now stands, the paw
err ing company has complete plan
Il. installed and two experts are due tC
O, arrive from the coast by the steamer
,r. Sierra.
ID, That they will consent to lay :
ed block for experimental purposes Is
On rather unlikely according to state
on ments made this morning. The new
he board takes Office the beginning o
the year and 1t Is believed that al
We members with possibly one exception
ed will act more or less unanimous an,
TT. when they assume Office, the propo
sition to pave Fort street will agaiI
no hrnupI n tn tho fore