The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-04-08
SUPERVISORS DECIDE THEY
ARE TOO EXTRAVAGANT
AyIett Wants to Cut the Salaries, Quinn Wants
to Cut Jobs and Logan Cuts the
Roads and Schools.
(From Wednesday s Advertiser.)

The board of supervisors ate large
and well-cooked dish of crow last night
at its regular meeting, by passing reso-
lutions admitting that they were ex-
travagant, short-sighted, impetuous
and possessed, besides, other faults un-
becoming to them as city fathers of
Honolulu. In other words, they cut
the appropriations that they passed
last January under the belief that they
had plenty of money.
When the matter Of finances came
up in the form of a resolution present
ed by Supervisor Logan, that gentle
man made rush to cut the roads, Ay.
lett made rush to cut salaries, and
Others made rush to cut jobs. Then
a second scrimmage ensued, in which
Quinn made a rush to save the roads
Logan made rush to save the salaries
and Mayor Fern made a rush to save
the jobs.
The mayor says he warned the board
about a month ago that they would
have a deficit of $4,000 on July first.
Logan, as chairman of the ways and
means committee, said they wouldn 7,
and so the mayor is tickled to death
because Logan had to come down to
earth and introduce a resolution smash
ing the road and school appropriations.
Logan said in his resolution: "Tht
treasury balance is so reduced that un-
less the board cuts down expenditures
from the general fund Immediately tho
city and county will have to register
warrants next month, something that
has never happened since county gov
ernment began here"
Later, after the resolution had been
passed, Clerk Kalauokalani found a
communication from the mayor which
stated practically the same thing, say.
ing that the county would be $4,000
in the hole when July came, and advo-
eating a speedy retrenchment in road
matters before the county was forced
into the necessity of registering war
rants and thus injuring its credit, He
was little displeased because Logan
stole his thunder.
Logan stated in his resolution that
the territorial authorities are unable to
give them an estimate of the amount
the county will receive as its share for
the next six months, and then recon-
mended the following plan;
"Allowing $4,000 for expenditures
for the last half of June, payable in
July, which will leave deficit Of
$25,0O0 to provide against.
"Deduct $500 from balance on
March p of appropriation for mainte'
Nance of schools,
"Reduce the expenditures from gen
eral fund on roads and bridges fol-
three months beginning April !, by
$4,000 month for Honolulu and $2sbl
a month for the other districts, which
is about in proportion TO present ex
penditures.
Logan attached resolution amend
ing the appropriation bill by revising
the figures for the road district ex
penditures.
There was lot Of fun during th'
discussion. Logan spoke few word
in buried defense of his resolution be
fore somebody assassinated 1t, an,
Quinn came through with modife'
comment on il, calling attention TO III
old way Of doing business and compaT
ing il with tho new, This didn seen
10 excite anybody aud w Aylett fos
slowly aud after preparatory eleal
ing Of his throat announced that be- wa
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