The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-12-02
MAYOR HAS YET
some DOUBTS
Wants to See the Coin Before
He Agrees to Contract for the
Fort Street Pavement.

Will Mayor Fern sign the paving
contract authorized by the board of
supervisors on Tuesday for the paving
of two blocks of Fort street, That is
the present conundrum.
Mayor Fern will not hurry with his
signature when the contract is present
ed to him by the paving company, at
any rate, but will take his time and
consider the matter fully.
First of all he wants more thor
ough financial statement than the ora
one made to the board by Supervisor
Logan. The latter assured the board
on Tuesday that the present board
would finish its labors at the end OF
this month leaving a balance to tn,
incoming board of about $4,000. Mr.
Logan used a general off-hand state
ment in making his report and referred
often to cleanup" to come from
the Territory, The cleanup is wha
remains due to the various counties a
the close of the calendar year, afte
each county has had its pro rata every
month There might be $4,000 o
there might be only $4,000 This yea
the income tax returns fell off, Will,
the property tax increased somewhat
but the cleanup" is rather elasti,
item for eonsidpra finn
Mr.. Logan used $4,000 as bash
for what is to be the nest-egg for tn,
next board, but the mayor and Secre
tary Rivenburgh claim that the clean
up has nothing to do with the presen
board, but that it comes within thu
receipts of the coming board as it ma.
not be determined and paid over unit
about January 10.
So before signing a bill for paving
Fort street, the mayor wants a writ
ten statement of the finances of tn
city and county, a document whic
they claim has never been prepared an
submitted by the finance committee.
In brief, Mayor Fern believes tn
finances of the county aIe not sutii
cient to permit OF the paving of For
street. He is from Missouri, however
and if he can be "shown,' he ma.
yet put his signature to tie contrac
which may be placed before him to
day.
Ready to Go to Work.
Joseph Gilman, who is the activ
agent for the bitulithic paving compa
ny, stated yesterday that the contraC
would be ready to be placed before tn
mayor today, and if signed, the con
pany was prepared to SO to work mex
Monday.
He states that the job can be con
pleted in ten days at the least an
furely in two weeks az the outside. Th
Rapid Transit officials are to be see
by the company with regard to thei
track, but frat will be minor ma
ter.
The plant is about completed, havin
been erected in the past thirty days o
a lot adjoining the cable company
tank. The plant is up to date and
; capable OF tuning out material at
rapid rate.
Road Men VIII Petition.
The men who are employed on roa,
work for the county felt considerably
depressed yesterday when they learne
that the letting of the contract for tn
paving of Fort street, between Kin
and Queen streets, would throw abou
two hundred of them out of work jus
before Christmas and j. A. Neil, thei
foreman, said last night that his me
were preparing a petition to have thi
job held over until after the holiday
] so that they may not be denied thei
income Mt this particular time. eth
men have been laio off a good dea
this year and they were hoping" sal
Neil, Ito have their work cOntinu
until the end of the year. 1t is onl
matter of three weeks and the me
are all going to sign the petition which
if granted, will give them good Chris,
mas cheer
The $500 to go to Gilman for thi
contract, Neil said, comes out of tn
$4,000 appropriation for road work
making a big hole in this small fun
which viii not keep the road fore
going very long, and in addition t
this amount, he explained, the count
is to furnish rock and other materia
do the piping and put in the headstone
which will involve an expenditure o
about $500 more.
Neill said that the men had no kic
coming over the contract being let, blu
they thought that their work might b
continued over the holidays and tn
petition for this favor will be presente
to the supervisors as soon as it is pre-
) pared. Neill alluded to the fact tina
the mules in the public service wOul
J be taken care of and given somethin
| to do to keep them from fretting an
he thought the supervisors ought to b
good TO the men.
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