The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-12-23
POOR CATHCART.
IS BLAMED
AGAIN
City Attorneys Department Is
Accused Of Holding Up
Ordinance.
SUPERVISORS SAY THINGS
Charge Is That Outside Business
Interferes With Duties
of Advisers.
SUPERVISORS SAY THINGS
!. lFrom Mednesdav s Advertlser. }

-(From Wednesday S Advertlser)
City Attorney Cathcart s department
was jumped on last night by the board
of supervisors for holding up the build
ing ordinance, Supervisor Quinn stating
that he didn't intend to be "bam-
boozled'' any longer by that depart
ment. He severely criticized the mem
bers of the city attorney staff. Ay-
lett jumped in and helped Quinn, and
others wanted to know why the attor-
ney' s department never seemed to have
any time to devote to the business OF
the board.
Almost when the members were ris-
ing from the meeting last night, Aylett
said he wanted TO know what had be-
come of the building ordinance which
had been presented to the board several
months ago. He said he had been told
that it was in the hands of the archi-
teets, then in the hands of the carpen-
tiers, and he didn t know how many
more of the skilled trades were looking
1t over.
cav, let it slumber," suggested
Kane.
This aroused the ire of Quinn who
stated positively that the city attor'
ney's department was bamboozling the
whole board.
Outside Business.
"They claim they are busy" said
the chairman of the road committee. ,
"But / notice that they are getting
outside business all the time and there
fore they must have time to devote to
our business if they want to. They
have time to go to Waialua and to
Kona and all sorts of places. Then 1
notice they don't have to prosecute any
more in the circuit courts, and there
fore am sure they must have time.
"We have been trying to get that
before the board for the past two
months What are they doingi We
were elected TO serve the people until
we 90 out on January 2. The idea of
any member of this board saying that
we should let things go on the slidel
That is not right. The last board work
ed like Trojans right up to the last
minute. -
Then Aylett indicated himself, and
redeemed himself for lapses of the past.
al think it is a very simple matter
TO get this before the board. Let us
get it before us and read it by title,
and then refer it back to the city at
torney, if we have to. But no, they
Keep on ShlluB' w Jiiic, ~ blhhN'
Jump Is Unanimous.
az would like to have the honor OF
putting this ordinance through.
brought in the original of that bill,
but the county attorney says he has
no time, and that s all the satisfaction
we get out of it. y
Even Mayor Fern suggested that he
supposed the ordinance would be up be-
"Why, we have even begged the
county attorney to report it back to
u.s. said Quinn again.
Deputy City Attorney Milverton then
arose to defend his chief and depart
ment. He said it was prepared by
architects and experts have been work
ing on it for some time. 1t was a
bulky ordinance and was really mass
of specifications which had to be gone
over carefully. There were 125 pages
and he had gone through about one.
third of it. He found many incon.
sistencies from a legal standpoint and
many features were in conflict with ex-
listing laws on the subject of building.
He said that an example of hurried
legislation came when the food pro-
lection bill was passed and then was
vetoed because of technical lapses. The
building ordinance had really been in
his hands but short time.
Board as Art Critics.
The board resolved itself into a board
of art critics, when AHA showed Q
framed affair showing all the pictures
of the members of the board, with that
of the mayor adjoining the center Al
once there were smiles as each member
recognized his own features, and ther
came the criticisms. Aylett and Logar
Al. IL. a
made them lean away from each other
They thought they should be straighter
Then the wording. Yes, that camt
in for criticism. The wording was
"The Third Board of Supervisors.
Some said it should be First Board al
it was the first board TO sit with a rea
mayor.
As a matter Of fact, It is the third
board of supervisors, and any chang
from that 10 "first" would Complieat'
the rest of the framed pictures nov
hanging on the walls, The frame worl
will have 20 be gone over, however, be
fore the board Is satisfied.
The Palama Tenement,
The Palama tenement proposition
which was debated AT the last meeting
came mp again, when the plumbing In
speetor presented a report setting fort
that the petitioners IN the first instanc
1sre not al property owners Iha
eansed that 10 be set aside. Then
new petition was presented, with TWEEN
~ eiPnRtures, sons of the we'll know
nnaneien These were certified 10 ii
a notary public, ana two questions thei
arose One was nf 40 whether th
Girls ludusirIhl School WAs publ
school ~ moi N IL was ID puhl
school then Che tenfment could not o.
built aa being Zoo close t0 ID Hpuhli
school ~ n hHs MOI tO Wshfdel
ihfn fhf irpfmrnf might a. built