The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-08-08
HAWAII SUPERVISORS
PEEvED At G0VERN0R
THINK RAnwAY rRANomsn ron
A SPUR TRACK IN THErR
JuRfsDIoTIoN.

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periniondent Of Public Works Marston
Campbell TO the supervisors, announcing
that he and the governor had granted
to the Hilo Railroad Co. the right to run
spur track along Waikiki street, form.
ed the main cause Of excitement at tho
meeting Of the county fathers this week.
The railroad wants the spur track in
order that it may reach the warehouse
which Davies s Co. plan to build on the
site where the arnory now stands, which
win be sold by the government in the
near future.
The supervisors felt hurt that they
had not been consulted in the first place.
Furthermore, they felt that Campbell
and Frear had usurped authority which
was properly the county's by granting
the right mentioned.
Furthermore, the supervisors do not
wish to have the armory moved. They
argue that the building is the only pub
lie hall, the town hall, SO to speak, in
Hilo and that it should have central
location. The assisting of the railroad
by authorizing it to lay the spur track
would, they figure, be merely assisting
in the removal of the armory.
The affair ended with the adoption of
report slamming the high officials, as
well as resolution asking that the
armory site be not sold, but that it be
set aside for the use of the citizens of
Hilo
A short time after the adoption of the
report, Superintendent Filler, of the
railroad company, explained that accord
! ing to its charter the railroad had to
+ address its requests to the Governor and
Campbell and no slight towarv the SUI
| pervisors had been intended. As mat
| ter of fact, Davies g. Co. wanted the
| spur track. That firm had asked the
railroad people a few weeks ago IL 1t
could not have spur track to its ware
house, if it secured the public lot and
built such building thereon. The rail
road people had answered in the athrm-
alive, provided the leave of the author,
tiles could be obtained. The railroad
company had no intention of covering
Hilo with tracks; it tried merely to ac'
commodate its patrons
Pure Food Crusade.
|
Within few days Hno and, as a
matter of fact, the entire island, wlil
have the benefit OF an inspection under
the pure food laws, both federal ana
territorial, which may do considerable
towards improving the local supply
The investigation will be conducted BY
! u. S. Commissioner Blanchard, OF no
nolulu, who will make complete toul
| oaaa,,,nor,fa1 nv nnQtn1
Pratt, the general health officer fol
the entire group, and D. s. Bowman.
Blanchard and Pratt plan to arrive
at Mahukona on August 10, where
Bowman will meet them with the board
of health automobile. Bowman will &c
to Kohala about August 10, as he in
tends to install health inspector fol
that entire district, the first to oficiatt
there. and he will spend several days
breaking in t.. new man and at the
same time making general inspection
and cleanup of the district.
One of the matters which Blanchard
will look into with particular care il
that of the sale of drugs, as it has
been brought to the notice of the au
thorities that a number of contraband
preparations are being sold throughout
the island. Among these are head
ache powdersn and such preparation.
which contain opium, morphine and
similar poisons. The oriental drug
stores are particularly bad offenders il
this respect. In line with this PROPOSE
tion is the selling of drugs by Others
than licensed pharmacists. There are &
number of unlicensed drug selling
places ON the island, and the plan is tC
close them all up.
The sale of food stuffs will also bt
investigated infinitely.