The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-11
KAIMUKI CLUB
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been shown to the meeting that the as
sessed valuation of property in the
ristrict was S1,7OO,OOO. The suggestion
had been made in the meeting that the
board of supervisors might apportion
Ia certain amount a month for ROAD
work in the district, to be expended
on such roads as the club should
select.
Supervisor Lows Remarks.
Mir. Low could hold out but little
Prospect that anything coulu ne done
at present for the district. County
finances were not in a Hourishing con-
dition. He thought Kaimuh had been
pretty well treated and that the needs
! Of many other districts were at pres
ent more urgent. From a long memor-
andum Of complaints and acquisitions
he showed what formidable amount
Of work was required all over the Ho-
Inolulu district. Kaimud was on the
list with It's various roads needing at
tcntion, and before he sat down Mr.
Low promised that an effort would be
made to do something in this dis
trlct.
ouizzed by Members.
Having volunteered to answer any
questions, Mr.. Low was Intercepted
at some length by H. T. Mills, Ed &.
ITowse and others, and in response
gave much information about the avail
able road funds, fixed and overhead
charges, etc. He stated that new
system of records of work was being
started and in a month he would be
able to give the club and the public
a definite statement of how the road
funds were expended.
County Engineer Explains.
Mr.. Gere assisted Mr.. Low in the ex-
plantations and corrected a PREVALENT
Misrepresentation relative to over
head expense, showing that this had
been confounded with fixed charges.
The plant was not too large for the
work. Contract versus days labor was
discussed. Mr.. Gere stated that GER
tain kinds of work could be done
cheaper by the county than by con-
tract. Outside, after the meeting, Mr.
Gere said that where the chief factor
was labor the contract system would
have some advantage, but where ma.
terial figured larger than labor the
county could make a more economical
job. While the county Supplied the
material it did so at cost price, where,
as the contractor had to ngure on g
percentage Of profit on his material
Fire Station Favored.
Mr.. Arnold thought something nigh
he done for Fifth avenue, for which
the club had been urging Improvement
He was strongly in favor of havin,
a fire station at Kaimuki, on the sit
under discussion, Favored by Chic
Engineer Thurston, near the reservoir
Although the previous speakers hac
somewhat exhausted the road question
Mr.. Arnold made a very favorable i'm
preston on the meeting.
Property Valuatio Doubles.
Before the arrival of the visitors. A
F. Clark read a statement showing the
assessed value of property in the dis
trict to be $1,7OO,OOO, and z. X. Myers
showed from the old records of the
club that the valuation five years age
was 100000 and odd. Thus it was
seen that the valuation had ubled il
the period mentioned. Mr.. CIa.6 alsC
produced a statement that the Kai
muki Land Co., had built eleven miles
of roads for $4,000
Contractor VS.. County.
Mr.. Gere, on hearing this statemen
repeated, observed that if the count,
started building non-macadamizeC
roads there would be a howl from the
whole district. He was Informed il
reply that. in some cases, cheap road.
that would make the homes of many
people fairly accessible would be ac
ceptable in place of none
Water Works.
A communication was received from
Marston Campbell, superintendent o.
public works, stating that $4,000 was
available this year for water works
improvements and inviting the clut
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