The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-11-17
.R0AB WORK IS
To Be STOPPED
Money and Workers Turned Over
to Garbage Department to
Help Clean the City.
CFrom Tharsday' = Advoriiror)

A"AN'A ANNAHANN = AMNtIAlNINI
Honolulu = road department has gone
into total eclipse. Auwei
Every horse, mule, cart, wagon, ve.
hielc, steam roller, driver and attendant
Of that department Of the city govern.
mont win be turned over to tho gar
bage department this nj bling to be
used until all the garbage, leaves, ba.
mana stalks, rubbish and debris Of ev.
cry kind lying in the streets is clean.
ed up and disposed Of, and, to make
the new order effective the board OF
supervisors voted to transfer the s4s,-
600 originally appropriated to main.
tanned the road department, now re-
dueed to $4,000, to the garbage de.
partment.
The passage of the resolution making
this sweeping transfer Of the road de.
partment to the garbage department
was the result of skilful maneuvering
last night on the part Of Supervisors
Dwight, Low and Arnold, who formed
a flying wedge, bowling over Murray
and Mcclellan. Amana and Kruger, for
some mysterious reason, failed to at
tend the session. The solid three felt
their way carefully, and with the
knowledge that they outvoted the only
two present, put their resolution
through, although an amendment pro-
posed by the minority, looping off a
part of the resolution, was allowed.
This clause read: "That until other
wise determined by the board all road
work in said district (Honoluu) shall
cease. -
The resolution as passed read: THAT,
from an including the 10th day of Nov
ember, 1911, and until further action
by the board, all carts and wagons of
the road department be turned over to
the garbage department for the pur-
pose of expeditIng the carting away
and disposing of the banana stalks and
rubbish generally resulting from the
cleaning up of the district of Homo
lulu
Health First.
When Supervisor Dwight proposed
the resolution, Murray scented trouble
and Immediately arose and asked for
an explanation. He wanted to know
what was the use of stopping all road
work in the district. The wagons and
drivers could be loaned but where was
the use of stopping all work, Dwight
came back with a statement that the
cleaning up of the town was paramount
to all other consideration and must be
done. The garbage department at the
present time could not cope with the
situation. Everybody knew that. 81
believe in the upholding of the health
of the city, first last and all times, -
said Dwight. He added that the soon
er the city got rid of the rubbish the
better for the city and its people. If
there were not enough animals the
steam rollers could be used to draw
wagons. Supervisor Low backed up
Dwight and it was easily seen that
Arnold was ''in'' on the move.
1t developed then by some myster
ious hint, that Arnold was ''getting
back " at Murray for his vote to take
the country district road funds for the
uses of the city district, vote, how
ever, which was vetoed by the mayor
Arnold smiled broadly and Low snick-
cred, while Dwight affected business
air and looked solemn. While he doubt
less wanted to crack smile, he prob
ably did inwardly.
However, Murray stuck to it that
the resolution should be amended by
striking out the last sentence about
road work ceasing. The amended reso-
lntion carried by Arnold voting with
Murray and Mcclellan The latter in
timated that the cleaning up would |
take about week, but Low declared |
it would be physical impossibility
and the promise was made that it
might be weeks before the road de-
partment would come to its own again. /
At first blush the move of Low, !
Dwight and Arnold looked like an eff.
fort to undermine the road department I
and leave Charley Wilson without a
job Dwight stated later that Wilson
would continue, but that he would look
after teams aud horses while they were
under the garbage department. The
board voted to have Engineer Gere
notify the stablemen during the night
to hold the wagons, animals and driv-
ers off from the usual work and TO
send them out cleaning streets.
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