The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-09

the case of the Territory of Hawaii VS..
Kat Shong (Ch), charged with keep
ing intoxicating liquor for sale. 49,"
The committee made an investiga-
| ton of this item 1t states that it
found that the temporary magistrate
was taken by the auto from his house
in Kailua to the courthouse, in the
same city. The distance could be Gov
cred by man walking in ten minutes.
Also the finance committee deferred
the following bill from Stenographer
McBryde:
Aug. 80. To services rendered as
court stenographer of the third circuit
court, Territory of Hawaii from July
10 to August 16, 1911, both dates in.
elusive, at the rate of 5000 per month,
l. e., sixteen days at $6.45-S1O3."
The county fathers looked up the
statute and found that the Kona cir
cult court had been allowed $1,000 a
year for a stenographer. Judge Mat
Ithewman telephoned, said one of the
! clerks, that as his court was not in
session all the year round, he wanted
the amount paid out at the rate of 5000
a month for working days. The super
visors found, however, that the Kona
court had already spent no less than
$500 out of it's thousand dollars since
July 1. In other words, in two months
it had spent more than half of its sum
which was to last it twelve.
This won't do" said the finance
committee members. IF this keeps
up, we will soon have a demand for
money above the appropriation. Then
if we don't dig up, we will be blamed
for tying up the court. We will defer
this bill"
HiIo Public Works.
HILO, Oct 7.-Superintendent of
Public Works Marston Campbell, who
was in Hilo for a few days this week,
stated that the territorial wharf COM
mission expected to tackle the ques-
ton of the wharf at Reeds Bay in the
near future.
The commission was now waiting
for the preparation of an agreement
between the Hilo Railroad Company
and the Territory. Besides this, there
had to be agreements made with the
steamship companies so as to insure
that they would have their vessels use
the new wharf.
Railroads on Street.
A very important and complicated
question in connection with the wharf
was that of laying out street on
which the railroads could lay their
tracks to the wharf.
you notice that I said railroads, in
the plural" said Campbell. THAT
means that no one company will have
the exclusive right of approach. AS a
matter of fact, there is the proposed
street railway, which would probably
want to have it's tracks extend down
to the wharf. The commission will
lay out a very wide street, which will
be called Railroad avenue, in the cen.
ter of which will run the railroad
tracks. On both sides of this will be
streets, and it will serve as a basis
for the further subdivision with streets
of the tract of land which runs along
the waterfront, as well as the land
back thereof. l expect that in a few
weeks all this will have proceeded Sc
far that we will be able to proceed
with the preparations for the actual
construction of the wharf
Armory Will Be Moved.
The opponents of the removal of the
armory have another guess coming, ac
cording to Campbell. The armory
will be moved" said Campbell. mot
cent will be spent on repairing it un
til it has been moved. The sale has
been postponed, it is true, but it has
not been abandoned. The postpone
ment was due mainly to the fact that
there was no appropriation available
y
Board of Health Building.
1--WE are preparing to build a new
building for the board of health offices
in Hilo," continued Campbell. 1--WE
have received from Chief Sanitary Of
ficer Bowman number of suggestions
as to what is needed, and we are
working with these as a basis for our
plans. 1t is unfortunately a rather
small appropriation which We have for
the purpose, only $4,000, and, owing
to the location of the building in the
immediate proximity of the federal
building, we are trying to make it pre-
sent as creditable an appearance as
we can get for the small amount of
money, and at the same time include
all the things needed by the health
om