Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-07
FIGHT AGAINST
SUPERVISORS
Continued from Page II

81 want to see the road work of
| this district placed in direct charge
of City and County Engineer Gere, 1"
declares Road Committeeman Muir
ray. There can be no possible con-
| fict of authority when such a move
is made. That is the reason that |
am opposed to the confirmation Of
the appointment of Wilson" Murray
has charged Wilson with playing pol
itics in that he and his men partici
the last campaign.
This move to retire Wilson as
road supervisor is not so much a mat
ter Of economy as it is to pay a po-
ltical debt" states Member McClel
Ian, who is the lone Democratic rep
resentative on the board.
Despite the declaration of Murray
to the contrary, Mcclellan has de-
nounced the removal of Wilson in no,
uncertain terms He insists that
Honolulu district has always had
road supervisor, even back to a time
that the work was under the direc-
ton of the Territorial Board of Pub
lie Works. Mcclellan is of the opin-
ion that City Engineer Gere is now
an overworked official and that to
pile on additional duties will not i'm.
prove the service in the least.
Road Chairman Quinn was the
only member of the old board that
more or less constantly butted into
the work being done by Wilson. If
there is the slightest excuse for the
statement that friction has existed
between the chief and subordinate
in the road department, it has devel-
oped through this SOURCE
81 see by this move an opportunity
for the Republican supervisors to pay
a political debt" charges Mcclellan.
Engineer Gere does not dabble in
politics. is one of several common
datory references made by Supervis-
or Low in behalf of the city official
who may for the present supercede
Wilson in charge of road work in
this district. Low has characterized
Engineer Gere as an efficient, safe
and reasonable official, and he be-
lieves that he can be relied upon to-
select a suitable luna or assistant at
a much less figure than now paid
Wilson.
a OF ct G,,,,, In
the appointment of not only John H.
Wilson as road supervisor for Homo
lulu district, but have denied the APP |
pontment of J. II. De Fries to super !
cede Travis of Eva, r. l.. Gilliland /
of Waianae, r. w. Holt of Waialua,
and Moses Akawa of Koolaupoko dis !
trict.
In turning down these men, the
solid six take the stand that in the
case of De Fries he would take Office
held by Travis, who is declared to be
a good man. Fern states on the
other hand, that Travis has been do
ing politics in that he let the use of
his teams for hauling people from
Kipapa Gulch to Pearl City during
a Republican rally. Holt, the may
or's appointee for Waialua district,
is charged by Murray with being in
experienced and is believed not able
to fill the Office in satisfactory man
ner. Akawa, the man selected to fill
the place vacated by Paele, in Ko-
olaupoko district, was stated by the
Republican members Of the board as
but little better man than Paele, who
may be deposed.
In the reappointment of George
Chalmers as road supervisor for Wa
imanalo district, and Andrews Adams
for Koolauloa district, the board was
The dedication of the new Meth Il
Odist Episcopal church, at Victoria
and Beretania streets, has been post