The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-08-08
Supervisor Low Gives a
Couple Of ROsrs in
Earnest.
MURRAY AS A BOSS
City Engineer GCrc May
Want to Know Where
lie Is At.
lTrom satnrday Advertiser.l }

That there is to be something doing
in the board of supervisors from now
on seems evident, for Murray says he
is boss of the supervisors, and Low
claims that he has been ignored as a
member of the road committee, in that
City Engineer Gere has received his
orders for road work to be done this
month from Murray and not from the
committee.
1t all came out at the noon meeting
of the supervisors yesterday, and there
were warm words for few moments
between the two republican members
of the board mentioned.
Low Is Insurging.
tUnder the new ordinance on the
road work, the road committee of the
supervisors is held directly responsible
for the work to be done, and yet City
Engineer Gere has given his orders tc
Road Supervisor Wilson for the work
this month without consulting the com
mittee at all in the matter.
al told Gere today that if he thought
he was going ahead and DO this work
without saying word TO the commit
tee. that he would have the biggest
row ever on his hands in a short time
ssIn my opinion it is up to the road
committee to lay out the work for the
engfneer's department, and they are the
ones who should instruct the engineei
what to do and he in turn is the one
to tell the road supervisors, said Low
Those Appointments.
Eben is still sore over the prop
osition of the appointment of the roat
supervisors last week, at the meeting
at which he was not present.
"If they had wanted me down ther'
at the meeting why didn't they tele
phone me at home and ] would hav'
been down in hurryi
afEverything was fixed mp at tn
caucus held inst before the meeting
and as there was no chance of gettinI
nv candidate in, / saw no reason
"Had 1 thought that Mcclellan wa
poinp to vote against the slate prepar
ed, / would have been on hand an
something might have been done to de
feat Murray's appointments.
Boss of the Board.
Murray claims to be boss of tn
hoard, at least he said he was atte
the meeting was over, and that wha
he said went.
On the corner of Fort and Kin
street he and Low continued their argr
ment of the meeting, but in mor
free manner.
Eben claimed that the road commi
ls-o 4la ,,ar, In tha road d(
partment, or sholld know who each on
was. He SAID that there were at lea'
two men working in Honolulu VIII
were not on the list of voters.
If anyone was to be employed on til
roads, why that was all right, but
the policy of hiring only citizen labC
was to be carried out, then the roa
committee should know the men VII
were employed, and be responsible X
them.
Heated Arguments.
Murray claimed that the road con
mittee had nothing to do with the HI
ing of men and that matter was who'll
up to the supervisors of the road dl
triets.
Long and heatedly did the argumei
last, and neither had convinced the OF
er when it concluded.
1t appears that there is rift
the Republican lutte which is to gro
wider as time passes, the road depdI
ment is the one which will bear u
brunt of the serapping among boa
members, and the work be somewh
at standstill.
Work to be Done.
/ In regard to the work to be done
\ the roads, Murray said, authoritativel
Ndaring the afternoon, that he was g
Ing TO have top dressing put on Que'
street between Fort and Alakea,
there was a good foundation there no
and the top was all that needed
pair.
Also that King aud Beretania stree
should be oiled and maeadamed in u
near future.
These are the immediate plans
the board, according 20 Murray, Al
at that 7ate the work which residen
OF Manoa and Kaimh are calling +
seems TO be in the dim future
Trouble Ahead.
That the road department Will eoi
IN for considerable friction seems pfo
nble aud that CITY Engineer Gere
the one who win bear the creator pa
of the trouble seems fixed.
According 10 ihe statements Of Nh
my ana others Of tho supervisors,
f0fo ordinance 3S was passed, t ~
The plan 90 make Gefe directly
aponslblo for The work, he VAS 10 hl
an men and ii the road suprf4 lsnfH
iho dinrfeni disiueis dil not carry o
be orders properly be- waa gpiug 20
hhIf ~ remove them ana ask ihe boa
y HFpVai someone elfo
haa li nprspn from ihr fapeIYi''