Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-04
Murray Springs Surprise a
Close of Stormy Session
+. of the Board /.

IL was a nice little Christmas pres
cnt that Supervisor Murray handed to
the board at its meeting in the city
hall last night. At that there we're
members OF the board who seemed to
feel peeved when they discovered that
instead OF having but heggerly
$4,000 on which to run the city and
county bufiness for the last month of
the year, there will be something be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000, accruing
from expended balances on appropria-
tions.
Murray It appeared had been dis
satisfied with the statement handed
In by Supervisor Low at a previous
reeting and had gone to the auditors
department to get lis figures. Low
kicked furiOusly but quailed when
the figures themselves showed up.
1 James Lloyd, deputy auditor. who was
present, came gamely to the defense
OF his Office and declared that Muir
1 trays figures correct . IL.
1 Some Of The Items.
4 The appropriation for license com
missioners would not be used, Sald
Murray and only 81 OF the $500 appro-
] Iriation for the juvenile court had
been expended. There was a balance
of about $1190 from the repairs made
; to the Makiki ditch.
The board went into committee of
the whole and the Murray resolutions
I we're read as follows:
! From the road tax fund for Homo
lrlu district, $1,000 for repairs to Maui
nakea street, Kafmuki roads, Nuuanu
1 avenue at the Dowsett junction ana
rerairs along King street while wait.
ing for the Rapid Transit to do its
share of the paving. From the per-
manent Improvement fund. 5000 for
repairs to bridge in Koolau. storm
drain in Kaimuki, and bitulithic pave
ment from end of Queen street bridge
70 Hackfeld wharf. the latter item
amounting to $3.50. For the Eva dis
trict s11s0.34. and for election ex-
penses SOL, the latter frmo the gene
RAJ fund. The items were fayorably
reported.
Pinned For Fray.
Hardly had the clerk finished the
reading of the minutes OF former meet
iDgs, when a row started. of course 1t
was Low that was responsible. He
wanted to know why in the name of
all that is decent in civic government
what the dickens TIE Mayor meant by
o. King bill for. $1S18.61 for re-
pairs to the "Mayors's automobile"
OF course II the mayor insisted that
the bill from the Schuman garage was
correct, he, merely an humble super
VISOR would not presume to doubt His
Honor's word, but-well 1t looked very
strange. It came out later that the
machine was taken to the garage tuf-
fering from a severe case of bump
it's" the symptoms of which develop
ei after a hurried trip, to tho other
side of the island taken by super
visor Low and others. Low remember
ed the bump" but failed 20 eooifcet
anything amIss With TIC car. The
foolery was cut short after it dragged
its weary length over the fifteen or
twenty minutes of the boards time,
by the approval of the bill.
Undismayed Low returned to the
charge later when he introduced a
resolution providing that summary ar
rests shall follow the use of old news
papers as wrappers for fish in the hsh
market. Murray managed to get
tSenty-four hours grace for the MAR
ket men, but after today any violation
.tf the rule will be followed by trip
tc the police station and IN appear
ance in the police court.
Clean Out Ienements
Supervisor Murray found fault with
some of the statements made at the
big mass meeting held in the Bijou
-theater last Sunday night
LET the police rid the tenements
around Kukui street and in that vi
entity of the hangers-on and prosti-
tutes, and prevent parents from send
ing their daughters to the poi and
coffee shops, and perhaps an improve
ment of social conditions may be-
made" he said I
He moved that letter be address,
ed to Sheriff Jarrett calling his at
tention to the need of clearing out
the tenement house district OF prosti-
tutes and making arrests.
Attention was called to the work
ings of the dance hall ordinance.
Murray stated that the Filipino dance
hall, while under the supervision of
the dance hall inspectors, was not
what should be established here. The
inspectors are preparing to report to
the humane society concerning tie
workings of the ordinance with re-
spect to this fifteen-cent dance hall
and a report would be sent to the
beard of supervisors from the society.
II was stated that young girls were
going to this hall where men under