Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-13
SUPERVISORS

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opinion, Supervisor Mcclellan moves
THAT the resolution to assist the con
struetion OF ar armory building b,
tabled
AS the meausre would require a tive
thirds vote. the absence OF thre mem
hers on the board at today's meeting
necessitated the pOstponement of an,
action
The armory donation over which
much persuasion and rhetoric has
been expended is dead issue.
City Dads Raise Salaries.
The city fathers raised the salary
of City Road Supervisor Caldwell
twenty-five dollars a month and that
official will now receive two hundred
a month.
The ways and means committee
have provided funds for the purchase
Of oil to be used on Wailae road from
its junction with the street railway
lire to Niu
The road overseer at Koolaupoko re-
ports having repaired 1880 lineal feet
of roadway in his district, at a cost of
.041 cents lineal foot. 1t is claimed
that two miles of good oiled road has
been completed during the past month
Rapid Transit SDrinkIing
Proposition.
The Honolulu Rapid Transit Com
pany through General Manager Bal
lentyne has submitted a proposition
for the sprinkling of the entire streets
over which their tracks traverse.
In a communication Mr. .Ballen-
tyne states that the transit company
is prepared to submit figures for do
ing the entire street sprinkling with
new and improved apparatus. He re-
quests an early conference with MEM
bers of committees or the entire
board, and is prepared to perform the
work in manner that will leave notl-
ing to be desired. The proposition
will be discussed at the next meeting
of the city fathers.
Sheriff Jarrett reported arrests for
the month of June as follows: Gam
bling 155, drunk 33, assault and bat
terry 62, larceny 2, gross cheat 8 and
adultery 6. Total arrests numbered
34S with 267 convictions.
Fire Chief Thurston reported de-
partment auto mileage as follows:
Cartercar 252 miles and E. NJ f. 469
miles.
Much Building in June.
According to report from the Office
of building and plumbing inspector,
107 plans were filed, 100 permits is
sued, 120 inspections made and 408
fixtures installed in the plumbing de-
partment.
Building permits filed numbered 80,
permits issued so, inspections made
AS. while fees amounted to $517.30.
General Manager Ballentyne of the
Honolulu Rapid Transit and Land
Company in communication to the
board has requested conference with
the supervisors in regard to deciding
upon suitable pavement for streets
traversed by the transit tracks, that
are now paved by the city. 1t is likely
that an early meeting between the
and corporation officers will
be arranged.
Local Firm Charged Discrimination.
Hoffschlager and Company filed a
vigorous protest with the board to-
day charging discrimins ton exercised
by the building and plumbing Depart
ment The firm allege that Inspector
has designated certain
firms from whom paints and varnish
should be purchased 1t is charged
that Hoffschlager and Compe ny are In
the market for such commodities and
they demand that the board take such
action that will compel the building,
ana plumbing inspectors department
to advertise for lowest bidders on all
such supplies. said to amount to sew
eral hundred dollars in the course of
Q wear
Mrs. Anna c.. Dole has asked the
board to pass an ordinance regtllat-.
inc. local dance halls said to be work
ing much harm. in various parts of
the city.
The Harry F. Mills rest hous at
the junction of Eighth avenue and Wal
alae road, Kaimnki, bobbed up again
today. through a complaint mace,
against the structure. 1t is claimed
by petitioners that the shelter has
become the Ioafng place of children
and is an all round nuisance The
petition recites that contrary to the
conditions imposed by the board,
benches have been installed there.
FreitaS Lowest Bidder.
Henry Fr:itas is the lowest bidder
for installing several thousand feet
OF curbing on Kalakaua' avenue. Four
local contractors entered the lists.
When bids were opened at noon to-
day it was found that the following
had submitted tenders: Honolulu
and Drawing Company.
IS cents Iineal foot, Henry Freitas
80 IL cents a foot, NJ. Pieanco 45 cents
a foot and w. d. Ellsworth # cents a
foot. @....->
City Clerk KalauokaIani, Mayor
Fern and City and County Engineer
have been authorized to
enter into a contract with Henry De
Fries to construct approximately
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