The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-28

Bids for constructions the Puuloa
road, to Pearl Harbor naval station,
were read at the meeting of the board
of supervisors last night and referred
to the engineer and the road com.
mittee. They were as follows:
Honolulu Construction and Draying
Co, $26,S9O.
John II. De Fries, S22,979.
AS the engineer had estimated
around $4,000, the amount of the
appropriation, it is unlikely that a
matter of $4,000 will prevent the work
in this boards term.
Murray introduced a resolution to
appropriate $4,000, divided in equal
portions for repairs to Beretania
avenue, to Kalakaua avenue and to
King street between Nuuanu street
and Moanalua.
Murray also introduced a resolution
to appropriate $4,000 for the com
pletion of an armory building.
Another resolution that passed first
reading, like those just mentioned,
was to appropriate $500 for the pur-
chase Of Belgian blocks to improve
the road through Moanalua, as rec
commended in a letter from the engi-
neer.
Estimates for road work in Homo
lulu district for July amounting to
$500 were submitted by the road
committee. Most of the money is for
hpkeep of the department-ofIice, sta
bles, quarries, etc.
Queen Street Improvement.
Engineer L. NJ. Whitehouse submit
ted estimates for repairing and paw
ing Queen street over Nuuanu stream,
replacing joists and planking and paw
ing the street area. For the types
of paving mentioned respectively the
figures are as follows creosoted
wooden blocks, $3.50; bitulithic 2-in
finish on Pin. bitulithic lower
course, $51S1; ohia block, s51O6
Chairman Dwight of the road com
mittee, after the table had been clear
ed of business and the mayor had
made the usual call on visiting citi'
zens who might wish to be heard
gave a list of roads needing attention
with estimated cost of work in each
case. He urged that It was time
the board did something on the roads
mentioned, and asked that the vari-
Gus items be referred to the ways
and means committee.
Chairman Low of the ways and
means committee replied sarcastically
that the road chairman could not
have been reading the papers, or he
would know that every one of the
propositions he had mentioned had
been published in the papers" He
then made a statement of his own Of
road matters on record awaiting at
tention, a few of which he specified
the whole involving an expenditure
of $302,S52, and said some of them
were more important than those
Dwight had talked about.
The other members listened to the
ineffective dialogue with smiles on
their faces, but as neither of the
chairmen had anything definite to
propose nobody else had anything to
say.
School Matters.
Superintendent Pope's letter on the
need of school accommodations and
Mrs. Overend's letter about the over
crowded state of Waipahu school,
which were quoted in yesterdays
Star, were read and referred to the
ways and means committee.
Low introduced resolutions to APP
propriate $500 for the removal of a
two-roomed schoolhouse from the old
Pohukaina school site to- Kakaako
and of a three-roomed schoolhouse
from the same place to Kalihiwaena
and $500 to remove the schoolhouse
at Kahuku away from dangerous prox,
unity to the railroad track.
other Matters.
A committee of five members of the
Hawaiian band presented a petition
for an increased salary schedule, Civ
ing every member a raise but reduc
ing the raise for the assistant band
master from that offered in the pend
ing appropriation bill. Altogether the
increases amount to s11750 a month
The petition was referred to the
ways and means committee.
1t was agreed that the two con