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

II was q nice little Christmas pres
ent that Supervisor Murray handed 10
the board at its meeting in the city
hall last night. At that there were
members of the board who seemed to
feel peeyed when they discovered that
instead of having but a beggerly
5000 on which to run the city and
county buSiRess for the last month of
the year, there will be something be-
tween Sl1y990 and $4,000, accruing
from expended balances on appropria-
tons. II. 49,.
Murray 1t appeared had been dis
satisfied with the statement handed
in by Supervisor Low at a previous
| meeting and bad gone to the auditors
department to get his figures. Low
kicked furiohsly but quailed when
thes figures themselves showed up.
James Lloyd. deputy auditor. who was
present, came gamely to the defense
OF his office and declared that Muir
rays figures correct.
Some OF The Items. ~
| The appropriation for license COM
nissioners would not be used, SAID
Murray and only 81 of the. $500 appro-
rriation for the juvenile coHrt had
! been expended There was a balance
OF about $I100 from the repairs made
tG the Makiki ditch.
II The board went into committee Of
the whole and the Murray resolutions
were read as follows:
Il From the road tax fund for Homo
lulu district, $1,000 for repairs to Maui
nakea street, fKaimuki roads, Nuuanu
.layenue at the Dowsett junction and
trelairs 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 a bridge in Koolau, storm
!; drain In Kaimuki, and bitulithic pave
ment from end OF Queen street bridge
20 Haekfeld wharf, the latter item
amounting to 1880 For the Eva dis
trict $l190.34, and for election ex-
penses sl0l Nthe latter frmo the gene
IA; fund. me items we're ravorably
!. reported,
j PINNED For Fray.
Hardly had the clerk finished the
reading OF the minutes.of former meet
I ings, when row started OF course it
was Low that was responsible. He.
wanted to know why in the name of.
! all that is decent in civic government
| what the dickens the Mayor meant by
j %. King q bill for $1S1S.6l for, re-
pairs to the .'Mayors's automobile"
OF course If the mayor insisted that
the bill from the SehuTnan garage was
correct, he, merely an humble super
visor would not presume to doubt His
Honor's word. but-well it looked very
strange. II, came out liter that the
machine was taken to the garage iuf-
fering from a severe case OF bump
it's" the symptoms of which develop
Ell 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 -econ-1t
anything amiss Win thS car. The
>fcolery 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 lie introduced a
resolution providing that summary ar
rests shall follow the use OF old news
papers as wrappers for fish In the fsh
market. Murray managed to get
twenty.four hours grace for the mar
ket men, hut after today any violation
Il the rule will lie followed by a trip
tc the police station and IN appear
! ance In the police court.
Clean Out Tenements
Supervisor Murray found fanlt with
] some of the statements made at the
| big mass meeting held i'm the Bijou
theater last Sunday night.
''Let the police rid the tenements
around Kukui street and in that vi
/ einity of the hangers-on and prosti-
tutes, and prevent parents from send.
i ing their daughters to the poi and
] coffee shops, and perhaps an improve
ment of social conditions may be
made he said
He moved that q letter be address
i ed to Sheriff Jarrett calling his at
tention to the need of clearing out
/ the tenement house district OF prosti-
4 tutes and making arrests. -~.
4 Attention was called to the work
Il ings of the dance hall ordinance.
4 Murray stated that the Filipino dance
4 hall, while under the supervision OF
the dance hail inspectors, was not
i what should be established here. The
Il inspectors are preparing to report to
! the humane society concerning the
workings of the ordinance with re-
spect to this fifteen-cent dance hall
and a report would be sent to the
board of supervisors from the society.
IL was stated that young girls were
going to this hall where men under
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