Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-10
Incorporated balance
City and County Auditor Ex-.
plodes Mine Under Feet of
UnSuSpecting City Fathers

Unsuspecting City Fathers
There was dank. darksome feeling
about the city hall last night after the
county auditors statement Of the II.
nancial standing OF the city and county
had been submitted to the board OF
supervisors. 1t seemed To take some
little time before the significance OF
the report sank in, but when the city
fathers realized that they were short
about six thousand dollars there was
little gasp. Then Murray arose and
made q statement of his own. He de-
cIared that the shortage was due to
the fact that the Territorial auditor
had held back from the connty.s use,
for school purposes. the sum or $780,
900, which, claimed the supervisor, is
properly the property of the county.
After listening to this the board
laid plans to force the Territory TO
relinQuish the money, and arranged
to have deputy county attorney Nil.
yertOn confer with the Governor and
Auditor Fisher, and failing to secure
settlement of the dispute In that
way. to bring. suit against the Terri
Iorial Auditor for the coin.
IF we receive this money. said
Murray, I'VE will have, instead of q
deficit of $4,000, balance Of about
$4,000. II we cannot settle 1t out
side of court, we can take the matter
up In the courts for a settlement OF
the question"
A motion presented by Murray that
the attorney give an opinion on the
subject, was passed unanimously.
County Attorney Cathcart wrote to
the board about the allowance Of
money for his department. He said
he is allowed only $50 q month for
materials and supplies and had over.
run his account by about $3.50. He
said that the mayor was allowed n
large entertainment fund, and money
to make the mayors auto go; that
the auditor received 500 a month,
the clerk SIS or 500. the city physi.
clan 800. but his department. had.
been showed out in the cold with a.
measly little old last years allowance
of but $50 a month. He stated his.
needs were as great as any other de.
partment but the allowance has been;
less. He expressed the hope that the
Incoming board would pass IN appro-
priation closer to his actuai needs.
The communication was accepted
and filed.
Nearly all the other department
heads said they were within their ap-
and few had any out
standing bills. Sheriff jarrett said
he overran about SIS, this being due
to the fact that he had to put new
locks on jail doors and pay FOR eiec-
trict light current from the Hawaiianl
Electric Company during the recent
drought. He also stated that he had
some other bills, due to the fact that
he was unable to make both ends
meet since the supervisors reduced
the monthly allowance for the del
partment from $1100 to $1,000.
Superintendent of Public Works |
Bishop informed the board that he
had received it's letter with reference
to compelling the Honolulu Gas Com
pany to install street lamps In accord. |
ance with the provisions OF ITS iran.
chise. and asked for further informa-I
ton, following which he would send
q demand to the company to install |
them for the benefit OF the public,
One of the supervisors stated that
since the matter came up the com.
Dany has taken down the two lamps /
which adorned the stone pedestals at
he entrance to Wilhelmina drive.
The mayor said that If the company
had done this in the face or the dis
the company might be liable.
He did not say for what.
The new. ordinance provides for the
of board of examiners,
Of three men, one or whom
hall be a contractor, another an
another an engineer, all be-
ng competent judges. Before this
BOARD shall appear all applicants for
master and journeyman plumbers
The compensation for the members
# the board shall be fixed by the
,oard of Supervisors There is to be
secretary for this new board. All !
applicants for certificates must ap- +
Numbers are to be tested as to their
of building and plumbing
equations, and their knowledge of
while the journeymen are
o be tested as to their knowledge of
he actual work Of Installing plumb
ag. They will have to give an oral
r written examination or shall per.
orm actual work before the board j
n other words they may take their
It and tools and without a helper gol
ut and do practical job.