The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-07
Caldwell Is Confirmed;
The Rejected inspectors,
Jericho Horn Nuisance

Board of Supervisors, Engineer Gere
appointment of ]. w. Caldwell as road
overseer for Honolulu district, at a
monthly salary of $175, or $25 more
than the present overseer is receiving,
was confirmed by a vote of four to
three. Murray and his two remaining
factotums, Amana and Kruger, voted
against the road committees report.
Murray showed irritation at this
demonstration that his recent loss of
control of the board was permanent.
He made a snarling reference to Nc
Clellan as the lone democrat" whose
change of attitude toward the road
committee had produced the result.
Mcclellan indicated his vote as be-
ing in the interest of road work re-
form.
The road committee recommended
that the appointments of road over
seers made by the city and county en-.
gineer and his recommendations as
to salaries be confirmed. This was
adopted by the affirmative votes OF
Arnold, Dwight, Low and Mcclellan
Caldwelrs appointment in place of G.
B. Wilson is the only change in the
list of district overseers, the necessity
of appointing the others being caused
by the passage of the new road ordi
nance, which places the control Of
roads and bridges throughout the city
and county in the engineers hands.
King Street Improvement.
Late in the meeting, Low failed tc
get support for the policy of paving
King street, outside of the business
section. He spoke against the pro
posal to lay a covering of oiled ma
cadam over portion of that highway
saying it would not stand the traffic
but for a short time and, therefore
the proper course was to lay perma
nent pavement upon so much of the
thoroughfare as the funds available
would permit.
Murray said King street outside o
the business section was only a sub
urban highway, and there would no
be money enough available in tel
years to have it paved.
Mcclellan did not see where tn,
money was to come from, for anything
better than putting the street in tol
cradle repair.
=" Murray, seeing his chance, present
ed a resolution that S4955.S5 be ap
propriated from the general fund TO
the purpose of repairing King stree
on the lines as shown in the estimate
of the city and county engineer.
The meeting deferred adjournmen
to give the mover time to draft tn
resolution and have it typewritten.
Low, being left powerless owing t,
the view Mcclellan took of the paving
question, abandoned the fight and tn
resolution passed first reading
Other Road Matters.
The road committee presented pay
roll demands, which were ordere
paid, for Waianae and Koolauloa roa
districts, also demands for Kapiolan
Park material and supplies donation
the whole amounting to $132S.35
The road committee reported o
the complaint of Diamond Head unio
labor lodge about work done on roa
rollers by incompetent men, sayin
that after careful examination
found that the repairs on the roller
were of such nature that it did not r,
quire expert boilermakers.
u The road committee reported that
had instructed the city and county Ell
gineer to notify all owners of prol
erty abutting on Bethel street to col
struct and concrete their sidewalk
and that the order had been compile
with as shown by letter attache
from the engineer to Mrs. George +
Fairchild, Kealia, Kauai,
Standard Oil Co. bid 18c. a gallo
to supply gasoline in galvanized ba
rels Pacific Oil Transportation bi
17l5c. and got the contract
Low presented a resolution for tt
transfer of $5S,723.16, on the books
the auditor, from the permanent il
provement fund to the general fun
for the purpose of reimbursing Il
general fund for amounts heretofo
appropriated out of the general fun
From maintenance of roads in Hon
lulu the amount is $29,544.46, from Il
same in Koolauloa S6113.37, from pc
manent paving account $20,S6O91 al
from maintenance of roads in Wal
lua $22O4.42. Adopted.
Engineer Gere reported that Il
Bishop estate land on the Eva si
of Nuuanu street above Jack la
had been transferred to the followi
owners: G. Rodiek, 1874 feet; A.
Humphreys, 10 feet; l.. A. Aung
14O feet; Sarah c. Rabbit, 14O fee
~ B. Alexander, $40 feet; H. Holm'