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

There was a dank, darksome feeling
/ about the city hall last night after the
county auditors statement of the fl
| nancial standing of the city and county
lad 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
a little gasp. Then Murray arose and
! made a statement of his own. He de-
| clared that the shortage was due to
the fact that the Territorial auditor
lad held back from the county.s use,
for school purposes, the sum oil $685..
600, 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 Mil
yerton confer with the Governor and
Auditor Fisher, and failing to secure
a settlement of the dispute in that
way, to bring suit against the Terri
t0rial Auditor for the coin.
IF we receive this money" said
Murray, I'VE will have, instead of a
deficit of $4,000, balance of about
SIS, 900. If we cannot settle it 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 month for
materials and supplies and had over
run his account by about $3.50. He
said that the mayor was allowed a
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 500, 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 an 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-
preparations and few haG 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 Tor eiee,
triet light current from the Hawaiian
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 de.
partment from S1100 to $1,000.
Superintendent of Public Works |
Bishop informed the board that he |
had received its letter with reference
to compelling the Honolulu Gas Com
pany to install street lamps in accord |
ance with the provisions OF It's iran |
chise, and asked for further informa-
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.
pany has taken down the two lamps
which adorned the stone pedestals at 7
the entrance to Wilhelmina drive.
The mayor said that if the company
mad done this in the face o; the dis
Cussion, the company might be liable.
lie did not say for what
The new ordinance provides for the
of board of examiners,
of three men, one OF whom
shall be contractor, another an
architect, another an engineer, all be-
ing competent judges. Before this
board shall appear all applicants for
master and journeyman plumbers
certificates.
The compensation for the members
of the board shall be fixed by the
board of Supervisors. There is to be
a secretary for this new board All
applicants for certificates must ap-
pear before the board The master
plumbers are to be tested as to their
knowledge of building and plumbing
regulations and their knowledge of :
plum bling. while. the iourHeymen are
to be tested as to their knowledge of
the actual work oi Installing plumb
ing They will have to give an. oral i
or written examination or snail per
form actual work before the board.
in other words they may take their
Kit and tools and without helper go
out and do a practical jon.
Ally applicant who fails 10 attain
N average Of SeVenty-fiVe per cent