The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-13
Gere Proposes Economy
Measure to Supervisors

There was little more than routine
business done by the board of super.
visors last night. It was a meeting
largely taken up with commuuica.
tions, reports and official advice. Low
and Mcclellan were absent and the
house divided twice. In one case it
was a question of bringing an idle
steam roller over from Kahuku, and
it was decided in the affirmative. The
other proposition, though backed by
the signed recommendation of four
members of the ways and means COM
mittee, failed because the four were
not all present and, besides a legal
point was raised against it, This was
resolution to appropriate $1,000 for
the purchase of four mules for the
use of the garbage department. Muir
ray presented it, but Arnold objected
that the expenditure of more than
$500 required the advertising for bids.
No action was therefore taken.
Office Consolidation.
Mayor Fern transmitted a letter
from Engineer Gere recommending
certain changes in handling the work
of the engineers road department
Mr.. Ceres suggestions were as fol-
lows:
1. To combine the offices of en-
gineer and road overseer with suGi-
cient floor space for both-the office
force to be competent bookkeeper,
a stenographer, and a timekeeper and
detail clerk, the last to be a subordin-
ate of the Honolulu road overseer.
Do away with exigency clerk and
clerk to the board of supervisors, as
all this work could be done by the
photographer. Payrolls and material
and supply bills Of all outside dis
tricts, as we'll as Honolulu district,
to go through the bookkeeper OF the
engineer, and all reports from these
districts to be made to the engineer.
2. The building and plumbing in
spector should be correlated with the
engineers department. The book
keeping could thus be concentrated
and the duties of curb and sidewalk
inspection perhaps added to that of
the inspection of buildings and plumb
ing.
8. The Honolulu road overseer
should be provided with a runabout
automobile. AS a business PROPOSE
tion the use of horses should be aban-
doned Immediately.
4. The adoption of policy of the
maintenance of the roads we now
have as first charge upon the road
moneys and new work to be under
taken only under special appropria.
ton therefor by the board of super.
visors.
Referred to the committee on roads,
etc.
Wants Bandmaster's Job.
Mayor Fern submitted the applica.
ton of one Will Edmunds for the pc,
sition of bandmaster of the city band
"As know of no vacancy in the posi-
tion," the mayor wrote, 81 would rec.
ommend that the application be filed
Adopted.
11 cub
mitted playful bearing two por
traits of himself, in one standing with
baton in hand beside a table having
on it a wind instrument and in an
other sitting and playing violon
cello, also shamrock in green with {
Tara's harp and angel superimposed
and above the artists name the Irisl
motto, "Cead Mile Failte."
His letter contains an autobiograph
ical sketch, saying, among othel
things: 81 have been brought up il
the musical profession all my life
being born of musical parents, my
father being a cornet sololist anC
band leader of some of the fines
bands in the North of England" II,
had been engaged in various bands
in Ireland including the "All Irelanc
Military Band" winner of the gran
prize at the Worlds Fair in st. Loui
in 1904, and as a member and direC
tor of the Red Mill' Opera Compan.
in 1909, his professional career having
covered the past sixteen years. MI
Edmunds has the signed endorsement
of the following named gentlemen
who had heard him play: w. [
Adams, G. H. Buttolph, w. Beakbant
A. Aalberg, Carlos Caceres and Fran
II. Anderson. He was going to til
Coast in the Lurline next Tuesday +
complete existing contracts
Status of Soldiers.
Deputy Attorney Milverton reno
dered an opinion on a question sui
mitted as follows:
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