Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-07

!, insurance pOncleS representing
thousands of dollars held on a num-
Der OF automobiles, the property of
The city and county Of Honolulu, and
B.; used by heads Of various depart
/ ments, have expired and a scramble
for the business now follows.
1t was Supervisor Amana who ap-
peared most vitality interested in the
question of deferring the award of the
insurance business until a later meet
ing of the city fathers, despite the
warning sounded by Supervisor Low
that valuable city property now re-
NAMED practically unprotected. by in
surance.
Amana is connected with a local
firm that handles insurance business.
Low made : the charge that while he
was absent from the city, Murray
Amana and Kruger got together and
turned over the insurance on severe;
motor fire engines, to the agency with
which Amana is connected in a bus
mess way.
I'VE should play fair in this mat
ter" suggested Low. Heretofore
the insurance on city and county
property, such as automobiles has
been pooled between the dozen or
more local agencies.
Special representative Humphreys
of the Won Hamm agency was pres
ent at meeting of the board held
last night and spoke in behalf of the
Insurance placed by his firm.
After much wrangling, the whole
matter was left to the discretion Of
the ways and means committee. The
city autos, valued at ten thousand
dollars or more, may be reinsured
following an authorization to be forth,
coming at future gathering. Of the.
city dads.
The road committee has recon-
mended the following appropriations {:
Repairing Makiki ditch $500, cutters
for Prospect street $500, Kamehame-
ha school drain piping $25o0. <
H. X. DeFries has been awarded
the contract to replank Queen street
bridge, his figure of $3.50 per thou
sand feet being the lowest tender re-
eeived.
Treasurer Single reported for the
month of June: Total receipts, 1885,
361.93; disbursements, $4S,S67.11;
cash balance, July 1, LOG, 494.S2.
Garbage Department Loses Much .
Money. ..."
There is large sum of city and
county money lost each. month I'm the
present management of the garbage
department. A deficit of nearly five
hundred dollars for the month of June
is shown in the report presented by
Chairman Kruger of the Health and
Sanitation Committee. According to
the reports the department received
S1347.43 for the month and expended
81. S24,81, leaving deficit of $487. 49,.
1t Is said that the addition Of q num-
Der of employees has something to-
do with the department falling be-
hind during the past few months. ]
w. G. Parke was granted permits
sion to drive an auto over the Tan
taius road to convey his sister to the
Queens Hospital. ..,
Engineer Whitehouse estimated the
cost for several street areas adjoin-
ing Queen and King street, Eva of
Nuuanu, as follows: Bitulithic sur
face, Queen street bridge, $4,000;
Queen street extension to Iwilei road
$6273; road to Hackfeld wharf
$6456.60; Mauna Kea street, King to
Queen street, $4345: River street,
King to Queen, $2524.50-total, $22,-
1880.
More Honors Heaped Upon Fern.
Mayor Fern is again in the limelight
for additional honors. Not content
with having at least half dozen city
and county thoroughfares bearing his
name5 he has succeeded in persuading
the territorial public works depart
ment to rename small fifteen foot
lane, the highway to henceforth be
known as Fern Walk" While it has
been said that Fern never walks as
long as the municipal gasoline holds
out to burn, the residents along the
Kalihi highway are now wondering
whether the government powers that
be have slipped them lit jokelet.
Speaking about autos; thI police
machines travelled 1443 and 924 miles
respectively during the month of July.
No reports have been received from
machines driven by Mayor Fern, En-
gineer Whitehouse, Plumbing Inspec-
tor Miehlstein, as prescribed by law.
The League of American Municipali-
ties has invited the Honolulu b. I'd to