The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-12
SUPERVISORS PUT
GERE IN CHARGE
Vote Five thousand Dollars to
"Flnlsh' Nuuanu Road Ex-
tension Work.
tFrom wednesday . AdvertIser.l

the cOuplotlou OF tho Nuuunu avenue
extension road work, and $4,000 voted
by the board Of supervisors last night
to "fnish the road" is be expended
according to his own personal direction
and not according to the plans Of Road
Supervisor Wilson.
Supervisor Low Of the ways and
means committee presented motion
calling for $4,000 to be used upon the
Nuuanu work. Murray said he had
asked Gere for an estimate for that
work and was notified it would take
at least $4,000 to finish one side of the
road. He moved the motion be amend
ed to read $4,000. This rather surpris-
ed Dwight who remarked that "Broth-
er Murray appeared to be in a liberal
mood" Mr.. Dwight, however, stated
his positive belief that $4,000 would
not finish the job. He estimated the
work would cost closer to $1,000. He
was opposed to working on one side of
the street for fear that the road would
be in the same condition as Emma
street, which has one side good and the
other bad.
Mr.. Mcclellan remarked that the
work around town had been sadly neg
lected because of the Nuuanu work.
He was Of the opinion the road should
be put in shape SO that the public
could make use of it.
Mayor Fern put in his car and said
the work had already o665 $4,000 With
$4,000 to spend the road department
would probably put 500 men at work
and so close together that only about
half would be able to use picks and
shovels. One of the supervisors
thought that further expenditure of
$4,000 would be necessary to complete
the extension.
The amended motion for $4,000 was
passed, whereupon Low sprung a new
motion that the city engineer be given
full supervision of the work and funds.
Murray said there was an ordinance
providing for the work the engineer
should do. The motion, in his opinion,
was unnecessary. From various super
visors came the remark that the ordi-
nance was hollow mockery. Low in
sisted upon his motion passing, and 1t
was passed with Amana and Murray
voting "no."
Those Fishmarket Inspectors.
A letter from City Physician Way
son, relative to the two additional in.
spectors at the fishmarket, the necessity
for whose presence was questioned by
II Dwight at the last meeting, was read
The officer explained that the two men
3 were detailed from the force of Presi-
? dent Pratt of the territorial board of
a health to assist Sheriff Jarrett in en-.
forcing the mullet law, designed to pre-.
I vent the illegal sale of this species of
/, fish, during the closed season. The
o physician said that the sheriff had al
ways been great help to both health
: departments, and the request had been
i readily granted by the territorial de
I partment.
b The city physician was granted $2C
D month to purchase drugs and band
s ages, in lieu of those formerly supplied
Y by the territorial health department
The funds of the latter are running
s short and the materials could no Longer
e be supplied to the city. Supervisor
: Kruger, chairman of the health commit
s tee, was asked to explain the request
d of the city physician, and he did so
making the first long speech of his sup
ervisorial career. He said:
: "''The board of health is running ou
; Of money. We can't let the people
:. die.''
d Later, he urged the members to vot'
/ for the twenty, and they did. Mr.
h Kruesr was congratulated for the mas
G terly way in which he handled his mo
n ton.
Patching Mud Holes.
}, Road Overseer Frank Pahia Of Koo
u lauloa presented report for Decembe
. work, in which he stated: "The worl
for the month has mainly been patching
u bridges and manholes. The stretch be
. tween Pail and Kaneohe is in a prett.
. fair condition, except that between
: Heeia-Kea and WaiahOle. Along thi
stretch is serie, Of mudholes. Nue.
effort has been made to fill them wit
earth which is the only thing close a
hand at small expense"
Road Supervisor Wilson made re
qnest which caused a smile to sprea
around the hall. He wrote 81 beg t
call your attention to the fact that tn
typewriter in this Office is becoming oil
70 and worn out, and is also of old model.
Tie wanted a new one.
l. "Typewriting machine or womanf
inquired Low. A new machine will b
turned over 10 the office.
board that Superintendent of Publ
Works Campbell had agreed to insta
. eight public sanitary drinking fountain
~ which are 10 be furnished by the fe'
4, Grafton. The fountains are 10 be i
~ Gated az the public baths, Waikiki
= Thomas square, Emma Square. Anl
y. Park, Executive Building grounds, All
i kea wharf, Haekfeld wharf, and Al
~ other place - be- selected.
~ T.. II. iBuTnetie asked that street sigl
u. which ara nos lying around the Toa
~ supeTyihor's ofllfe be- placed 10 MAJ
~ ihe boundaries Of King, sheridan, III
kai extension and Elm streets lie hf
been promised this for henie time "a
d. waited 10 knsw why she Teque
- had nnf hrrH compiled With.
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