The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-04-15
COOK AND CORNN GIVE
UP ILLEGAL CONTRACTS
Supervisors Offer Of Compromise
Accepted by Men Who
Violated Law.

In communication to the board OF
supervisors, Manuel Cook, an employe
of the Territory, who it was learned re-
Gently, had been selling supplies to the
city in violation Of the law, siguified
his intention of accepting the compro-
mise suggested by the city attorney,
that in return for the cancellation of
the contract he holds the city would re-
imburse him for supplies which it had
received from him.
Farm Cornn, Chinese court inter
prefer, who is in the same boat with
Cook, was not so willing, although he
offered as an excuse that the Luen
Chong Company, but he would like to
supplying bread and crackers to the
Jail, in his name. lie said he had no
interest in the contract or in the Luen
Chong Compny, but he would like to
have the contract transferred to the
company.
"rhe reason that the contract is in
my name,'' he wrote, sis that j have
advised them to bid in the contract and
| bidded in my maine for them.
Both communications We're referred to
the ways and means committee and the
city attorney for settlement.
Will Comply With Law.
In reply to a communication from
CITY Engineer aWhitchouse, calling at
tention to the obstruction of a county
road by Eva plantation, Manager
George +. Renton of the plantation re-
| piled that there was no intention to
violate the law; that the plantation
had been laying tracks across the road
for its cane trains, and digging bitches
/ for the transfer of water from one field
to another for the past twenty years
He said he would like to be supplied
with copy of the ordinance, inasmucl
as he was anxious to comply with the
laws in every respect.
| Supervisor Petrie said he had been
visited by Rentou, who had assured
him there would be no further blocking
of the road. and that where it was nee
essary to put water from field on one
side of the road to the other that pipes
would be laid under the thoroughfare
Road Department Files Report.
The February report of the worl
| uOHt ny lut rOuu uepdTlment III tn'
Honolulu district during the month OF
February was filed by the city engi
neer with the board
On recommendation of the city engi
neer and the road committee, the fed
eral government was granted pormis
sion to lay pipe line from Fort Ruge1
to Fort De Russy.
The DEMO Telephone Fire Alarm
Company was refused permission to in
stall a street box in central location
on the recommendation of the supern
tendent of electric lights and Fir'
Chief Thurston.
So anxious was the old board of su
pervisors to award the contract for th
construction of the fire station at Kai
muki before it went out of office, tha
it forgot TO provide funds for the paint
ing of the building, or for kitehei
and dining room made necessary be
cause of the remoteness of the station
from the homes of the firemen.
A resolution was introduced yester
day authorizing Fire Chief Thurston 4
prepare plans and specifications for
kitchen and dining room to cost no
more than $500, and to call for tender
for 1900 feet of two and ne.half incl
hose and 400 feet of one-inch hose TO
this station. 1t was stated that appro
priations for furnishing the building
and painting the interior must be mad
later on.