Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-06
SUPERVISOR ETRIE TOO BUSY TO /.
MAKEEFFORTS TO LAY THE dust.
Heated Session of City Fathers Covers Number of Topics
None of Which Is Brought to Satisfactory Climax Saving
the Motion to Adourn-Weer and Mcclellan in Tilt Over
Nurses Vacation

! Running the gamut of subjects, and
zig-zagging back now and then for
good luck, the board of supervisors at
a meeting last evening did a few un-
expected things The business before
the body was certainly routine So
the unexpected things came more in
the form of individual criticism, which
at times became almost as warm as
the chamber.
Dust, vacations, speed laws - all
formed the basis for the criticism of
one supervisor or another. These sub.
jects were brought up after the reg.
ular business had been disposed Of
Before they were over, Supervisors
Wolter and Pacheco, the two united,
had taken sharp issue over the for
mer's proposed amendment to Ordin-
ance II, the speed law, which Pa
checo desired to see go to commit
tee and have ii reported out as the
product of such body Supervisor
Mcclellan rose to censor Supervisor
Wolter. He declared that Wolter had
permitted the city and county nurse
to take a months vacation on pay.
without comforting with the commit
tee for its approval. Wolter defend
ed his action, declared that such q
vacation had been promised the nurse.
And the upshot of the trouble was
that 1t was referred to committee to
report out on the facts of the case.
Dust, the last card played in the
hot room, was thrown on the board
by Supervisor Wolter, and it caused
as much discussion as any of the 9TH
er subjects, If not more, AT any rate
when they finished on it, motion
was made Immediately to adjourn,
which proved to be not an unpopular
motion.
Il wish to ask Supervisor Petrie,"
began Wolter, 81 wish to ask him II
he has done anything about laying
the dust on the streets. | wish TO-
ask him IL he has conferred with the
hap.a Transit with regard to sprin-
king the streets, or If he has done
anything in the way of getting more
sprinkling carts for the city's use.
Supervisor Petrie rose. Said he:
81 have been too busy, | confess, to
do anything further in the dust mat
ter. / have, therefore, not seen the
RAND Transit. / remember that some
time ago an effort was made to make !
a dicker with the company to sprinkle
the streets, but 1t fell through. We
could not fix 1t to have control over
the wagons and direct the sprinkling.
ssBy the next meeting of the board
| expect to submit report on the
subject. AS I figure IL now 1t viii
take 66 sprinkling carts to do the
work as Mr.. Wolter would have It
done; we now have seven carts i
Il have received several letters
of the dust. One letter
| got today is from man who says
he had to sleep in the dust last
night; but that is nothing; Mr.. Mayor,
/ get lots of such letters" +
When Supervisor Petrie sat down ;
the subject branched of on the side
walk sweeping phase of the dust prob
lem. and the point was made then
that this ordinance should be re-
pealed. Wolter urged its repeal
He said that according to the ordin-
ance persons were prohibited from
,weeping the dust from the sidewalks
IN the streets, which ordinance is be- ;
ing ignored and which, If enforced,
would mean that sidewalks would not
De swept. His proposition Of repeal
ing the law was not favorably re-
,eived
The following is the summary OF
he business of the meeting: T.
Road committee, recommending APP
of $4,000 be allowed for
King street Adopted.
Fire department committee. recon-
pending kitchen be built for Makiki
tation and that bids for the same be /.
.alled for. Adopted.
Letter from Robert Horner and w.
|. c. Campbell, asking permission 20
Ise Kapiolani park track for horse cx-
ibition on Aug is. in place of Aug. /
2, and further asking permission for
rack for Labor Day. Granted. u
From Ed. Townsend for right to sell I
GODS at public baths, giving 20 per i,
ent OF gross receipts for concession.
70 roads committee. j
From Geo. F. Campbell and WHEEL