The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-01-31
FLIP-FLOP ACT
BY SUPERVISORS
Board Reverses Itself, Raising
Salaries Back to old
Standard.
lFrom Thursday Advertiserl

Following a caucus of FIVE superyis-
ors yesterday afternoon, from which, it
is understood, Supervisors wolters and
Pacheco were purposely excluded, the
board of supervisors last night voted to
restore the salaries iRsReYeral depart
ments TO the eOld figure. Wolters had
an ear to the ground and forsook his
ally to vote with the majority so that
Pacheeo, who had insisted on the re-
duction of salaries, was the lone mega
tive vote recorded. The action of. the
majority is understood TO have been in
tended as a rebuke to Pacheco because
of his alleged obstructive tactics.
Wolters, in another instance during
the evening, showed ilthat he had de-
cided to differ from Pacheco. This
was when Supervisor Petrie reported
that he had arranged for the widening
of Beckley street in front of the Wal
lace property, the owner of which had
agreed to deed the strip of land neces-
sary to the city in exchange for a four
foot cement walk along the frontage.
Supervisor Pacheco thought the
board ought to know how much the
walk was going to cost and intimated
that Beckley street was not so import
ant after all, although at the previous
meeting he had become indignant when
VOTERS referred to it as q "back-
woods street"
Petrie said the sidewalk would cost
no more than 1915, whereupon Wolters
arose and said that he had not meant
to say that Beckley was a backwoods
street, that he was strong for Beckley
street and for the sidewalk, if Petrie
thought it was the proper thing, and
so was recorded another reversal OF
form on the part of the fiip-Hop broth
ers.
Sanitation Committee.
The health and sanitation committee
of which VOTERS is chairman, reported
! that it had learned that the city is un
der no legal obligation to furnish free
medical and hospital attendance to the
| inmates of the Girls Reform School.
When Milk Inspector Richard recon-
mended the granting of two applica
tions for permits to sell milk, Supervis
or Wolters got on his dignity and
wanted to know why the applications
had not passed through his hands. He
said he was responsible for the worl
of the inspector and he wanted to know
about the applications. They were re
ferred to his committee for action.
Both Pacheeo and Wolters declared
that they wanted an opportunity to use
the supervisors automobile in the dis
charge of their official duties. Wolteri
said he had been out all day inspecting
his inspectors, some of whom, he said
he found were not doing their work al
it should be done, which he would duly
report to. the board of health at it
next meeting. He said the walking
made him tired, and that unless he wal
given the use of the auto once il
awhile he would feel that supervising il
hard work.
/ 4. Kutima, who lost both hands il
an accident and who has wife anC
FIVE small children to support, asked
that the board give him permission tt
attempt to make a living by peddlinl
smoked meat lunches between fou
O'Clock in the afternoon and midnight
Referred to the health and sanitation
committee.
Beretania Street Petitions.
Three petitions were received from
, residents of Beretania street which
were strikingly similar in composition
and tone, and all urged the repair o
the street. Petitions were also reat
from residents on various lanes asking
for macadam roads and electric lights
On motion of Supervisor Mcclellan
the resolution adopted at the first meet
ing of the board, fixing salaries, wa
reconsidered, and the following salarie
restored: deputy county clerk from
: $3.50 to $175; chief clerk from $125 t,
1876; second deputy city attorney from
5000 to 1925; stenographer in attor
ney' g office from 800 to $115; building
and plumbing inspector $175 to 5000
his clerk, $50 to 800; garbage inspecto
500 to 500; police stenOgraPher $9
to 800. A Portuguese interpreter wa
; provided at salary of $75 a mont
and that Of the Hawaiian interprete
was raised from SIS to 500 month
|. Bids were opened and read from var
ious concerns which desire to furnisl
the city with supplies during the mex
six months. The clerk was instructed Il
go over them and make the awards {.
the lowest bidder. Competition ha
evidently sprung up in the algarob,
feed industry, for the Union Feed Com
pany offered TO furnish the meal at So
ton, while the Algaroba COMPANY
wants $40 a ton.
II. II. Williams was awarded the con
tract for burying the INDECENT dead O
the county at 5000 funeral.
When the bids for furnishing TIN
city with mules were opened, the Schu
man Carriage Company, it was found
will sell the equity the eighteen mule
belonging TO the company and rented
to the city and twelve mules to be de
iivered February ], making a total o
thirty, for $3.50 a head.
/. Scharlin aud N. Churchill agree,
TO furnish ten mules for 1920 head.
Now Eating Head on.
} II was ascertnined by judicious in
quiry that the crippled horse which th
supervisors in a moment Of GENEROSITY
had lent Miss Rose DAWSON, tho hu
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