Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-06
NEW BOARD At SEA
OVER APPOINTMENTS

Although IL has Teen. spending a
large part of the spare time of It's
members in caucus, the nav Loard ap,
pears. to be still most woefully at sea
regarding its plans Not even the
important question of appointments,
which has been thrashed out in the
Gails press and on the street corners
for several weeks appeared to have
been settled, and nothing was sure
but that the appointments will not
be made until tomorrow night, when
the first business meeting of the
boafd. will be held. y -
From inside sources OF Information
The Star-Bulietin is able to state that
there Is now every Indication that
the following plan. will be followed.
although the members of the new
board have changed their minds SO
often and so materially during the
last few days that even this plan may
go glimmering before the time comes
to put 1t into effect.
To Retain Thurston.
Charlie Thurston, fire chief, is to
be retained. This is regarded as
practically certain. 1t is also certain
that Mayor Fern will not re-appoint
T'hurston until he has to do so, but
there arc four members of the new
board at least who have heard the
call OF the city and will stand by the
old fireman to the last ditch. There
may be five. The names Of the four
as given the Star-Bulletin this morn.
ing ar Cox, Markham, Mcclellan
and Petrie. The possible fifth is said
10 be Hardesty. lbs
Mayor Fern proposes to appoint
either Martin Scully, De Freis or
: Wright, the last member Of the de-
partment. II is reported that Wright
will not accept the appointment. and
the names of Scully and De Fries are
both said to be unsatisfactory to the
majority Of the board.
Lew Whitehouse, the city and
county engineer, will also be retain
ed Some of the better, class lead
ers of the Democracy have taken the
stand that Whlttemore, of Hilo, is
an excellent man, for the engineers
place, but Il Is said that the board is
committed to him and that he viii
mold his office for time at any rate.
His road Supervisor, Caldwell, as al
ready announced in these columns is
slated to go. and already has accept
ed a better position with a private
concern in this city. Building and
Plumbing Inspector Mlehlstein is to
he retained. as well as his deputy,
MlIrasky, and the city electrician
Frazee.
Cut Of Salaries.
As formerly announced by this
PAPER the new board proposes to cut
salaries as much as possible. and the
first to feel the shock will be the Of
flee of the city and county attorney.
Mr.. Cathcart's first deputy, Fred Mil
perton, will 20 back to his old scale
of pay, Brown will follow suit and
every member. OF tho attorneys staff
viii also suffer from a reduced pay
check.
In the county auditors office one
man has been let GO, Tony Marcal-
limo. The pay of the rest is to be
cut to the bone. and the work on
them doubled, The same is also true
of the office staff of the city en-
ginecr, as has already been told by
the Star Bulletin.
There is no attempt to conceal the
fact that the county committee is
bringing tremendous pressure to
bear on the new board in its effort
to force the creation of a Bourbon
political machine that will enable it
TO carry things with a high hand.
This is seen i'm the proposed ar
rangement of committees in the