The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-02-21
COOPERATE FOR
FRONTAGE TAX
Supervisors Will Confer With
Committee of Leading
Civic Bodies.
lFrom wendnesdny Advertiserl


If the committees named by the mer
chants association and the chamber OF
commerce to prepare frontage tax bill
for introduction mt the present session
of the legislature wake up to the TACT
that the board of supervisors has some
slight interest in such measure, ana
confers with that body's legislative
committee, it may not be necessary for
tho city to go to the expense of hiring
a lawyer to draw up its own measure
for frontage tax.
At the meeting of the supervisors
last night, Deputy City Attorney Mil
verton reported that the supervisors
had the power to engage outside legal
help, hut the matter was referred back
to him for further opinion as to
whether it has the right in this par
ticulnr instance.
Members Of the board present, with
out exception, expressed themselves as
in favor of a frontage tax, recognize
ing the futility, they said, of attempt
ing to properly care for something over
$50 miles of road with the money avail
able from taxes. 1t was for this reason
that they were anxious, they said, to
see that n frontage tax bill was pre-
scented, but they had not been informed
that the commercial bodies of the city
had engaged a lawyer to draw such
measure.
Ed Towse, who was the only citizen
in the audience, informed them of the
action of the commercial bodies, and
said he hoped that the legislative COM
mittee of the supervisors would get in
touch with the other committees. He
appeared surprised that the supervisors,
who are the most intimately concerned
in such a measure, because Of their re-
lationship to the people, had not been
consulted.
1t was decided that, despite the fact
that it had been ignored so far, the le-
gislative committee of the supervisors
would seek conference with the other
committees.
The presentation of another petition
signed by fifty Hawaiians asking for
the reinstatement of Doctor Moore as
assistant city physician, brought out
the fact that although Doctor Moore
has not been in Office since the new
: board assumed control, the Hawaiians
persist in going to him with their all
ments
Supervisors Mcclellan Of the health
and sanitation committee, said that Doc
1.
terests of economy, because it was be-
lieved DIR. James II. Wayson, city ply
stefan, could do all the work, but that
if the committee found it necessary to
employ an additional physician, it
would gladly recommend the reinstate-
ment of Doctor Moore.
Mayor Fern said the Hawaiians sent
by Doctor Wayson to the free dispen-
: sary would not go there. 1t was finally
decided that the health committee
should meet with Doctor Wayson and
try and effect some arrangement which
would be more satisfactory.
Some CONSERVATION was caused when
bill was received from the city en-
l. gineer calling for $3.50 for work done
in preparing the site for the fire house
at Kaimuki.
When the matter of grading this site
was brought up at one of the first meet.
, ings of the board, Supervisor Pacheco,
as chairman of the fire committee
n blithely declared that it would not cost
$ more than three or four hundred dol.
: lars to do the work, and under this i'm
!. preston, the board referred the matter
0 to the fire committee and City Engineer
9 Whitehouse with instructions to have
I the work done
: But 1T seems when the work had pro
Q ceeded short distance, the soft earth
!. gave way to solid rock, with the result
5 that drilling and blasting has been the
. order of the day, and with but little
d over half the work complete, the cost
: has reached over one thousand dollars.
: The supervisors passed the resolution
: calling for the amount, on the first
+ reading, but decided to investigate the
Q situation before proceeding further
I with the work.