The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-31
HONOLULU NAY
lose ITS BAND.
Supervisors Seriously Consider
Advisability Of Dispensing with
; Services Of Captain Berger and
His Musicians.
(From saturday Advertiser

IT (FTOn Satufuay AuNeFtlseT.) ~,
The question Of how to save s9S oa0
in eight months was again the topic Of
discussion by the supervisors yesterday.
The city and county dads are a mly OBJ
sesscd with the idea that their present
Iprcditament is because the laws ain .
made right. The fault rests SO pllinly
in the law, they averred, and not in
their own extravaganza, that they con-
suited the Governor yesterday and
bcgged him 10 call a special session OF
the legislature for the purpose Of
Strengthening out the statutes.
Governor Pinkham emphatieally dis.
agreed with the supervisors, and has
refused to consider favorably the solu.
tion which has been pointed out 70
him,
A number Of Democratic party lead.
ers joined the AID Club excursion last
night in order to accompany the Gov.
ernor TO the Garden Island
The supervisors have decided on
cutting of heads May as follows:
The building inspector, garbage fec
collector and his assistant, one audit.
or's clerk and one man in the county
clerks Office, inspector Of weights and
measures, assistant hack Inspector, four
mounted police, one detective, three foot
police, four hosemen, two watch boys,
ton bandsmen, one engineer, one rod
man, one city and county nurse and two
park gardeners.
These cuts in the list of officials, as
stated by The Advertiser yesterday,
total only about half Of the total re.
trcnchment that must be made.
Band May Be Dismissed.
II was pointed out at the city hall
yesterday that there is no necessity for
maintaining the band during the next
six months, During the tourist season
the band is a valuable promotion asset
hut during the summer II is more or less
Of Injury, IL was said. The band in.
struments and equipment belong TO the
county. The discontinuauce Of the
hand for six months would help out the
treasury nine or ten thousand dollars.
One Of the supervisors stated TO TIL ]
Advertiser that there win have TO be
considerable doubling up in the various
departments. The only solution that is
feasible, he said, is to say to each Of
the department heads. "You can have
1ust exactly so much money for your
department for the next eight months
and not one cent more. Then, 2 he said
lit Is up TO the department heads
That is what any business firm in no
uolulu would do under similar circum
l stances, and the men who Acouid 90 be.
fore the voters at the end of the sir
months and show how they had done
the most work for the least money
would be the ones that would stand Inc
best chance Of reappointment and re-
election
Tax Law Is Blamed.
The supervisors, on the contrary, put
the blame on the tax law, which figures
the rate before the total property as
sessment valuation is known. The ia,
rate for 1914 is figured on the 1918 As
sessment. The sharp decline in valua
tons to the extent of over $4,000. OOI
makes difference of $4,000 in taxes
The supervisors would like TO make m,
size OF the government machine perma
nent, and fix the tax rate after propert,
valuations are known instead OF before
The supervisors take the stand tina
the present system is unfair to IN,
government, and instead Of cutting tn,
governmental garment TO III the cloth
they claim that the counties Shout,
have the taxation power, 80 as TO com
pei the people to supply enough eIotl
to make the garment
i school costs and salaries are fixed b,
the legislature. When there Is a short
age the counties must make IL up. pc
The supervisors say that they are Of
the opinion that the sinking fund o.
$4O,O 900 per annum should be residua
claim against the surplus revenues OF
the year, not prior obligation as Al
present. They, would like to have thu
leash basis law" repealed and us,
money as required from the sinkin,
fund, instead of borrowing, only x
have to replace it. Ea.5 4
They would like TO SEQ the amount
that go into the permanent buildin.
fund made on an optional instead of I
liked percentage basis.
Altogether the supervisors. indiyidu
ally and in caucus collectively. ex
pressed themselves as being highly dis
satisfied with the procedure laid dowr
by law, and would much prefer TO do
the law-making themselves.
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