Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-15
DIR. RAYMOND
STARTS REFORM
ON MAUI BOARD
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Especial STAR Bulletin Correspondence
WAILUKU, Maui. Sept. 14-From
all accounts the last meetings OF the
Maui board OF supervisors. when Dr..
RAYMOND first sat on the board, were
lively ones. DR.. Raymond is one of
the brightest of thinkers, and is per-
sistent in holding To what he believes
to be right, so that all Maui was ex.
pecting that the doctor, who has been
so well known for his public utter
ances during the lasC few years, and
especially during the months when
the plebiscite campaign was on, would
do something move! when he was sit
ting with the board for the first time.
AS all those who have followed the
work of the supervisors here in the
past know, the board has had several
standing committees who had certain
definite tasks in hand. This system
the doctor stated at the outset he did
not believe in at all, and when it was
proposed that the board be reorganiz-
ed, he objected and made motion
that hereafter all standing commit
tees be abolished. The motion carried,
and hereafter Maui will have the
pleasure Of seeing the work of the
board of supervisors done by the
whole body without caucus or secret
sessions or standing committees of
any kind whatever. The general pub
lie, II Is believed, viii heartily favor
this new method of tackling the pub.
lie problems.
The new member of the board sue.
ceeded in bringing about another
change--one that was inaugurated
some time ago, when chairman of
the board was elected by popular vote.
but which new method has not been
much in vogue Of ia;e-namely, that
the chairman of the board do the exc
cutive work of the board as whole.
Before the session was half over
Chairman Kalama found his hands
full of wark, and he will be kept busy
Off some time to come, unless present
indications fail.
The committees appointed at the
last meeting of the trustees of Maui
chamber of commerce reported to the
board for action on certain county
matters. One committee, consisting
OF w. o. Aiken, F. F. Baldwin, VIM.
Walsh and H. w. Rice, asked that ak
available moneys be Immediately put
on the roads in the Kuahi region,
which are in such wretched shape.
Chairman Kalama ana Hugh Howell,
who has in the past had very. wide
experience in road matters. were sent
to Kuahi to make thorough investiga-
ton of the needs Of the district and
make immediate report
The second matter referred by the
chamber of commerce to the board Of
was the possible resump-
ton of the payment of $50 a month for
territorial promotion work The board
voted this amount as
soon as the matter was presented by
r. A. Wordsworth and J. j. Walsh for
the chamber of commerce.
There is considerable sentiment on
Maui In favor OF retaining an expert
in road work and all engineering mat
tiers in which the county is interest.
ed, and it Is the sincere hope of many
citizens that the board will in the
near future employ an engineer whose
sole duty shall be to advise the board
as to laying out of roads. the neces-
sary construction of new bridges and
the general care of the public county
Such an officer should
sands of dollars by carefully planning
all the work In the future in which
the county is vitality concerned.