The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-12-29
Gain IN Price Of Product Expect
ed 70 Add thousands To
Municipal Golfers
SUPERvIsORs-ELECT PLAN B
FOR EcoNoMIcAL BUDGET
Plan 10 Separate Water and
Sewers From Engineering
Department May Fail

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From twenty TO thirty thousand dol
LARS may be added to the revenue q
the city as q result Of the sudden gail
In the price Of sugar and the conse
quent increase in the profits Of th'
Fluctuations Of the Territory. +
a preliminary and unofficial assess
Inent survey was made yesterday
which brought forth the prediction tina
the county would have small fortune
moro this year than last, due TO thu
boost in the price Of sugar.
Plantations have been assessed upor
different basis than that upon which
house and lot, for instance, hav,
been assessed. In the latter ease tn,
assessment has been based upon the
letual and salable value Of the prop
erty, while In the case of plantations
It has been predicated on the averag,
profits for fvc years.
Larger Profits Increase Taxes
Sugar having taken an upward flight
beginning with the opening of the En-
ropean war, the profits Of the planta
lions should be much larger this year
than In 1918, aud consequently they
will pay in greater amount of taxes
This Is true on the presumption that
Charles ]. Mccarthy, territorial treas
urer, computes the assessment on the
same scheme as his predecessor.
The tax rate win not be fixed unit
the latter part of January. 1t is ar
rived at after the estimated expenses
Of the municipality are turned in and
after the sums needed for interest and
sinking fund on bonds, school build
ings and school salaries and cost OF
collecting taxes are appropriated
With this TO 20 on, the tax rate 1:
fixed, using the assessment of the for
mer year as basis.
The supervisors elect have been pro
ceeding in their work on the budget
with the idea in view Of keeping its
total below that Of the former one
They have decided that this would BE-
the safest course. They have several
projects in mind, the matefializatiOn Of
which would cost large sums, but the
projects are not likely to be carried
out in the first six months. One OF
these Is county hospital, another q
mnnlelpal cemetery Tor the burial OF
lndigent dead.
Water and Sewer Agitation
Opposition to the plan Of separstine
the water and sewer works from the
engineering department is fast taking
shape in tho caueuses of the supervis,
ors elect. IL was said yesterday that
this opposition had become so strong
that Mayot-eleet Lane had practically
made up ms mind TO abandon the
proposition and make no mention Of il
IN his inaugural address.
Harry Murray has been mentioned
right along as the man to take this
Position should 1t be created, and have
the title Of superintendent Of the water
anu sewer departments. Sam Chilling
worth emerged as q rival candidate
Tor thus Job yesterday, backed II Is
said, by strong Republican support.
But Judging from the growing oppo-
sition to the plan TO separate the en-
gincering from the water and sewer
works, both Chillingworth and Murray
will have to look elsewhere for SUI
perintsndency. IL may be several days
before 1t is definitely known what
stand the mayor will take on the mat
ter AT, first he strongly favored the
division scheme, but now, II Is said,
he looks with doubt upon the possi-
bility Of its being adopted by the
board.
II Murray Is not made suReriptend-
ent Of the water and sewer works, he
may be appointed road oYerseer, or
superintendent OF roads, AS the title
may he, which is a job Charles Clark
has his eyes on,
clrtaiiing Engineers Duties