Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-18
LONG WRANGLE
ABOUT COST OF
TWONEW AUTOS
Larsen Thinks a $3.50 Tin Liz.
zie' Would Do as Well as a
More Expensive Overland


Gentlemen" said Supervisor Logan
in the assembly room of the board OF
supervisors last night. The chatter
ing ceased.
THE mayor called me UP and said
he couldn't attend the meeting tonight,
SO guess we can't have any fight over
the new rules OF procedure.
The gallery looked disappointed and
several get up from their chairs and
left the room.
Wen have to argue over some
thin" said Supervisor Larsen, with a
grin.
Yep, that's right" agreed Hollinger.
Partly 50 that the lighting members
OF the board could be left In their
chairs ready to engage In verbal bat
tie, the supervisors selected Logan to
act as chairman in the absence Of the
mayor. AS soon as Chairman Logan
had called the meeting to order the
arguing commenced.
The police committee, through its
chairman, Supervisor Horner, recon-
mended that the police department be
given two Overland late model auto
mobiles and that the city purchase
same from the Schuman Carriage Com
pany for $1,000. The company offered
to accept the Oldsmobile and the Ford
now used by the department in lieu
of $500 on account. One Of the new
cars is to be for the sheriff and the
other for the deputy sheriff.
Arnold opposed the purchase vigor-
ously. He said that the present cars
are good ones and that IL couple
of hundred dollars were spent in over
hauling them they would be az good
as new and would do the police de-
partment for several years. And any.
way, he said, there was no sense In
giving the sheriff and the deputy sher-
If an automobile each and besides he
thought $500 was mighty small
amount of money to be allowed by the
Schuman company on the two auto
mobiles.
Horner got up and declared his faith
in the police department and urged
the purchase Of both machines.
Sometimes the sheriff Is out OF
town In one car and call comes that
murder has been committed some
where about town." be said, land then
the deputy sheriff has to get there
quick
lis that so, sarcastically cut In
Arnold. "I'll ask you, Mr.. Horner, II
II isn't so that the captain of detec-
tives is the man who goes to these
scenes of murders and suicides. that
A. AK A1aonsf ur anvurov until n
is in the hands % the coroner and his
jury"
Horner said he did not know.
Then the police committee ought
to 60 into some of these things a lit
tie more thoroughly" Arnold said.
"The deputy sheriff needs machine
to serve papers WITH Homer then
announced.
Nov see here" Supervisor Larsen
interjected. Il don't see why a $3.50
Tin Lizzie wouldn't do just as well
to serve papers with. l don't see the
sense Of buying the deputy sheriff a
more costly automobile just to use for
serving papers. However, won't buck
the proposition IL the rest of you want
IT."
The proposition went to vote after
HoIlinger had urged that the Locomo-
bile now used by the department be
retained and converted into a morgue
automobile. Over Arnold's negative
the proposition was adopted.
The sanitation committee, through
Chairman AHA, recommended that a
DENLY truck at $3.50 be purchased for
the garbage department. The lowest
bid was by the Royal Hawaiian Garage
for REQ truck at $3.50, just 500
less money than that which will be
paid for the DENLY truck. The REQ,
however. was offered without body.
while the DENLY comes with steel
body and hydraulic dumping gear, also
fully painted and equipped, besides
which its horsepower was stated to be
greater than that of the machine next
lowest in price. Supervisor Larsen
reminded the board that there are no
DENLY trucks in the island and that
broken parts win have to be secured
from the mainland.