Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-18
LONG WRANGLE
ABOUT COST OF
TWONEW AUTOS
Larsen Thinks q $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 cant have any fight over
the new rules of procedure"
The gallery looked disappointed and
several get up from their chairs and
left the room.
We'll have to argue over some
thin" said Supervisor Larsen, with
grin.
Yep, that's right" agreed Hollinger.
Partly so that the fighting members
OF the board could be left in their
chairs ready to engage in verbal bat
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 fer $500. 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 yigor-
ously He said that the present cars
are good cnes and that IL a couple
of hundred dollars were spent in over
hauling them they would be as 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.
III 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 b out of
town in one car and call comes that
a murder has been committed some,
where about town. he said, and then
the deputy sheriff has to get there
quick"
rs that So" sarcastically cut in
Arnold. FIJI ask you, Mr.. Horner, If
it isn't SO that the captain of detec-
tives is the man who goes to these
scenes of murders and suicides, that
Mr.. Asch doesn't go anyway until it
is in the hands o. the coroner and his
jury
Horner said he did not know.
Then the police committee ought
to go into some of these things a lit
tie more thoroughly Arnold said.
The deputy sheriff needs machine
to serve papers WITH Horner then
announced.
Now see here" Supervisor Larsen
interjected, Il don't see Why $3.50
Tin Lizzie wouldn't do Just as we'll
to serve papers with. 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 If the rest of you want
it,
The proposition went to vote after
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bile now used by the department be
retained and converted into morgue
automobile. Over Arnold's negative
the proposition was adopted.
The sanitation committee, through |
Chairman AHA, recommended that a
DENLY truck at $235O be purchased for
the garbage department. The lowest
bid was by the Royal Hawaiian Garage
for a. REQ truck at 1850, just 800
less money than that which will be |
paid for the DENLY truck. Supervisor
Larsen reminded the board that there
are no DENLY trucks in the islands and |
that broken parts will have to be sc.
cured from the mainland.