Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-28
Injunction Action Welcomed to
Determine Scope Of Main
tenance" and Construction

te1anCe ana CONSTRUCTION
Standing shoulder to shoulder In thu
| face OF having injunction proceeding
begun against them today, the board
\ Of supervisors last night voted unani
mously to meet any such proceedings
as might be instituted. and fight them
/ In court.
There had been Information to the
effect that complaints we're being
made against certain street work by
both the Honolulu Automobile Club
and the Manoa Improvement Club, but
when Clarence H. Olson, appearing at
the meeting for his client Raymond
c. Brown, rose and announced that
unless work was stopped today in
three different sections OF the city, an
Injunction would be filed, the news
came as shock to more than one of
the city fathers
The three places In which Attorney
Olson maintained that road work rs
geing beyond the lawful bounds pre-.
seribed for 1t in the statutes of the
city, were as follows: On Iwilei road
beyond the bridge, on the road joining
Iwilei road with Pier Is, and on a
section Of road in Moiliili.
Construction. Not Repair Work.
Mr. 0lsun's point was that the work
in question Is construction work, and
not mere maintenance repair, and
that new construction work in any
particular district should not be paid
for out OF general revenue.
Unless" said Attorney Olson, sfthis
work is stopped tomorrow morning,
we inform you that injunction pro-
eeedings will be at once begun
Supervisor Single rose in behalf of
the roads committee, and stared to
Mr.. Olson that the question of road
maintenance was one which had
cansed the committee no end of worry.
He stated that most OF the day had
been spent In q discussion Of what
constituted road maintenance, and that
investigations of the various pieces Of
work had been made with view to
following the spirit of the law.
M is so much a matter Of public
welfare, said Mr.. Single. that we
feel 1t to be the spirit of the law
which should guide US. The Queen
street read IN particular is one over
which there is so much traffic and
tourist travel that we have wanted to
get Il put into shape.
Mr.. Single stated that the work
was being paid for from savings that
had been made by the dismissal OF
useless employees in the roads depart
ment, together with so per cent of the
coast which was being borne by the
Oahu Railway, and that he did not
feel the committee was doing wrong
In its efforts to better the condition
OF what, he said, was q disgraceful
piece OF road.
No Better Plan TO offer.
Can you suggest any better plan?v
he inquired point blank of the attor.
hey. Mr. Olson did not say that he
could, What he did say was that he
refused to enter into any discussion
whatever as to the best methods Of.
road work, and that his only purpose
IN appearing at the meeting was to
Issue the warning he had already
given. : 4
Following this statement. Mr.. Shin
gle asked the attorney If he and his
Client deemed the work on King street
u Moiliili actual reconstruction work
We do was the reply.
This was more than the good-natured
supervisor could take pleasantly.
Let me say, them he flashed. turn.
ng to the mayor Ind other members
Oh the board, that if this man or any