The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-31
Resigns As City Engineer and
Becomes Consulting Expert
-. G't Of Supervisors
HoRNER ONLY MEMBER
e. WHO OPPOSED PROGRAM
Caucus Over Budget In Afternoon
Rroyides Money For Parks
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The resignation of City Engineer
Whitehouse to take effect on the last
day Of this month was accepted by
the mayor yesterday and the hoard of
supervisors was so notified at tho meet.
ing last night.
A resolution introduced by 5upsrvis.
or Single, appointing Whiiehouse as
consulting engineer Of the board 70.
the purpose of supervising street i'm.
provements now under way and opcrat,
ing under the frontage tax law, was
passed, all voting in favor of it except
Supervisor Horner. Whitehouse will
take his new Office the day after he
ceases to be city engineer.
Routine matters took up the most of
the time Of the members ut the meet,
ing last evening, and the usual number
Of communications and applications
were read.
New Improvement Projects
Two new Improvement projects were
started in Kaimuki, one in Sixth ave-
nue. and the other in Ninth avenue,
both between Waialae road and Mauna.
loa avenues. The engineers report on
the paving of Lusitana street was
read and passed.
An application from the Free Kin.
dergarten Association, asking that
1900 "a year be appropriated by the
city for the assistance of the associa.
ti0n in its work, was referred to the
ways and means committee to be tax,
en- up with the budget. J. NJ. Riggs of
the Carnival committee asked for $500
for the purposes Of decorating. and the
Associated Charities wants the city to
donate $500, as was done last year for
the purpose of the association. Both
requests were referred to the ways
and means committee.
Territorial Help withheld
A letter notifying the board that the
request to the territorial officials for
assistance in building a school for
tubereular children had been turned
down, was read. In the letter it was
stated that the appropriation of $780,
900 made by the legislature for the pur-
poses of fighting the white plague here
was not available for the purposes de,
sired by the supervisors and that they
would have to finance the proposition
themselves.
Bids which were to have been opened
today for the construction of the add.
tion to the electric light station were
ordered returned to the bidders, and an
extension of ten days in which to make
bids was allowed as a mistake had been
discovered in the specifications of the
building. IL will have to be three feet
longer to accC IMMEDIATE the switch
boards which are to be installed.
A protest to the building of the pro.
posed Circle Drive in Puunui was re.
eeived from the Country Club and
George Sherman property holders in
the vicinity where the road is to pass.
The Communication came through the
city engineer and was ordered placed
on file. The matter raised quite a little
breeze in the board and it was suggest.
ed that the property holders having
the protest, come in in the regular way
instead of through the city engineer g
Office.
Pavement still Bugaboo
The matter of adopting a standard
pavement for the streets consumed q
good deal of time and it was the sense
of the meeting, after a considerable
discussion, that the property holders in
the Improvement districts would be
consulted before pavements were forced
on them. The relative merits of War.
ranite, bitulithic and concrete were
gone into aud will be taken up again
before any decided stand is made by
the board.
An ordinance establishing park su-
perintendent and defining his duties
was introduced by Supervisor Holm
ger and passed first reading. Under the
provisions of the ordinance tho park
superintendent will have charge Of all
laborers and the maintenance of the
parks and school grounds, with the ex-
eePtion Of Kapiolani Park and the Pub
lie baths.
During the reading of the long report
of the engineer on the improvement of
Lusitana street the mayor left the
meeting. He called upon Supervisor
Larsen to take the chair, which the su-
pervisor from Kaimuki did with grace
and dignity.
The meeting adjourned at eleven
o'clock to 90 into caucus on the budg,
ct. mlahBsGt meeting will be held at
seven-thirty o'clock p. m. on Tuesday
next. II will be the first meeting of
the new year.