Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-04
CARED L.
FOR in ADVANCE,
LOGAN INSISTS
Supervisors Have Been Ap-
propriating Out of Revenue
Due in May and Nov. 3

Though the report of Bank EXamin
er NJ. A. Drummond, published yester
| day in the Star-Bulletin, accuses City
| and County Treasurer D. l.. Conkling
with false economy" in handling the
| city finances, Mr.. Conkling today de-
clined to make any statement in the
matter. ..-...-.. -. ... j.. -.
'1f that's the way Drummond sees
things. all right says Conkling. Per
sonally do not care to enter into any
discussion over the matter"
Mayor Lane likewise declined to
make any statement relative 10 the
appropriation of more money than
has come in to the city in revenue,
preferring to wait until we have
talked it over with the board" The
mayor would not say whether he con-
sidered the report a justifiable criti-
cism of the supervisors or treasurer.
Nothing in It, Says Logan. H.
Supervisor Daniel Logan said today
that there is absolutely no foundation
to the statement by Examiner Drum
mond that 1T is evident the cash basis
fund was taken into consideration at
the time of making appropriations. y
I'VE never considered the cash
basis fund in that light at ALL" says
the chairman of the expenditures com.
mittee. Il advised the city treasurer
to use the cash basis fund rather than
the registered warrants, but made it
clear that We were not appropriating
out of the cash basis fund but out OF
the prospective revenue due in May
and November. H.. ~" >.::..
1--WE have already practically taken
care of the deficit that Drummond
mentions" says Logan. ''We knew
we had a deficit, and we did not walk
into 1t blindly The board last night
voted to follow my suggestion to wipe
out between $4,000 and $4,000 of the
deficit We shall give the roads
practically nothing out of the general
fund, and there is bound to be big
saving thereby which can be used to
help to pay the deficit. :.-- =.
Besides there Is a large part OF
the 1915 appropriation which still re.
mains unspent. There is the water
investigation appropriation of $4,000
of which only $500 has been used Sc
far, and the fire trucks, which will not
now fall under the 1915 appropriation,
amount to $32,500. !.
"Of the permanent improvement
fund, $9511 was over appropriated
November 80. OF this fund, $50, 700,
including 100000 or so for electric
light plant extension and police and
fire alarm system, was not spent.
Advances returnable to the general
fund on November 80, and which have
since been increased, were as follows:
School fund, $3500; improvement dis
tricts, $4,000; curbing Kapahulu road,
$780, total of $14,600. Besides the
foregoing figures the estimated saw
ing on appropriations to December 81
1915, is $15,394. This makes a total
of $137, ,694, leaving only about $4,000
of actual cash deficit remaining.
''In other WORDS" continues the SUI
pervisor, ''the over-appropriations
are mainly against the revenue of
1916, which will undoubtedly show a
considerable increase over that OF
1915" ...-=%. ....&
Leaving out of the question the
banking on 1916 revenue" continued
Supervisor Logan, ION account of the
large public Improvements undertaken
last year, the board of supervisors is
not responsible for all of the over
appropriations made. The legislature
ordered payments by the city and
county, after the first six months ap-
preparations were made, amounting to
$4,000 or $4,000. This included the
payment of $4,000 oVerdrafts on circuit
court expenses, over which the board
has absolutely no control and since
that payment the board has been call
ed on to pay another $4,000 to cover
further court deficiency. =.*<
Although this is charged against
the biennial appropriation by the leg
islature for the courts, it is actual
cash gone out of the municipal treas
ury in the meantime and indeed there
is little hope that the courts will not
be heavily indebted to the city and
county at the end of the present term,
Another large item in the excess OF
appropriations is that of $4,000 for
water investigation, voted in pursu-
ance of public demand, through a
meeting of citizens under the auspices
of the Chamber of Commerce, yet an
unforeseen contingency when the reg
ular appropriations were. being con-
sidered" 81. "