The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-03-31
SUPERVISORS MUST.
HAVE QUICK relief
OR WILL Dissolve
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First Draft Of Memorial To Gov
ernor For Special Session Of
Legislature Submitted
LAWS AskEW AND PROMPT
ASSISTANCE IS DEMANDED
financial Straits Confront NUM-
cipality and All Departments
Are Crippled Or Hampered ,

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The first draft, Of the memorial to be
presented to the Governor requesting
him to call special session Of the legis,
lature for the purpose of having extra.
ordinary relief granted to Honolulu,
was placed In the hands of the mayor
last evening as chairman of the com
mittee having to decide on what the
memorial should contain. The paper is
bulky and consists of twenty-seven
closely typed pages Of reasons, giving
facts and figures showing that the con.
dition Of the city Is more the fault of
the growth of its needs without ade'
quate funds being provided for the pur.
poses Of the advancement made and the
additional responsibilities placed on the
city by the legislature from time to
time. Q. - I. + svrt. b.
Relief Must Be Given
must be given the city or
else the board Of supervisors will have
to cripple the municipal government 70
escape personal violation of the Grim
inal law, says the memorial THE
board will have to be done away with;
oil road work must cease; all contribu-
tions TO charity must be stopped; all
salaries not provided for by law must
be reduced and the number Of employees
of the city must be reduced. s.. =
The board Of supervisors wishes to
express to your Excellency that it will
follow this course, If necessary, but
expresses its certain, conviction to your
Exeelleney that such a course wonld
he ruinoBs TO the proper administration
Of the affairs of the city of Honolulu.
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pray that your Exeellency, as soon as
Ipa' lc, exercise the disc ol.on -.est. .
within him by law and convene the
legi L'ture Of the Territory of Hawaii
forthwith in special session for the pur-
pose n considering and celebrating
ul'oa he situation hereinbefOre set
f"r' and providing the relief herein
e. c suggested and prayed for as
NAV to said Legislature and your Ex-
And your petitioners will ever pray"
The draft of the material reciteS
that Tho total income of the city of
Hen " is insufficient and inadequate
to meet the actual needle and require
mepts of the p oper administration Of
its pffairi ... ,..sa rt.rI ,
Available Income Insufficient B. .
The total a"' uni Of money available
for fxpepdtu" VS. ISIS in the year
1915 than in any year sine. 100 The
am = I" """'lq / frr cxren,'i ure by
,v"".>a. sirce 1910 were as + lows: I
10Il g.. ............... ~ 9,9664s
'S'''.l - ,.,..'..,' ...,rs aSls,9l0sSt
w '...... .'...... pAf,9l4 W
W. &C.. -..,..... bO4,O25.op
1911" ............. T92,42i1f
~" c'rrnt income each year since
shows a steady increase but each
reHr the necessary exp 2nditures shows
prrater increase.
That is, every board Of supervisors
with the exception of the last board
LEFT TO its successors large balance
of money. The last board left the
present board on December 81, 1914
the sum of $l4fS.92 in the general
fund and $l4I7 in the road tax fund
or total of only $2S6592. Each veal
previous TO tho beginning Of 1915 there
was carried forward by the previous
boards sums varying from $4,000 to
300. u ~
Balances In Former Years Adequate
The balances carried forward uiiex,
pended and unappropriated by boardi
prior to the board which retired on the
last day Of December, 1914. and which
the present board suceeeded, wee al
follows: 1909, $T3,475; 1910 $s2.474;
1911 $4S,S07; 1919. $I14,500: 1918
s2k65.92. =, w..
The expense # thu g"netA govern
ment hd> inc Sed since 1909 from
$552ll to $S5, 100 The con rts. which
in 1909 cost the e'unty hut $S.6eS, cost
in 1919 the sum Of S6s. 1884.
Protection to life and rrope,'.
which includes the police and q: :. Dc
partments, police and fire alarm and
maintenance of tails anil prisoners
cost in 1909 only $l62,327.l4 as com
pareI with $685., 1926 necessary il
1918. Sanitation and health in 1890
cost the municipality $34 400, while fol
the same pBFp0se IL, 1915 $72.270 wal
| necesssrv. Donations have increased
from $1,000 to $500, and the expenses
of recreation, including the band ant
parks, have inHfeased from $4,000 Il
more than $50 700. Only two board'
since 1909 have spent less than III,
present board on the maintenance AM
upkcep Of the roads. In I9ll;i $a27 0oC
was spent; in 1919, $3.50, 900, while il
l9l5, S2S00o0 was spmt.,
Remedy Suggested To Help
The result Of this provision Of thu
law is that dbspite the fact that th'
city Is lowing rapidly, the total rev
emue thar 'nu@he obtained to meet thu
constantly increasing cost Of admins
tering the affairs of the city does mo-
increase in proportion, because the tai
rate remains and has remained abso
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The entire situatiop can he remediet
Nv striking from the secop,l paragrap!
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