The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-18
ROAD COMMITTEE
UTSEXPENSE AND
CLOSESC|TYQUARRY
Saves Twelve Thousand For
Needed Work 70 Be Done
After June ~ ~
al ( Z" ~ 4 Ll4-Lt +, - 80
LAND OPENING BILL t''a. h'a,
r GOES TO THE MAYOR
r. s@H. -
Arnold Fights Scheme To Make
I'D New City Ambulance Self :
Sustaining TT

The road, committee of the board of
supervisors bias made stand in the mat.
ter Of expenditures for the six months
enling June 30, and has retrenched.
After April 1 there win be but $4,000 q
month spent on the rosis ~ the Homo.
lulu district, instead of $4,000 as CON
templated In the general appropriation
bill, and the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., city
quarry will be closed on the last day
of the present month, throwing thirty
three men out of employment r. .t-E.a
This was the result of a partial re.
port made by the road committee and
adopted by the entire board at a meet.
ing last night. ....
The 'crt will mean a saving of $12,.
900, which will be used in the second
half of the present year. Owing TO the
closing down of the quarry, and the lit.
tie work which will re done for the
balance of the ,half-year on roads, there
will be little rock used and this will be
purchased until June from the firms of
the city who have bid to supply the
city at an average price Of one dollar
and twenty cents cubic yard for the
three grades of rock used.
Sawe= Ordinance by Larsen
Supervisor Larsen introduced an ordi
nance covering the laying of sewers,
which was read by title and passed first
meeting. The ordinance providing for
the plating of all land in future to be
opened for building sites was passed at
third reading and on being signed by
the mayor win become law. 1t provides
heavy penalties in both fine and fmprs
OIment for non observance of its provi
sons.s
The amended report of the city engi-
ncer on the general specifications of
the paving of LusitanS street was
a1onted and the appropriation for the
Hakipuu road improvement was cut
from $4,000 a month to $4,000 month.
Fourteen hundred dollars was appro
priated for the continuation of the work
on the Pah road and retaining wall
This money was appropriated from the
permanent Improvement fund.
Arrbulance to Support Self ...r
= The acceptance of the new emergency
hospital ambulance was requested by
Doctor Aver, but the mayor did not
think that it should he taken over until
certain squeak that he noticed in il
was removed. The doctor took the
me mbcrs of the police committee for O
ride to show what fine machine it was
anil they all noticed a squeak when the
gers were changed. This will be rem
lied. The upkeep of the machine
brought on some argument and Logan
proposed that private persons using the
imhulance pay for it at a certain rate
tn be decided on. This was fought by
Arnold, who said that the ambulance
shOuld not be made self-sustaining. He
vas the only member of the board who
thought 30 and the matter was referred
to the health committee to invest gate
rnI renort on. ., .-
Tree Planting Destroys Walks
A petition from twenty six property
owners to be permitted to plant trees
long the edge of the sidewalks in
lnlaHi Avenue, AuwaiOimu, was refer.
rcd to the committee on parks. This
rought up a discussion as to the ad
stability of tree-planting where the
possibility was that in few years the
trees would destroy the sidewalks and
then the city would be liable for dam 4
es to persons and for the repairs TO
i've sidewalks. From the destruction of
sidewalks to the laying of the same was
u short step and it was brought to
the attention of the board by Super.
ser Homer that certain oriental con.
Tractors are laying concrete walks and
laying no attention to the specifca.
tons laid down by the board for the
work. The work is being done for
eiPht cents a yard, which is an impos
o'hle price if the. specifications are
lived up to-, and the city engineer was
Ven authority to look. into the mat
tr of an inspector for the work.
An additional appropriation was
made for the parking of Kalakaua
! venue, as the appropriation made was
expended and 1895 more was necessary
~ meet the bills incurred up to the
present time.
! ouse Numbers Are Elusive
Supervisor Horner suggested that
icheme for the proper numbering of
III" houses of the towr be devised 1t
turned out that it was the duty of the
lily clerk to attend to this but as
there was no appropriation it had not
cen done. Supervisor Logan related
tie custom of the orientals here who,
Nhep they get u number for their shops
or houses, consider that it is their
! mbeF and when they move to lew
Io"ation they take the number along
and affix it to the new place. This,
Logan said, sometimes led to confu
sion, and the city, directory man was
at times in doubt as to what to do.