The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-03-03
CIh,DADS6C5GE
RESPONSIBILITIES
Of ROAD PROGRAM
Tell Committee To- Go Ahead
y But Not To Overrun
|. Allowance \

The special meeting of the board Of
supervisors, held yesterday afternoon
to decide on a road program for March
came to. a very sudden, ending at din
ner time. The board did not seem to
wantto, take the responsibility suggest
Sed by the road committee, and adjourn
ed without doing anything but recon-.
mending that the members Of royl
! committee run, the road department at
their own sweet will but without over.
running the, appropriation.
A report from the city, engineer stat.
ed that he had been unable in the
short time at his disposal, TO CON.
lpIete figures reliable enough to be used
with certainty. Engineer Collins also
said that the reports OF the road de-
gpartment for the. past seven months
were not available, but that from and
after the first Of March reports would
be Forthcoming without fail. He DIS
claimed all responsibility for the lax
methods in vogue previously to his
taking charge of the Office. Supervisor
Hollinger suggested that Collins read
the riot act to his Office force in the
road department, and get them busy
in the work Of compiling the WORK
called for by the board.
over Draft For $s723
| In the, report handed in yesterday
there was shown an apparent over
draft of 1923 so for February, WHICH
rather took the breath, Of the other
members Of the board away. Chat
man Single took exception to ~,
figures, saying that whiic tar, m.rht
have been q small lovrrdra% Il WIS rot
of the amount stated, end That III"
and patching King street, whiic it hrI
SSst possibly three thoq4ssaGd dollars,
This had been money well invcstc
with the, consent of the whole board,
he. added, but the large overdraft was
most probably an error.
. He asked the report be withdraw
so far as the past week was concerned
and that the board take up the pro.
Igram for March. The members pass
/ ed the first three items of the report
which were for office expense 1919,
stable expense $500, blacksmith an
machine shop $4O5, and hauling at $4OJ.
Row Over oiling
! The question of oiling King street
from Liliha to Pukaki Hin $500 pro,
tvokGd a discussion. Tho merits Of
different parts of the road were dis
;cussed and Larsen inquired the reason
why certain streets in. Kaimuki hud
not been Included in the report. He
had been promised by the road com
mittee. that they would be included in
the work laid out, but could not find
the items. The item for Kamuki in
cluded grading, scarifying and rolling
Tenth, Eighteenth, Claudine and Thir-
teenth avenues near Wilhelmina Rise
Up to Committee Now
When the discussion was at ITS
Height Hollinger moved that the board
allow the road committee to run its
own affairs with a.rep6rt of the work
board. The motion, carried. The meet
| night at half-past, seven, o clock.
Engineer Collins report shows in dc
tail the proposed expenditures for
March, and how by carrying ont the
items, the overdraft apparent in Feb
ruary, would be reduced to $2643 so bv
the end of the present month. The
total liabilities for March, inrlmd.Ig
the overdraft are said to be $lG, s33 80
and total resources $I4, 100.
To Absorb oVerdraft
In conclusion the report reads as
follows:
IF any impression is to be made
| upon the vast amount of necessary
street repair work during the month
Of March, the road tax, allowance Of
$4,000 should be continued through
the month of April in order to allow
| the large Ovcrdraft of February to be
absorbed. Further, unless special ap-
propriatiOns tOtaHng about 5000 are
available for continuing the necessary
repairs at PuulOa and KuliouOu, work
on these jobs will have to be stopped
at once, or the overdraft be allowed
to increase by the above amount. Oil.
ing and sanding of the entire Makiki
district will have to be covered by
u special appropriation of about $4,000
FOR the reasons that, with the depart
ment running on $4,000 per month
basis, work. must be concentrated GU
patching the paved streets and grading
the uRpayed streets.
." No allowance has been made above
for caBtoniers as it is plaUned to wp'k
a gang for a shorter period under capa-
BILE supervision. '.a.y