The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-26
BOARD IS AGAINST
|. Emergency
Supervisors Doubt Adyisatl Iity
Of Further Appropriations
For Special Work
Retaliation Threatened Against
Street Car Company For Com
plants Of Poor Paving

Emergency appropriations got a jolt
al, the meeting of the board of super
Visors last night. The jolt came from
the finance committee on the matter
of the further allotment. OF funds for
the water investigation committee and
the additional appropriation for the
work of the criminal Investigation Of
the city attorneys department.
The first was re-referred to commit.
tee Of the water works and the sec.
ond was not reported on, because super.
visor Hatch was not satisfied that with
the welipaid detective force Of the
police department, IL would be npces-
sary for the city to give the attorneys
Office the 5000 asked, to catch the
fake doctors said TO be operating in,
the city. . .at, ia
sleuths Too Well Known
The deputy city attorney explained
that It was impossible for any of the
Detectives to catch these quacks, as
the. detectives were all known and it
would be- the same as sending a man
with band and -plaehrd out to catch
them. The city attorney had to do this
work in his own way TO get results
This did not seem 20 appeal TO the
finance committee, which stated that IL
would have to give further considera.
tion before a report was made.
The matter of the Rapid Transit bus
being withdrawn from Kalihi brought
out vote Of the board that il was
the sense Of the members that it had
stood for enough of the complaints Of
the railway company on the condition
of the streets which were being used
for the running of its buses
High Time For Action
Supervisor Hatch and Arnold were
Of the opinion that it was high time
the board took action looking to the
right of the supervisors to compel pro.
per service by the company and the
matter was referred to the road com
mittee, with the recognize ndaticn that il
get busy with the city attorney and
see if some relief could not be had
for the people in outlying districts now
not served by the railroad The rcfer-
ence had the unanimous vote of all the
supervisors.
A. +. Clarke, supervisor emeritus If
kaimuki, made proposition to the
board on behalf of the Kaimuki I'm
prOvement Club, that A. +. Cooke want.
ed to turn over about six acres of
land at Kaimuki to the city for a park
if he could make ARA ngements with the
Territory to exchange it for a fishpond
on MOlokRi. The matter was referred
to the'parks committee.
Peddlers To Get Licenses u
Several applications to sell fresh
ments at Kapiolan park on Kameha.
meha Day were referred to the park
committee with the understanding that
, all applicants be granted permission
but that their area of peddling bn re-
stricted as to the committee should
seem just - '.&3
The bin of J. II. Craig for drawing
the plans of the new KcelokHlani
School in the Central Grammar school
grounds, amounting to .$lO64, bwas ap-
proved, although the building inspector
did not first get permission of the pur-
chasing agent TO incur the debt.
Minor errors in the eurbdng assess
ments in Manoa Improvement distric.
| brought to the attention of the board,
were referred to the road committee
with power to make adjustments.
Aylett charges were reported on by
the Committee having them under in.
VcstigatiOn and the report made stated
that the charges bad not been sustain
ed. The report was accepted by the
| board 4s.
The next meeting Of the supervisors
will take place on May 26.
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