The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-10-20
City Attorneys Office Given No
Opportunity So Far TO Dis
charge Its Legal Broadside
Against SupervisoriaI Action
LARSEN READY TO SET
PUBtlcaABovE STATUTES
xalakaua Avenue Paving Win Be
Record Of Achievement Which
This Board Is Anxious To
Obtain, Explains Mr.. Arnold

Practically no discussion occurred at
he meeting of the board Of supervisors
'ast evening over the question whether
may undertake legally half the ex.
oense of relaying the streetcar tracks
n the center of Kalakaua Avenue, as
'art of the prospective pavement of
hat thoroughfare, although one mem.
oer,, Supervisor Larsen, said he was
prepared to oblige the public let the
,aw be what it may. > -
Letter from A. l., Castle, secretary
If the Honolulu Rapid Transit 4 Land
Company, informing the board that the
company will he, unable to obtain the
Few Trilby rails within a year time,
vas read and the subject was referred
iaek, to the road committee. II is up
o the board now to ask the company
20 relocate its track temporarily, after
which the municipal body will offer to
.ontfibute 1900. thy Estimated half Of
he cost of this, operation. ..'' :
in q farewell speech judy +. M.
latch. who isSto DEPART for the Coast
his morning on n trip of indetermin-
te length, suggested that there could
70 no valid objection on the part OF
he transit company to at least laying
lie foundation in the center of Kala-
qua Avenue for its permanent track
ag, keeping pace with the paving.
tx Weeks Delay Anyhow
In answer To queries by Ben Holm
er, c. N. Arnold, chairman of the
oad cor thTttee. said it would be at
,ast forty-fVe days before the Spald-
IT. Construction Company could begin
ctuol w0Ek 81 the, paving, and that, if
undertook to lay the entire stretch
= the mtkai side from John Ena road
Kapiolani Park. the Job would re-
ire three OF four months:
IF we can't have the way smooth
rr continuance of the work on the
tukn side by that time, said Ar
Nd. "He can consider that we have
Ailej to complete the Kalakaua. Ave
u" Improvement before This board goes
ut of Office.
"But think in that time we will
ave the problem solved to the salts
slGtien of the streetcar company and
ne public.
a"Tbe contrae. ors are ready TO begin
'ork immediately, but we are not in
ositicn to advance the necessary
oncv.- We cannot make the required
~ansftr from the general to the per,
aneht improvement fund; that is why
etive operation on the job must be
ED up now for fortyfve days"
10 Formal Objections
Except more. or less incidentally, Dep,
" CITY attorney Cristy's opinion that
the city has no legal right to pay half
IT any part Of the Edst Of relocating
ne streercar tracks temporarily, did
OF come before the board. Larsen re.
erred TO it in declaring that the pub
C seems thoEoughly' to approve the
ntire KalRkRua Avenue project, and
lat he believed the public would sup.
eTt the supervisors in any effort Ia
aston the job, even if the board had
do certain things that appeared to
ncroach upon the statutes.
,ecord Of Achievement
| Arnold asserted that it was up ia
lis board TO exert every effort to get
he pavement completed before the
resent 'supervisorial body goes out Of
| flee, for at is the one thing that
will put us on the map as board that
las actually achieved n real, public
tcrmanent good in the interest of the
community" he said.
One feature of tho Rapid Transit
iompany's letter, as read, last. night
/ ave the road committee surprise. II
vas Castles statement that tn" corr
any denies the authority of the city
| order il 10 relocate its lines.
"In the committed conference with
be directors Of 'the,Fompany we were
iven the impress on that they con
.edcd our right to Issue aid enforce
uch order, - ChairnaH Arnold said
his appears to b" minor point, how
yer, not materially affecting the pres
mt case, since the compnuy is ready