The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-10
Republican and Democratic Mem
bers Of Board Agree On
Political Compromise
FERN WILL WITHDRAW
~. NAME OF J. H. WILSON
McCandIess' Protege Not Popu-
lar With Either Party and
Cannot Be Confirmed

A political treaty or combination be
tween the Democratic and Republican
members of the board Of supervisors
end Mayor Fern Is in process Of settle
ment, under the terms of which Will
lam q. Allen will be appointed city
engineer 70 take Office soon after the
first Of September. Is
Mr.. Allen is now engineer in charge
of the Manoa Improvement projects
under employment of j. r. Richie q
COMPANY. He IL well known in Homo
lulu and is regarded by many as the
best available man to take the position
which George Collins will leave when
be becomes engineer of the Bishop es
tate. .- naa H. ~. 3d.. ST .ts+ aFs
II was reported yesterday that five
Of the seven Notwithstanding the
two Democrats, Petrie and Mcclellan
favor the appointment of Mr.. Allen,
amt that Mayor Fern is willing to
Withdraw the naIno of John II. Wilson
as his choice for engineer, and submit
the name Of Mr.. Allen in its place
At the last meeting of the supervi
sors when Supervisors Mott.Smith, Ar
mold and Hollinger frankly declared
that they would never consent to the
appointment of Wilson as engineer, OF
anyone else short Of the best man foI
the position, the Democratic represeu
tatives remained silent and it was
practically certain then that they
either did not favor Wilson themselves
or that they had no hope of his con
firmation. tfEE ....''.
Good Man Wanted
They suggested that the Republicans
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good man for the place and gave as
surance they were anxious for thu
steadily augmenting road work to. be
in the hands Of n capable, experience
and dependable man and would no
let politics interfere with their choice
Aliens candidacy sprang to high
shortly after this meeting. Superb
sors Arnold, 'BelIina, Mcclellan and Pc,
trie and Mayor Fern are said to be
lined up behind him. Mott-Smith an
Hollinger have not shown their hand
yet, and il is quite likely that the form
err will not commit himself until he has
completed study of the department
Supervisor Mott Smith is going into
the overhead charge of the department
and working out a plan which appears
TO have as its purpose a complete or
partial separation OF the road from the
engineering department.
Engineer Not Luna
Some change should be made, he
snid at the last meeting, so that q
highly paid engineer would not be call
ed on to do the work of a road luna
and this is what Mr.. Collins has been
obliged to do. A, great part of his
time is spent in examining roads, sup
cruising road construction, and direct.
ing the operations of road gangs in the
city as well as the country districts.
From what Supervisor Mott-Smith
had said, he will insist upon complet-
ing his study before the new engineer
is appointed. In the meantime an Or
dinance creating the position of as
sistant engineer is Gbeing rushed
through and will be up for final read
ing at the meeting of the board Mon
day evening.
Under this ordinance the engineer
eau appoint his assistant. Collins will
appoint one of the engineers in his de
partment--presumably Fred Orht--as
assistant, 50 that in the hiatus between
his leaving Office and the appointment
of successor, the road work can &c
ON without interruption.