The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-19
CITY DEPARTMENTS
MAY BE Combined
Supervisor Mott-Smith Suggests
To Board Approach To NUM-
cipal Managership a.

opal Managershlp "A,
First note IN the ceuse Of what
promises TO ,,be as near am appreach
as is at present possibles topeity sinanhe
gership was SOUNDED by Supervisor r..
A. Mott-smith at last night q session
of the board of supervisors =.
The routine business Of the evening
had been disposed Of and q motion 70
adjourn was in order when the mem.
Der from waialae rose and stated that
he desired to give notice of motion
which he intended presenting at the
next meeting of the boad. Half-apol.
ogstieally the supervisor stated that IL
! wks q motion which he had good cause
10 believe would not find favor with
the majority of his fellow members
He explained that he took this oppor-
tunity of introducing his motion in
order that the other members of the
board might not be taken by surprise
and might have time TO consider the
matter and go into its pros and cons
before II was presented as a formal
motion. Errt
The motion will be to the effect
that the water and sewer, garbage,
streetsweeping, parks and Fairgrounds,
public buildings and roads, streets and
highways services, be brought together
and combined under the department of
the city engineer and that the duties
of the city engineer be in accordance
defined. # 81.
q +. + H.
Supervisors Gasp ~
Mott-Smith's announcement struck
the other members of the board square
ly amidships, and they literally gasped
for breath.f
+"Give us chance to look into the
matter, was the composite expression
of every member of the board.
Mott-Smith stated after the meeting
that his plan was in conformanee with
the suggest'on OF city manager as
tar as puDilc works are concerned,
wnicn mas iong peep advocated by the
prihelpai ciVfe bodles. He also stated
tnat ne was IN favor OF disassociating
the ponce ana tire departments and
organlsing eaeh as q separate entity,
ana OF pihcing an MATTERS relating to
sehitation ana 'heaith under The super
VISION OF q health department
or 70 the neetlhg there was
pupne nearhs OF property owners OF
SHe i-alnl 5uiwa ROADS Improvement
u trsI anu ~ was stated tnat more
Inan .ns IaquirS nya percent OF
P'gpo,S toynsrs my uuu tilen wriuteI con-
seht ~ nMfirp ltns cohHact TO james
~ sueeoruahee WIN MS pld
noi .',LNip .s.l
GamDling ~ school Houses -
A communication was read from A.
X. Vierra, superintendent of parks and
Fairgrounds, to the effect that the
lanais of Maemae and Pohukaina school.
houses are Being used on Saturdays and
Sundays fohgamBling purposes. 1t was
decided iby dtls board to rescind the
privilege heretofore enjoyed by the
public of lettering In the grounds of
these and other public schools, undet
penalty of trespass, and nm ordinance
will be drafted Immediately 10 meet the
situation. .a. $780,. =, . .
g, Lord Young Engineering Company
was awarded, the contract for the Bere.
tania Street improvement, from Alapai
to Punahou Streets, the figure being
$4,000. The amount paid by the city
in this project will be $6lO56 81, the
property owners paying $56,443. 40.
Property owners will be called on to
pay $5.4G6 per frontage foot for general
improvements, and $044 per frontage
foot for curbing. ~
A petition was read from over sixty
percent of the frontage owners between
| al.lr A. II