The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-07
ONEL|TTLE SCRAP
MONOTONY
Supervisors Wake Up When
Mayor and Arnold Have
Their Regular Repartee

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and Mayor Fern, over the matter OF
road committee report, woke up last
nights meeting Of the supervisors
a bit. >., II
Things had hren proceeding peace.
ably until Arnold presented report
on behalf Of the road committee, rec 4
ommending that the salaries of ccr4
tain members of the belt road field
party, ut present operating near Wal
kane, be increased in order TO meet the
extra cost Of boarding, cutailed by the
work. I
The report outlined that two mem Y
bers OF the party whose salaries had
been raised from eighty dollars to
ninety dollars per month, had come
back to town and resumed their old
Jobs, on account Of the high cost of
living on the other side Of the island \
i The report recommended that the
salaries of Messrs. Matsu, LANCER, Me.
lanPhy, Bowen, Rosa and others en- 4
gagged in the engineering project, be
raised twenty-five dollars month all
round, and that the men then board
themselves, and relieve the city OF re 1
Snonsibility in this particular connec-
ton, "%"EI'-l
A motion was made that the report.
be referred to the ways and means
committee, but prior to the motion be-
ing put the mayor took hand inJthe.
discussion. ..' ~. d
Arnold and Perm Clash @.@.tI
b 81 think that there should have
been something IN that report about
the progress of the work and the en- =
penditure connected Herewith, - re-
marked the mayor. &c.. e,a. N
Arnold was up in an instant. "This
is neither the time nor place for any
discussion of this nature, - exclaimed
the honorable member from Aiea.
There Is a motion before the board. ! \
| '~'tI am of the opinion, /" continued
hizzoner, "that the road Committee
should keep the board and myself moro
fully posted on what it is doing. I
don 7 call that report a proper report,
at all. -. = .'i
81 If the report is not n proper one, -
said Arnold, the mayor has the pri.I
vilege Of ruling it out Of order. - {
81 DOM consider the report com
plete one, anyway" ret0rted the may
or. 90 3" %.
"Ahd dare you to rule it out of or,
DER shouted Arnold. go
Mott Smith To the Rescue "
Supervisor Mott.Smith poured oil on
the troubled waters by suggesting that
the, city engineer be requested to fur
nish a report to the ways and means
committee, showing the progress of the
work in question, the expenditure and
he probability or otherwise of the cost
of the project being kept within the
$40, 900 appropriated for the work. A
motion to this effect prevailed. a., .
No Engineer In Sight O.,
| No steps have as yet been taken by
the mayor and the supervisors to GET
| giDeer to succeed George H.. Collins,
whose esignation has been placed be.
fore the board. as{a, H..
Supervisor Mott-Smith has been abb
sent on the Big Island for the past
couple OF meetings, but he Was back
in his chair last night, and something
may be done In the matter this week.
To parody a popular song, nevery
little supervisor has a city engineer Of
his own, y, though some of them are
mighty chary of springing the, name
of their pet official. rs o., Ia. ~.
Supervisor Mott-Smith is said to be-
strongly in favor of Louis M. White
house, while Charley BellinR is report
ed to be assiduously grooming Gus
Cantin, whose name has only developed
quite recently as a probable starter
in the Engineer Stakes.
Supervisor Arnold's trump card
which he is keeping skilfully concealed
in his sleeve, is said to be no less a
parsonage than Everett L. Black, as in,
spcctOr in the Office of the city engi,
| nePr. ~.
Bill AHA is pulling for w. g. Allen,
civil engineer, who is also said to
be an alternate. choice of at least two
other of the city dads. %tE. g..
Ben Hollinger fayors Fred ohrt, at
present filling the responsible position
of assistant city engineer, and who is
said to be q very capable man ,gT
Supervisors Petra and Mcclellan
stand ready to support anyone nomi,
mated by Mayor Fern. and the mayor :
prediction, 40 is well known, is foI
Johnny Wilson and William A. Wall.
| SO there You are, and. in the words
OF the shOwmans "You pays your
| money and van. IN koa i.uaiar. ehoiealD