The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-04
SUPERVISORS Fi|iRONN
ON AUTO MISUSE
Joy Riding Propensities Of City
Employees Toasted ButVhot q
Action Is Taken

Official displeasutc was expFessed IN
no UNCERTAIN terms last night by mem,
bers of the board Of supervisors with
reference to the usc OF city. oWh6d au-
tomobiles driven by heads Of depart.
mcnts and employees on business O:hcr
than that pertaiuing TO ofiicipl servtre.
and br6he ut up the old, old question
again of the establishment Of q. city
and county garage, where autos win be
kept at the close Of the regular days
business and repaired and nihintnined.
The supervisors or most OF them,
were not in a compliment mood when
they discussed the inar mines Of the en-
Urgency hospital surgeon and that Of the
city TREASURER. these machines eauaing
more or less nnfavorable diseussiOn as
to the jOy.riding proPensities of EN-
plOyes not only of these departments
but practically all bureaus Of The city
government.
Far As They Went
IL resolved itself down to n curt
query of, "Well, what are you going
TO do about itf' and that Is about rs
far Az the supervisors went. Is i
II was asserted by some Of the su.
pervisors that the mileage used for
private riding in machines equals IN
many cases that for city business. Mr.
nn.o,s' "uI sv"V0u 'na. m"iie shs 80
'ui W. no youD. ~ NJ ~
..S . 0 . unus VuS S, .ne cry,
~ 'ne 'Io as a., "%u toiI nm ~ ono
tmne, pe SUI tnot he nau nos Petson,
ny ssen ,ne inuenIne TOT ,Inontns, anu
.nat 5I"S nc t"UA IL nou'e anu 'Pu'
,-. unueI ioeN a"u Ney. Mn. .,,
what Would he Do With Emf
The sheriff was present with a for
misunderstanding budget calling fer Sill.
900 for six months for his department,
including a request for fifteen addi-
tional patrolmen, several extra motor,
cycle men, some more mounted men
and four detectives, for the city alone.
He consented, however, TO eliminate
Just one detective, three 5patrolmen,
two mounted officers and three motor.
cycle aleB from the additional list, y
and this brought his proposed expendi-
lures down about $1,000, but when all
was said and done his Increased ex-
penditnres still remained 100000 moro
for six months than for a six month
period. last year. or S4O,UUO Tor an en-
tire year.
The figures made some of the su.
peryisors gasp, and amidst their gasps
they found courage enough to lop of
men here and there, but still were not
satisfied. As last night session was
only a caucus meeting, the decisions
\ are still subject to revision at meet
ing TO be held tonight when the budget
ewin come into general meeting. q 7.
The supervisors found that certain
sums were being asked by heads of de-
4 paftmehts grouped under q genera
lheatling of maintenance. They deelar
ed that some of this was for purchasing
] permanent equipment, an1 MCCLELLAN
for one, felt that the supervisors should
have the power left them TO say what
equipment should be bought and THU
could be done by special resolution
d Reliina felt that this would burdef
4 the hoard with details which woul,
\ crowd its time and he felt that head
OF departments, instancing the fir'
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mayor ns buuiped
The mayor asked for q fiye,doila
month increase In pay for the fis
Inspector, hut this was solidiy vote
down. 1t was decided to let the pr'