The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-10-06

omission occurred in the following Communication
which was printed in our last edition. II Is re-
printed with the second paragraph inserted. which
was then o~mirisd-l
KAHUEU PoTNT, sept ~. lSC6.
To TIE EDrToR or IRE ApyEETIsEE-SR As
your paper contains the report Of the Committee
on Education and the defence Of said report in
answer 10 Mr.. Foruander's thereon. l
beg OF You TO allow ne TO insert 4 statement OF
what ! know 10 De The facts with regard TO the
sale Of school houses il this district, a. the iEsiuU-
ati0us and ASSERTIONS contained in the Report and
in the letter Of the person calling himself ". :"
are not true. In the year 1852. when the Board Of
Education and schools were under tie old system,
I waz the School Inspector for tais district lkoo-
lauloa. Oahu aud Kraca was the School Treasurer.
When | received the appointment of Inspector IL
ls6l, there was neither school. nor school house.
nor school teacher AT kaawa. There were the
remains Of 4 school house without roof. floor. sides.
doors or windows. which had been Unoccup.ed for
months If not for years. There was also 4 " retched
building al kahana used a. = school house. q few
children and a school teacher. With tie apprOba-
tiyn Of the then Board Of Education. and with sub
stantial assistance from The Board. to the amount.
/ think. Of ninety dollars. l had a good. clean.
well ventilated school house. with boarded floor
SL4 glass WILLOWS. DL44l ~ A.AhLi4- - sinai ----A
situated midway between Kaawa and Kahana. l
there placed Al efficient school master. who i there
to this day, and | directed the parents of the chill
dren AZ Kaawa and at Kahaua to send their children
there. a. it was within "a reasonable distance Of
both lands. kuaea. one OF the siguers Of the r-
port. must be perfectly wcllaware OF these facts, a
he was School Treasurer Of the district at the time.
and into bis hands ! paid the proceeds Of The sale
Of the remains OF the unJccupicd house II haawa
and Of the old school house ~ hahaua. Both
were disposed of 1T public auction. after the new
school house 1T MaEau Was finished and occupied.
Now what had Mr.. Fernandez or tile present board
uT Education 10 do win the sale Of these two
school hOusesg And yet the person calling him
self ". :" specially mentions the school houses
Of kaawa and kahana.
Next in order in the letter Of this person comes
the school house ~ kapauO. WIKI regard 10 1t /
have only 10 state that. after 4 good, new. com
iCrtablc school house was built on Government
land ut WaiOnO, the remains OF an old school
hoEse-dirty and rotten and past repair, situated on
private property. on the adjoining land Of hapaHo-
were sold. and the proceeds added - the school
funds of the district. The signers OF the Report OF
the Committee. who passed through the district u few
months ago. must have seen both buildings, as they
are both close TO the high road. In TACT they
must have seen all the school houses IN the district,
a. they are all close To the high road. Laie i the
next school house mentioned as having been sold.
The Committee who signed The report, aud the
perSOn calling himself N. s." knew perfectly
well. or Quit 10 haze Enot-n. that Il good, new
school house was built and occupied at Laic be-
fore the remains OF the old schoO! house were dis
posed OF.
Now for Waialee: In 1852. long before the new
school law came into operation. before the present
Board of Education was formed. and before Mr..
Fernandez became School Inspector. /. being then
School Inspector for this district, discontinued the
school at Waialee because there were less than
eight children attending ii. The funds Of the dis
trict would not allow Of a school being Kept open
for 50 small 4 number. and the then Board OF Edu-
cation sanct oBed my action in the matter, having
been previously consulted. From that time up 10
the present there has not been a sufficient number
Of children which two miles of the school house TO
warrant me in opening Il school there. \ ne"
school house was urgently required at Hauut",
where there are about twenty children IcUnsulte..
an experience practical carpenter anu builder.
(whose advice ! am glad to follow in my own al
fairs a. to whether it would be more economical
20 take down the old building and transport the
materials TO HaIula, or To sell the building for
what it would fetch and bny new materials with
the proceeds. After a careful inspection OF the
building. lac said that l ought II! ali means 10 sell
the old building a. the price OF II would purchase
materials of more value for IL new building. l
therefore acted in the matter precisely as | should
have done had | been dealing with my own private
property. and with the sanction OF the present
Board of Education. / sold the old school house at
WaiaIee. ! then obtained from the Board a sum
equal To the added amounts OF the proceeds Of the
school houses sold. and built a good aud substan-
;ial school house at Hauula, and after it was built
and occupied | sold the remains of the old school
house there, which vas past repair. One of the
Committee at least must have been perfectly aware
of all the facts stated here. and the others Otyt to
hare eHgttired into TIE TdctS before signing the re-
port containing Article III. which / here copy that
your readers may judge between them and me
= Article II. y number of school houses have been
sold in districts where there are enough children
to sustain a school. as though it were intended that
the children in those districts should henceiorth
grow up in ignorance
As TOR the statements Of the person calling him
self =" y. s.. | have stated the facts with regard TO
five Of the seven school houses which hc enumer-
ates. | have no wish TO travel ont of my own dis
trict, but | know that the respectable and efficient
school agent for the district OF Waialua can give a
good account of his doings in his district. When
the Committee has any charges To make or when
they employ persons 10 bolster up their charges let
them give facts and figures. names and dates.
Mr.. Fernandez has 50 ably dealt with the other
parts of the Report" that although ! could say
something about these matters too. from my OWN
knowledge and experience. j shall not trespass
any more on your space. except to sign myself.
Your obedient servant. X. MOFFTT.