The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-08-02
ADVERTISEMENT
LIENA
August LIST, 1879.

August LIST, 1879.
To the Editor Of The Pacific Commercial advertiser.
sm-Wi1 you permit me, in the absence of Mr..
Theodore H. Davies, to whom the matter should other
wise be referred, TO state to the Shareholders Of the
Honolulu Iron Works, the circumstances under which l
last the duties entrusted to me, as Bookkeeper to their
For this purpose. a slight preliminary statement seems
The Conduct of my predecessor during the short time
we were together was curiously marked las 1T seemed
by disposition to Obstruct the work supposed to be
placed in my hands, viz, the Bookkeeping proper: and
also by the absence OF explanation usually given on
On leaving, an event which could not be deemed sad
der, he expressed sorrow that he had not time to give
shown to have some connection with other portions of it.
The conduct of the Superintendent towards me, has
struction, while at the same time complaining to others
publicly that the Office business of the Works were in
leaving will testify 10 one such remark. They have been
work in afterhours for the purpose OF obviating the evil
getting ii the 1aeo posted p he fo 1D fR Wba p59 reanir etfae' Il the
With this preliminary statement, 1 now complain, that
the conduct of the superintendent towards me has been
overbearing and insulting from the first and has so con-
tinued with intensified aggravation TO the last, when l
succumbed to a public exhibition OF 1t that overwhelmed
me with modification. For the facts, choose to refer to
Merely stating that while making up an accountF had to
wait for details that another person was preparing for
me from his own memorandum books, such as l had been
in the habit OF receiving daily from the same source.
It was my duty, he said, to gather for myself, the inform;
alton from such books. I here assert, without fear Of
was an impossibility, and that such memorandum were
intended to be understood only Dy tnOse VINO MADE men
Il left, and certainly understood 1 was ordered so to do.
have since been told that in Diminishing me, he eX-
ceeded his authority. Acting on this, 1, at the earliest
moment, the following morning, thinking that the office
business and more particularly the Pay Roll might be
without some one to perform the work, offered by. letter
to come at once to do it, and pay the men. 1 received a
written answer declining the offer.
In conclusion, 1 would inform the Shareholder, that
in spite of all obstacles thrown in my path, sufficient
work remains for their inspection to attest my ability to
perform the duties required OF me. AS to any par
ticular qualification for the business of engineering and
foundry work, l may be permitted to say that my
earliest years were passed as a drsughtsman in the estab-
Iishment of Seaward K Co., oneo of the largest IN London in
those DAYS that my favorite studies since have related
to machinery and that for the last ten years, l have
been an Examiner of mechanical patents in the Patent
Office at Washington, D.. c.
However apparent to me the superintendent object
may be, 1 Will, in the absence of sufficient evidence from
others, refrain from discussing the subject.
aug 2 Its RICHARD CovrNGroN.