The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-06-17
HOUSE

Rep. Robertson reported 1Of lle
Judiciary Committee on House bill IS,
relating TO a public administrator, in
part as follows:
We believe similar laws have work
"a well in some countries where they
have been tried.
This bill was evidently hurriedly
drawn. ii contains provisions inapph-
cable to this country. Many changes
would have TO be made in the bill be-
lore passage. As the present session
IS drawing to a close, and there being
mo urgency in the matter requiring
early action, We recommend that the
bill be laid on the table.
A. G. NJ. ROBERTSON,
5. X. KAEO."
Il think the bill ought to be given
10 a special committee OF this House,
with instructions to prepare a bill
which may suit the conditions in this
Republic
wv. c. ACHI."
Rep. LOe5eustein reported for the
special committee on road contracts,
presenting q pages of typewriter
matter. The findings at the end Of
The report are as follows:
That your committee has endeay-
srei 10 obtain and present a state
men- of facts may be easily perceived
when review is had of the many mat
lers which occupied their very careful
and impartial consideration. The
complaints. so numerOusly presented,
u poorly constructed and improperly
completed roads. infringement Of priv
ate rights of way and the illegal exer-
else Of the right Of eminent domain
av the superintendent of Public
Works, all Of those complaints, also
others relative to the apparent favor
-ism and utter disregard of the in
-erasts Of the Government and of the
rights of the taxpayers, have been
carefully Investigated by your COM
mirree and the result Of their inyes-
LEGATIONS appear in the recommends
lions respectfully submitted herein to
The consideration of the House. The
Superintendent Of Public Works has
been himself heard and his personal
evidence hereto attached presents very
clearly and plainly the manner in
which both he and his trusted subOr-
dinares on the other Islands have con-
lucted matters connected with the
Bureau Of Public Works, with regard
% the public interests, during the
past biennial period at least. The
committee presents Mr. Rowell's tes-
umOny as taken and transcribed by
The srenographer of the committee and
desire 10 state that all questions ask
ed the Superintendent of Public
Works. were upon the subjects which
the committee had deemed to be right
and proper TO present TO him as the
said questions. each and all, bore up
on subjects which had received adj
Indication at the hands Of Mr. Rowell,
but his action thereon had been adj
versely commented on by the com
mi-tee.
Your committee in now presenting
its final summing up and findings re
sepctfully present, they find that:
LsC.-"P Petitions exist and have been
presented to the consideration Of this
House. for road damages which
claims, from the manner of conduct
OF the business Of his Bureau by the
Superintendent of Public Works, by
seeming willfuI negligence. offer op-
p0runiIy for veXatiOns and unneces-
sary litigation with the Government
Payment has been wrongfully
withheld and is still withheld for labor
done on the roads under contract,
even when the said work seems to
have been faithfully performed.
5d.-"IJ is found that complaints
from numerous residents of the Isl
and Of Hawaii are well grounded in
cause; and relate
az Bad construction OF roads.
--Fayoritism in the distribution
Cl awards OF road contracts.
lc)-.Negligence, or incompetence
displayed in the preliminary surveys
and final examination before accent
ance Of the road work performed I'M
der contract with the Government.
(d)-~IllegaI seizure of private
rights Of way and private lands for
road purposes.
4th.-PubHc moneys have been
withheld from application to the legi-
innate object
5th--'-A system of private banking
u public funds has been carried on