The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-12
GOVERNMENT SURVEYOR
EMMELUTH STILL TROTs or THE
WABPATH.
The House Talks Long About the Sur
veyor and Finally cuts His Salary
$500 Year.

The session of the House of Rcpres-
entatves this morning was as devoid
of startling incidents as the proceedings
of Monday had been fun of them. the
survey department was considered.
Just before adjournment the salary Of
the surveyor was fixed at ~, 400, instead
of $4,000.
Emmeluth said that the survey de-
partment was too expensive AT the pre-
sent time, it was often difficult and
even impossible to obtain desired in
formation, which should be in the sur
veyors' office. He had only recently
paid one of the employees Of that de-
partment $500 for information and
drawings which should have been free
to the public. If the officer drew 5000
from him, in addition to his regular
salary there was no telling how many
such bonuses had been obtained from
other sources.
Prendergast followed in the same
strain. He was in favor of doing away
with everything that was not absolutely
necessary. He recommended that the
office of surveyor and two assistants
and chief assistant be dispensed with.
Dickey spoke in favor of retaining
/ the position of meteoTlogist. This, said
/ DickeY was the man who had made
/ l1mmeluths surveying He had done
| the work on his own time, and not as
| a government employee The survey
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kept up wen. The Organic Act says
! distinctly there shall he a surveyor"
/ If this position is dispensed with, the
| Organic act will be violated.
Prendergast said that a road en-
| gineer had been appointed only a few
days ago. The speaker unrolled a blue
print at this point and pointed to GER
! tain lands, belonging to small holders
| that had been condemned, on account
of Rapid Transit Company's business
! The transportation company. could,
Predergast urged, have carried their
! line through some government land
and saved the small landholuers their
property. The blue print, large one,
! showed the Kamehameha " road, the
! kamehameha school, the insane aSy-
lum, and adjacent territory. A new
survey had been made, which was much
| better than the original one which
pleased the Transit people. The sur
Neyors We're inSOlent and went through
the property of private individuals,
without permission. The survey Offer
! ed by the committee was much better
than the one submitted by the depart
| ment
Emmeluth said that two-thirds of the
! expenses of the survey depal tnIcnt
We're salaries. Houses We're erected on
the grades of 1856, and i'm less than a
| year the survey department came along
and made the property holders rtise
| their houses to suit new grade. you
bet your life" said the speaker IF |
/ owned property that these people tam
| pered with, | would see that the gov
eminent paid for it. / consider this de-
| partment like all the rest of the gov
eminent departments things of the
past. | am in favor of doing awaX with
the whole gosh darned' lot"
Dickey thought one man too little
for this department. When it came to
! spreading out one surveyor over the
| whole of Hawaii he was pretty thin.
Emmeluth said that this was the very
Makekau then asked to have the floor,
! on the grounds that Emmeluth mad
! spoken three times on the same sub
! Ject. This was the first time that the
! gag law had been worked during the
! extra session. He quoted the Organic
! Acts declaration that the territory
must have a surveyor. Makekau re-
! viewed the history of surveying in the
! Hawaiian islands. Much he said that
| mad been done, would have to be done
| over. Old landmarks had been remoV-
ed, and the new methods would con-
! duct surveying along new lines entirely
distinct lines from those of the past.
! The survey department was a credit To
| the Hawaiian islands, and to the Ha
Waiian people.
The salary of surveyor was reduced
from $4,000 to 5,400. The house there
upon took recess until o'clock.