The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-06
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fee for three years. and knew. what
he was talking about.
The pay of the sub-agent of the Sec
ond Land District was placed at 81, 20o-
The pay of the sub-agent IN the Third
Land District was placed at $3.50. The
pay of the subagent in the Fourth
! Land District was placed at 81 200 The
pay of the sub-ageht OF the Sixth
Land District was placed at $720.
The pay of the rangers or the differ
ent land districts was fixed AT S720.
Emmeluth objected to the salaries be-
ing paid, speaking of them as ..dolefui
pittances. This burst of humor was
lost on the legislators, who don't I'M
derstand puns.
came into line at this stage of the
days work. The commissioner win
draw $1,000. The entomoIogist will
have to struggle along on $4,000 The
chief forester will be rewarded for his
/ labors with So, 800.
We're touched uponffband, ID .adetao
! Emmeluth was critical again when
| the salaries of the survey department,
were touched upon. There was no
reason. he said, for paying the salaries
at the figures mentioned, just because
Governor Dole had suggested it. Some
thing ought to be done to find out the
facts in the case. Try to find out
anything from these people and they
would draw into their shells like a
snail. There was too much OF this
. thing, anyway, said Emmeluth. Eacn
and every little bureau in the whole
i governmental scheme thought that it
was the great 1 am of the Territory.
Prendergast said that while the Of
! flee had been in existence for thirty
years, it was impossible to find com
petent people to fill it. Prendergast
han Eo in hoh no nf Ha
| Rule standby, Bridges and roads
| Continuing, he said that there was
nothing to show for all the surveying
that had been done in the last thirty
years. Even here in Honolulu lots
could not be picked out, even when
! they appeared on the map.
J Dickey moved that the positions in
the survey department be referred to
special committee. This was done.
The committee was composed of Dick
ey, PrendergaSt and Beckley.
The committee on the Board OF
Health then reported. A hornets nest
was stirred up when this branch Of the
public service was touched upon.
Prendergast said there was no use In
having an executive officer, with a
{ salary of S5,400. Such a position had
never been in existence until the bu
bonic plague. The speaker rambled off
into an attack on those who had the
public health under their charge at the
time of the plague. Prendergast said
the plague was a preconcerted scheme
to get people out of the country at
that time, as sugar stocks were fall
ing. Certain bankers and capitalists
used the plague as a bug TO
scare Objectionable haoles away.
> Makekau made the last long speech
of the day. He referred to Beckley's
interview with the President, and ask
ed that the expenses of the Territory
be kept down, as the nations chief had
ordered At the same time he felt that
the salaries of the officers of the Board
of Health should not be done away
with.
! The salary of the executive officer
of the Board of Health, by an almost
unanimous vote, was reduced from
So, 400 to $4,000.
The salary of the secretary OF the
Board of Health was mex, debated.
The debate assumed a decidedly per-,
, sonal turn. Beckley, Mossman ana
Beckley took turn in saying mean
things about their political opponents.
When a vote was taken the salary OF
the officer under discussion was raised
from 81, 900 TO 81 800
An adjournment followed, the hour
of o'clock having arrived