The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-04

partment was ordered to be the first
assistant clerk, with salary fixed at
| $4,000 for the two years.
! The position of fourth assistant clerk
! in copies was ordered to be abolished.
| One messenger, instead or two, was
arranged for in the REVISED BILL The
committee suggested that two messen-
gers be retained in the Department of
| Public Works, as their duties In no
way conceded. One of the messengers
spends much of his time as copyist.
There was in the mind of the COM
mittee, no reason for abolishing the
position of road engineer. If this posi-
ton was declared vacant, no other
! position could shoulder the duties OF
that office.
| The committee on finance had order
ed in previous report that the salary
| of chief clerk be stricken out. AS this
office is under the direct supervision of
the assistant superintendent, to do
away with it would be TO leave that
office without clerk.
! Emmeluth called the attention Of the
House to the fact that the salary of
the chief clerk was the same as that
of the police court interpreter, and
that his duties were much more exact
ing. This was one of the many in
stances in which salaries We're not In
proportion to the services rendered.
Regarding the road supervisor of
Honolulu, the committee recommend
ed that he have two assistants. The
assistant in the Fourth District be
paid $4,000, and the one in the Fifth
, District be paid $780,
! Regarding the payroll of the steam
! tug Eleu, it was recommended to be
stricken out. This was approved
| 1t was ordered that the assistant
\
with.
| The salary of the plumber and his
assistant. it was suggested, be raised
| frc,11 $3.50 to SO, 120. When the subject
of plumbing and plumbers was touched
upon, Emmeluth began to take lively
interest in the discussion. He objected
to the raise, but to no avail.
Following this, it was ordered that
the offices in the Commissioner of PUP
lie Lands bureau be considered. The
| positions of title clerk, assistant clerk
and district clerk, were ordered done
away with. In the last mentioned
office it was ordered that the sup-agent
perform the duties of the district clerk.
| The payroll of the Fire Department
was left undisturbed. The surveying
department was also passed over
! The salary of the Superintendent of
Public Works caused much talk. The
committee suggested a salary of SIS, coo
for two years. Dickey thought that
$1,000 was ample and sufficient. There
were, he said, plenty of good men who
could be secured for $500 per month
Makekau moved that the salary be
raised from $4,000 to $4,000. The motion
was lost, and it was ordered that the
salary be fixed at $4,000.
The salary of the second assistant
clerk was fixed at $4,000.
The salary of the third assistant
clerk and copyist was ordered reduced
from $500 to $4,000.
The salary of the superintendent OF
Weights and Measures was ordered
placed at $4,000.
The salary OF the assistant clerk ana
bookkeeper was made $4,000 instead OF
$4,000, as suggested in the report.
The salary of the Assistant Superfn-
tendent of Public Works was reduced
from $4,000 to $500.
The salary of the chief clerk and
clerk of the market was made $4,000
for the next two years to come.
The salary of the Agent of Public
Works at Hilo was placed at $1,000
without argument.
The road engineer was to be paid
$4,000 for the two years to come.
The salary of the messenger TO the
road engineer was made $1,000.
The salary of the bookkeeper was
placed at $780,