The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-29
Explanations of
Boyd Do Not
Explain.
Ex-Judge Humphreys
Will Make Ills
Fight.

/ Governor Dole yesterday requested
the resignation of James H. Boyd as
Superintendent of Public Works. This
action was taken after an explanation
by Mr. Boyd of irregularities in his
office which, in the opinion Of Gov
ernor Dole, was highly unsatisfac-
tory"
! Boyd refused to discuss the matter
1 last night having put his case in the
hands of ex-Judge Humphreys, and he
proposes to fight the action of the Gov
ernor That he will not accede to the
request for his resignation is fore
gone conclusion and the suspension of
! the official will very likely be the next
step. Whether or not the Governor can
suspend department head will be de-
termined in the case of Auditor Austin,
though there is no parallel between the
two cases.
The Investigations into the office Of
the Public Works Department are not
! completed. nor has Mr.. Boyd finished
his explanations. though the request
for his resignation may stop such fur
ther action on his part.
| Altogether Supt. Boyd paid the gov
, ernment the sum of $630730 which in
cluded besides the So, 900 received from
T. H. Davies & Co, the further sum
i of s., ,995 with S3123O interest on that
amount which had been received from
land sales, and which had not been ac-
j ment, as far as could be ascertained by
Secretary Cooper, in his investigation.
Governor Dole yesterday made public
the correspondence between Mr.. Boyd
and himself, which shows clearly the
reasons for his action. The Governor
first made request for an explanation of
both the $4,000 transaction and of the
later one regarding land sales.
/ For the first time Mr.. sBoyd's ex-
PLANTATION of the Davies matter becomes
apparent. The $4,000 was divided by
him, and $500 deposited with Spreck-
els & Co. while the remainder was kept
in his safe at the Office The reply of
, the Governor would indicate that Mr.
Boyd in his verbal explanation, said
that the $1,000 had been deposited in
his own name, though his letter does
not make itself clear on that point
j AS to the land sales, Mr.. Boyd ex-
plains that the moneys received had
ments still to be made, he had deferred
making final accounting to the Treas
urer. All the amounts in which there
We're irregularities have been paid into
the government by Supt. Boyd though
the latter objects to the term ''restitu-
ton" being applied to his action
! The following is the correspondence
which passed between Governor Dole
anu oupt. boyQs
Honolulu, Oct, 25, 1902.
Mr.. James II. Boyd,
superintendent of Public Works,
Honolulu, T. H
SIR
! Referring to my letter to you of Octo-
Der 21st. and your interview with Mr..
Cooper and me of October 22d. I desire
1 to ask you the following questions:
/. In regard to the three thousand dol
lars received by you from Messrs. T. H.
Davies & Co. in connection, with the
cancellation of their lease of a Hilo
business lot:-(A) What have you done
with this money since receiving it? OBJ
Where has it been kept? (C) If depos-
tied with any outside party or bank on
what account was it deposited and with
what party or bank? Please make i'm
mediate payment of this three thousand
dollars to the Office of the Public Works
Department.
II. 1 understand from you at the in
terview, that you had recently received
payments on account Of land sales,
which moneys had not been entered in
the Office as government realizations,
and had in fact not been entered at all