The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-27

of the Honolulu Fire Department, for
the reason that the one Department
has at times cause of serious criticisms
of the other which If given vent would
enhance the usefulness of both 1t is
hardly likely that healthy criticism
Will be made in the premises with the
same man at the head OF both institu-
tions.
Your committee would recommend
that rider be Inserted with the Fire
Department appropriations. prevent
ing further service Of the Superinten-
dent of Water Works on the Board OF
Fire Commissioners.
1Sth-Bureau of Water Works.
Expenditures under this Bureau
amounted to $129, 1880. Salary pay
ments checked correctly. An investI-
cation of current expense funds of Ho-
nolulu Water Works shows that men
in permanent positions are paid there
for. Mr.. Joe Little who is practically
the Assistant superintendent of Wat
er Works at $500 per day and over
time, one of the Engineers at Bere-
tania street pump. at $500 per day and
over time, also three (3) flremen at
$3.50 per day and three go oilers at
$3.50 per day of the Kalihi and Bere-
tania street pumps should all be trans
ferred to the regular salaries and pay
roll bill, at specific. salaries and your
committee so recommend. Your conn
mittee are of the opinion that the
salaries of engineers of pumping
plants should be raised to $4,000 per
month and regular payment of over
time heretofore made to them out OF
current expense funds stopped.
We find that the keeper of Nuuanu
Reservoir who receives a salary of $50
per month and whose duties are to
turn on the water at night and shut
same off in the morning for Govern
ment Electric Lights, to be on hand
at all times to answer calls and to
keep general lookout for the reservoirs.
received pay for 100 days over time at
$3.50 per day during the period, acting
as luna of laborers in Nuuanu Valley.
the time running in some months as
high as Is to q days We cannot con-
ceive how he can act as luna Of iabor-~
ers in the Valley and at the same time
attend his duties as Reservoir Keeper.
We find a charge of $500 for literary
work in running expenses of water
works which in our opinion should not
have been passed.
SOME ExHORBITANT CHARGES.
pipe east and west side of KaIihi VAL
ley, mauka of King street, we find a
charge of carriage on 165 tons Of pipe
at $500 per ton by the Union Express
Company. which company has done all
of the business of this Bureau, also
that this Company charged on carriage
of SO tons of same class Of pipe to-
KaIihi, King street, Makai to the
beach, $1.25 per ton. The distance I'm
both cases is practically the same. The
charge of $500 per ton is exorbitant
and we do not believe that the interest
of the Government was properly pro-
tected in this transaction"
Under item of $25. 75s.49 for construc-
ton of I-ahaina Water Works. we find
that this expenditure was made by
contract and carried on under super
vision of superintendent Of Public
Works through Mr.. Smith. regularly
employed draughtsman of the Depart
ment at salary of $4,000 per month
In the work of supervision for period
of seven "a months. Mr.. Smith was
made a monthly allowance to his sal
airy of $4,000, board and lodging $1,000,
and $1,000 for horse. We are OF the
opinion that the extra allowance to
Mr.. Smith was excessive.
On investigation of other expendi-
lures of Bureau. we find same to have
been IN order.
19th-Department of Public Works
Expenditures under this head
to s1,21s.e32s1. The specific
and pay rolls Of this depart
ment have been checked and found ID
conform with the appropriations there
for Referring to salaries of this De-
partment we would recommend and
urge that the clerical forces Of the
Agriculture and Forestry Bureau,
Road Bureau, Water Works Bureau,
and Excavator Bureau.
House Numbering Bureau, Assistant
of Public Works Office
and superintendent of Public Works
be reorganized and concentrated in one
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