Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-08-16
PAAUnO PRECINCT
Wants ASIAI|CS
Kukaiau Road Will Be
Delayed For
Months
JAMES D. LEWIS GIVES
AN OFFICIAL REPORT
AFTERMATH OF THE CITIZEN Ia.
Dor DIFFICULTIES ON ROAD
BUILDING IN EAST
HAWAII.

Wltn neduQuhTteTS AT fdHullO, nave TAX
ell a hand in the citizen labor PROPOSE.
ton. The club is in the precinct in
which Whitehouse Is at work on the
notorious Ookala-Kukaiau road and
the members on the spot petition the
ruling power that force of Japanese
OF Asiatics be employed in order that
the work may be completed within q
reasonable time.
At a recent meeting, the Paauilo Re.
publican Club adopted the following
resolution. which was forwarded to the
Superintendent of Public Works:
Paauiio. Hawaii, II. T.. Aug. s. 1904.
At a primary meeting OF the Sixth
Precinct. First Representative District.
Republican Club, the following pre-
amble and resolution were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas. a petition signed by some
fifty citizens or residents eligible to
citizenship, Of Laupahoehoe and vicin,
ity. stating that Japanese were In con
troll OF the whitehouse-O okala.Ku kaiau
road contract and that citizens and per.
sons eligible to citizenship we're re.
fused employment thereon and also
praying that Contractor Whitehouse he
compelled to discharge all Asiatics and
be allowed to employ citizen labor only
has been forwarded to you.
Therefore. be 1t Resolved, That while
We admit that Asiatics have been EN-.
ployed on said contract, we beg to say
that after carefully investigating the
been able to find one instance In which
o citizen or resident eligible to citizen.
ship has been refused employment and
we beg to submit that the allegations
contained in the aforementioned peti.
ton were not justified by the facts.
We also submit that this work is be.
ing carried on in the Sixth Precinct
and that as a natural corollary the
members OF this club and the citizens
OF this vicinity are compelled to use
said road continually and will be great
ly convenienoed by Its early compile.
ton.
We therefore most respectfully ask
that your department require Con.
tractor Whitehouse to employ 80 work.
men continuously on said work. giving
preference to citizens but making up
any deficiency in the before stated num-
Der from non.citizens.
We also submit that Il Is the uni.
versal opinion Of the members Of this
club that your department would be
justified in authorizing Contractor
Whitehouse to employ reasonable
number OF Asiatics In fastening the
completion of said work by reason Of
the great convenience to the general
public and the citizens of this commun.
ity its early completion would affect,
al by employing the extremely limited
number OF available citizens the con.
tract will, In all probability, be unnec
essarily delayed for several monthA
(Signed) A. HORNER,
President Sixth Prect. Rep. Club.
J. W. LEONHART.
Secretary pro TEN.
REPORT BY JAS. ID. LEWIS.
Report by Jas D. Lewis.
James ID. Lewis of Hilo was sent to
Paauilo to make an impartial report
on the Ookala. Kukaiau road situation
His report is as follows;
Hilo. Hawaii, Aug. 4th, '0i.
Hon. C. S. Holloway. Superintendent OF
Public Works.
| Dear Sir:-Yours OF July 25th duly
received and l deferred answering til
l had inspected this Ookala.K ukaiau
road question and prepared report.
was out there on Monday. Aug. LIST
and made inquiries about citizen labol
and found that formerly only about 81,
men worked, but on that day ther,
were % men at work, 10 Hawaiians. Il
Portuguese. There were other mel
getting ready to 30 to work and viii
start In a day or two when they hav,
made arrangements for accommoda
tons and food, also found about 81
or more laps at work with Jap bos
or sub-contractor. so | understood, ant
2 other Jap lunas, also one white luna
Tuesday morning met Mr.. A. Hor
ner and w. q. Walker, at the work an,
they showed me the ADVANTAGE OF MS
ing more men later on when the uppe
end of work and bridge Is completed I,
push the work ahead SO as not to i'm
pede the trafic.
In inqulring around | met one o
the Portuguese that was refused. no
having citizens papers with him. bu
that was readily adjusted.
! believe there Is some misundeI
standing on the wages. Why the ma
Itives and some Portuguese did not g
10 work Is: they asked the Jap Il
charge and he stated that wages wer
from .0S to l2h cents per hour. no
explaining. They had taken the firs
figures. making II about GA cents
day, But It was explained to ther
Ilntar that Os cents was for hovs 4