Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-14

completed the report on the Garbage
Department, which he was requested
to prepare by the Acting Governor.
The report runs as follows.
Honolulu, August IL, 1905.
Hon. A. L. G. Atkinson, Acting Gov.
ernor, Territory Of Hawaii, City.
Sir: Complying with your reques,
to make an invest cation Of the Gar
bage and Excavator Service, beg leave
to submit the following report:
The Garbage and Excavator Bureau
passed from the control OF the Terri
tory Of Hawaii July I, 1906 II was my
first intention to make a full report for
the period from July /. 1904, to July
81. 1905. But as no real issues have
been raised as to the management OF
the Bureau by the Territory. | have
confined myself to cursory examina-
ton of the payrolls sufficient to show
that the methods and system In vogue
while under Territorial control arc
identical with those pursued since the
County has assumed charge Of the ser.
vice.
The attacks upon the conduct of the
Bureau are for the most part of anony.
nous origin and some OF them Of such
sensational nature as to demand the
service Of a detective rather than OF
an accountant.
The following letter OF Mr.. Trent,
County Treasurer. merits attention
both on account OF its definite presen.
tation Of facts and Its courteous tenor.
As the author abstains from comment
and avoids innuendoes and insinua-
tons an explanation OF the apparent
Inconsistencies of the onditions allud-
ed to him seems to be invited and will
be promptly accorded. quote his
letter in full:
Honolulu, August 5, 1905.
The Board OF Supervisors, County OF
Oahu.
Gent,emen;-I deem II my duty,
without comment. TO report to YOU az
follows;
In paving off the garbage men YES.
terday. my clerk was told in more than
one instance that the amount called for
by the warrant was more than the
payee had earned: feeling. rightly. that
he had no discretion in the premises.
he paid the full amount as called for.
My attention being called to the mat
ter, I directed that the next man pre-
| senting warrant be questioned as to
the number Of days he had worked, the
| n nj u.h hn IT,.
ing. etc.
| Accordingly, when A. Pimento pre-
scented Warrant No 256 for 20 days
work at $4,000 per month, the questions
as above suggested were asked him.
The records on the face Of the war
rah's asreeu eAactiy Win Mr.. rimeh'
eos answers except as 10 the humper
oi Gays WORKED. WINE the warrant
caliea ior twenty days Mr. f'mehto
nooes'iy claimed W nave "orheo on'y
ii'eeh uays. Inc ,ul' amount Vi .he
warrant was paid MN without iurther
ques''on' l gave Instructions tna' ho
ihore vi Tue men ne ques'ioneu' pu'
shu' warrants De paia as presented al
lu'i i"ee 'a,ue' anu tha' any opIec.'onS
aoout overtime OF o'erpa! DC uisre-
h''usu'
From Mr.. Samuel Johnson. superin-
tendent OF the garbage department, !
learned that the very excellent system
OF employing twice as many men as
are necessary to do the work Is IN
vogue In this department, The plan ls
Tor one-haif the men TO work one week.
then lay on week while the other
half work, and SO on through the
month. In this way forty-odd men
can make half-months pay each
month, instead OF only twenty-odd
making full month.
| In looking over the warrants this
morning noted the Following tacts'
which Will prooabiy prove interesting
10 you:
Two men had warrants showing q
total OF Al days work at the Kama