The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-09-19
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BILE. - pf.-es1 ezEoW 100
Paeie. Lucas Aha Moore voted for the
machine ana Smith. Adams. Cox and
Archer against.
Salary demands by the Road Depart
ment amounting to slsos.s0 were or
dered paid.
The Road Committee recommended
that STU be expended for Queen street
improvements accomplished.
Material and supply demands total
ling $457o, police department. were or
dered paid.
The Sanitation and Health Commit
tee. presented salary demands, gar
bage department, amounting to $e3s.5o.
The Committee on Sanitation and
Health, to whom was referred the
treasurer's communication relating to
certain irregularities in the July pay
roll for the garbage and excayator SER
vice, reported as follows: tte
Your Committee on Sanitation and
Health to whom was referred the COM
munication of County Treasurer, r. H.
Trent, touching certain Irregularities
in the payroll of the garbage and ex-
cavator service for the month of July,
1905, beg to report as follows:
We, your committee, have looked In
to the matter Of payrolls for the gar
bage and excavator service very care
fully, and we feel 1t our duty to say
the payroll as presented for said SER
vice for the month of July, 1905, gave
evidence of gross carelessness or in
competence on the part of the superin-
tendent who signed 1t approved.
We have learned positively that the
time allowed each laborer on this pay
roll was called off from the timebook
by the superintendent and written
down by Clerk Hopkins. And we fur
Their find that the timebook did not
show Sundays as marked by the time
keeper, but when called off to the clerk,
men were given credit for days they
were not Justly entitled to receive. AS
an example one man who worked nine
days actual labor, was given fifteen
days on the payroll. We mention this
to show the responsibility of the super
intendent. The published statement Of
Mr.. C. NJ White, the acting superin-
tendent of garbage and excavator SER
vice, shows the total number of Sun
days paid for in excess to be sixty six
days, an overpayment of $3.50. If any
good reason can be given for this waste
of public funds, we are ready to hear
the explanation, but carelessness is no
excuse, and your committee feel sure
the source and fountain of this appar-
emit carelessness dates back some time
in our history. When the Legislature
allowed 100000 per month for the
garbage and excavator service, they
over-estimated the expense of main
tenance Of said service; this must be
figured out in order to fully appre-
ciate 1t.
There are six double wagons, two
single carts and two excayators, a total
of ten vehicles for use in the garbage
and excavator service.
ESTIMATED EXPENSE.
Keep 20 mules at $40 per months 10000
Shooting 20 mules at 81 per month 1000
Repairs, wagons and harness. 5000
Payroll, q men ................. 1850
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 81. $751; so
You can see by our figures that the
appropriation of 100000 was too large.
and very naturally led to extrava-
gance. since the garbage and excava-
tor service came into the hands of the
supervisors for county use, the appro-
priation is not so large.
The superintendent explained to the
Board at it's first meeting that the
amount could be cut. and his first
estimate was payroll. $1.45O.OO; expense
account, $4,000.
We will say for the information of
the public that the total expense of
maintenance for the garbage and ex-
cavator service has been under. $4,000
per month since county government
came in.
We feel 1t our duty as public SER
wants to place the blame for the in
correct July payroll on the superin-
tendent.
always. He said the report put the SUI
perintendent in very bad If not a
dishonest light. He moved that the
report, be indefinitely postponed.
Moore. chairman of the investigating
committee, stated that gross careless
ness or Incompetence was the only
logical finding. He didn't hold him
responsible for extravaganza, but blam.
$4,000. The report was not intended in
any way. shape. form and manner to
reflect on the honor or integrity OF
Johnson. He, would have made the
same report had his own brother made
out similar payroll.
"If that report doesn't reflect or
Johnson. don't understand the En-
glish language" exclaimed Lucas.
Chairman Smith said that johnson
wanted to be heard.
Adams interpolated that while John
SON may have been careless he wasn't
In his opinion, incompetent.
Moore fred up and declared his inten-
tion of abiding by his report
johnson made a fiuttered statement
of defence and said that when Moore
had spoken to him on the matter. he
had outlined very different report
from that turned in.
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