The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-08
(From Sundays Aavertiser)

(From Sundays Advertiser)
Yesterdays meeting of the Board of
Supervisors was prolific in matter for
investigation. Almost every member
of the board had something that he
wanted probed and the matters that
came up at the session furnished am
pie material for them to work on. OF
course, the sensation of the session was
the letter OF Treasurer Trent exposing
the garbage payroll system. This let
ter came as bolt out of the blue and
seemed too much for immediate discus
sion. 1t was at once referred to the
Committee on Garbage. All the mem
bers of the board stated that, while the
work of the county was yet new, there
had been no time for a full investiga-
ton of the systems in the various de-
partments. The board had taken the
payroll as presented by the garbage
superintendent and passed it without
questioning its correctness. A letter of
thanks was ordered sent to the treas
urer for calling the attention of the
board to the matter.
Another thing that will be invest /.
gated is the relation between territory
and county in regard to the electric
lighting plant. A letter from Super
intendent of Public Works Holloway
was read yesterday stating that while
the territory retained possession of the
plant, the county was welcome to such
power as remained after the territory
had used as much power as 1t needed, -
The county was to pay for the MAIN
tenance of the plant in consideration
of the power furnished it. Moore was
afraid of the clause giving the terri
tory prior right to such power as might
I be needed by it. He thought that with
, this clause the territory might at any
time lease the plant to the Hawaiian
Electric Company or other parties, thus
putting the county at the mercy of the
lessees. He felt that the county should
have an agreement with the territory
which should give 1t the plant for a
specified term of years. The Electric
Light Committee will investigate this
matter.
Lucas had something that he wanted
investigated also. This was the pay
ment by the county of lunas in charge
of territorial prisoners engaged upon
county work. He thought that the
Legislature had appropriated sufficient
money to pay the lunas and was in
favor of letting the territory pay them.
Some of the board. including Lucas, did
not like to pay for lunas chosen by
High Sheriff Henry, as this would mean
that pure straight ticket money"
would go to tainted" Civic Federation
appo!ntees The salaries in question
Were held up for investigation.
Archer will make another investiga-
ton at Waialua. A bill was presented
yesterday for the salaries of three DO
licemen at Waialua. The bill was
properly certified to by Sheriff Brown,
but the Deputy Sheriff of Waialua in
his estimate at the beginning of July
only mentioned one officer on his force.
Archer wanted to know where the other
two came from. He was appointed a
special committee to find out.
Scores of endorsed applications for
county jobs We're presented and placed
on file, as there are no vacancies for
the applicants. From the increasing
stream of such applications it would
seem as If half the population OF the
county was trying to get into the
county bandwagon.
supervisor Cox was the only member
OF the governing board of Oahu county
not present at the meeting held in the
board rooms yesterday afternoon.
Considerable time at the opening of the
session was devoted to the reading
the minutes of several previous ses
sions. The clerks minutes were all
approved.
Mr.. Adams raised the point of APP
preparation of funds by motion. At
torney Douthitt was asked for his
opinion and held that as the County
Act was silent on the method of an.
propriating funds the board might ap-
propriate by resolution or motion as II
saw fit. Adams thought that a set
form should be adopted so that the
auditor and treasurer would receive
proper notification. After discussion il
was decided that to each report of a
committee approving bills be added thu.
words land the auditor and treasurer
are hereby notified that the sum of
- has been appropriated for -"
The reports are to be made out In
triplicate and copies sent to the audi
tor and treasurer.
The clerk was commended by all the
supervisors for the excellent manner
in which he had prepared the great
mass of minutes. Clerk Kalauokalani
has had to work day and night to get
up the records and there was not a
flaw found in the minutes.
The clerk read the report of the Com
mittee on Public Expenditures recon-
mending certain material demands,
Nos. ga to 57S amounting to s2s5.55.