Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-07

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your attention, gentlemen" said
Chairman G.. w. Smith of the Oahu
County Board Of Supervisors at the
meeting held at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
afternoon.
County Clerk Kalauokalani read as
follows:
Honolulu, August 5. 1905
THE Board of Supervisors, County Of
Oahu.
Genrlemen:-I deem 1t my duty,
lyithout comment, to report to you as
follows:
In paying of the garbage men yes.
iterday, 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 amounts
as called for.
My attention being called to the
matter, I directed that the next man
presenting a warrant be questioned
as to the number OF days he had work.
ed, the rate Of pay for which he was
working. etc.
! Accordingly, when A. Pimento pre-
scented Warrant No. 256 for 20 days
worl, at s45 per month, the questions
as above suggested were asked him.
The records on the face of the war.
rant agreed exactly with Mr., PImen.
to's answers. except as to the number
of days worked. While the warrant
called for twenty days, Mr.. Pimento
m0deatly claimed to have worked on.
ily fifteen days. The full amount Of
the warrant was paid him without fur.
Their question. l gave instructions
that no more Of the men be question
ed, but that warrants be paid as pre-.
sented, at full face value, and that any
objections about overtime or overpay
be disregarded.
From Mr.. Samuel Johnson, superin.
tendent of the garbage department,
learned that the very excellent sys.
TEN of employing twice as many men
as are necessary to do the work IL In
vogue in this department. .~.
The plan is for one.half the men To
work one week, then lay of a week
,while the other nalf work, and 80 on
through the month. In this way for
ty.odd making full month.
In looking over the warrants this
morning | noted the following facts,
which will probably prove interesting
to you:
Two men had warrants showing q
total Of Al days work at the Kalla
dump-an average OF 20 IL days to
the half-month.
-Four men had warrants showing u
toal Of 70 days work at the Iwilei
dump-an average OF IS II days to
the half.month.
Eight men had warrants showing
14i days work AZ excavator tenders
AN average Of is days to tho half
month.
Eighteen men had warrants, occti.
patton given as garbage wagon.
showing a total OF 36i days work..
an average of go AIS days to the half
month.
Other warrants for clerks. stable
, men, etc, working full months, MAIDS
up the total of the number OF war.
, rants drawn.
Very respectfully,
RICHARD II. TRENT.
County Treasurer.
The Chair suggested that the com.
munication be referred to the Commit
tee on Expenditures.
Z. r. Adams, one of this Commit.
tee, said an investigation of the facts
meant lot of work. He thought the
=. matter should be referred to the com.
. mittee having supervision of garbage
= ed of.
l. Electric Light Plant.
A letter was received and read
}. from the Superin - ndent Of Public
Works to the effect that, while the
Territory retained possession of the
Nuuanu electric light plant, oahu
. County was welcome to such power
as remained after the Territory had
used what It needed. II was expect
4. ed that the County would pay for the
u maintenance Of the pIait In considera
= ton for what power the County used
Moore suggested that here was q
lnisger In the woodplle. The Territory
tondescepded to let the County use
What power the Territory did not
waHfy providing the County paid ali
expeDa<S! The Territory might al
any time, ander this condition. lease
the whole plant to the Hawaiian Elsc
tire Company. putting the County al
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