The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-25
Tue SCHOOL INQUIRY
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son said if Bill 10697 was in question
that was a bill of T. Mika, son of the
janitor of Kaahumanu school. There
was a Waiwaiole at Pahukaina, and j.
| Waiwaioie at another school. Manoa
school had no janitor There was once
| a janitor for the Punchbowl school, but
the school was no longer in existence.
Mr.. Prosser's questions regarding
bills which he submitted the day be-
fore were brought out. Mr.. Judd ask
ed for fuller explanation regarding GER
tain bills for repairs and one was Bill
No 1887 repairing school buildings
and clearing lot at Manoa school, SO.
She made a contract with j. Ioana TO
do this. The principal is Mrs. Brown.
She brought it to the attention of Miss
Dawson. She called Mr.. Atkinson s
attention to it and went to see the
work done. She saw two or three
men working there. The work was
performed to her satisfaction. The
| men said they lost on it. 1t was an
| agreement among all the men to do
| the entire work.
Bill No. 1894 for SO whitewashing,
| nine days work, 81 a day. Kekuewa
| named in the bill. This was done
through the request of Mrs. Dexter of
the Girls Industrial School. The work
was done Mrs. Dexter employed ke-
kuewa. She came to the office and
talked the matter over with Mr.. At
kinsOn and herself.
Bill No. 1888 bore out the statement
4 that in November Kekuewa contra ted
to work there, and also in December.
Bill No, 1924 for $3.50, wages of D.
! Kaliniahana and men for carpentry
work at Pohukaina schools in July,
1904. Kihei is now janitor at a school
These men are good carpenters and
when work il slack they do janitor
work When she has work for him he
can find some one to fill his place as
janitOr. They always did work reason
ably. He cannot appear twice on the
payroll. The auditor would question
the proceeding. Mr.. Judd inquired
suppose he did janitor work for a fort
night and then did repair work else
where, how did she keep track of that
work. She replied she knew in that
time by constant association just how
much work they were doing. If Kihei
worked half a month as janitor and
then did repair work, and Kamaka took
his place, Kamaka's name would ap-
pear on the voucher as janitor. Ka-
for the one-haIf months work he did.
By this method of shifting men
about is any money lost to the govern
ment through the process?''
Il don't think SO, and if so the audi
tor would remind me quickly as he is
watching those things
Taking up bill 1O697, contract with
| I. Mika for 5000, painting High School
roof and painting floors of another
school, Miss Dawson said he was to
put two coats of paint on the roof,
! verandas, floors of the High School and
/ another building. The government
supplied the material from Halls,
Levers & Cooke, FERNANDEZ She dis
! tributed the work around. This was
done by requisition. The agreement
with Mika was for labor He had a
, helper. Makaehu. They were working
in November and December, 1904 She
did not know how long they worked.
+. The work was done and was satisfac-
tory. She had discussed the necessity
/ for il with Mr.. Atkinson. The war
rant was issued to her. The Hawai-
ians had borrowed money from her and
they assigned the warrant to her At
I ter she received the warrant it was
cashed by some bank and the money
received. Both go over the I. q. US
and after deducting these amounts the
balance was turned over TO her.
DO you remember that srecffc in
stance?"
L know they always cali for their