Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-11-15
HANApTPE lABORERS
kauai SUPERVISORS FIND
Them UNANIMOUS TO WORK
CONTRACTOR WILSON FINDS IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO SECURE sUFFl.
GENT CITIZEN LABOR.
TUNNELS, ETC.


of Supervisors of Kauai held their
monthly meeting on the sth inst. for
the dispatch Of the business accumu.
lated during October.
A petition from Hanapcpe was read |
In which complaint was made because
the man in charge of the work on the
bridge had employed men from out |
side districts. instead OF getting his !
labor where the work is situated. The |
chairman stated that Mr.. Burkhardt. |
who is in charge had taken two men
alcng who had worked with him on
the Hanamaulu trcstle and therefore |
was well acquainted with the work.
La'rr the ftceman had tcler4noncd
that he could not get the Hanapcpc
men to turn out and further that those
who did turn out worked very unsa'is.
factorily. For that reason the chair
man had sent two more men over. al.
though he could hardly spare them
here. The Board thought that under
the circumstances there was no rea.
son for complaint and decided to table
the petition.
The Board was also In receipt Of n
petition from Koloa asking for the re.
moval Of Mr.. Palama as road luna Of
that place and the appointment OF Mr..
Ainaikc instead. AS reason for this
l eQuest the petitioners said that the
present road luna employed men un.
der age and also that on October 9th
he had left the work and gone to the
Waimca Fair. Upon Investigation II
was found that the minors were Ha
waiians and for the most part sons Of
men with large families, who did not
wish to work on the road themselves
but needed the road wages for the sup
Tort of their families. The Board
considered that there was as little
cause for complaint In this case as In
that of the Hanapepc men. especially
as several Of the signers had been
asked to go to work on the road but
had refused.
There was also petition for raise
In Koloa This petition was turned
over to the County Road Supervisor
for him to look into and report on.
Contractor Wilson appeared before
the Board and stated that he was un.
able to procure enough citizen labor
to perform the work at the crusher.
He therefore asked the permission OF
the Board to employ a few japanese.
He would be willing before employing
them to put up posters In all the dis
tricts Of Kauai calling for men and
giving information as to wages paid
and inducements given for ten days
This request raised quite a discussion
While the members recognized the
difficulty Of getting citizen labor. they
. were afraid of creating a precedent 10y
allowing the introduction OF Japanes,
labor They wanted several rcstric
lions put on such n permit and wantc.
=. to make It rcscindablc at any tim'
should thcy find that the permission
was being misused. In Its final form
the permission was made for Mr.. vii
son to employ aliens for the purpos'
of breaking stones and feeding then
to the crushcr until the next meeting
of the Board. provided citizens or pei
sons eligible to become citizens be 81,
, en- work II they applied for 1t.
III " was decided TO allow $500 to h
spent on making road mp to tn
new settlers at Kalahco.
70 The Road Supervisor was ordcre
y to proceed with replacing the top &
'e the second bridge on the Shorten
Road with concrete.
DIT The McBryde Sugar Co had gon
10 aheaI and constructed a tunnel undo
the abutment of one of the County
W ridges, thereby weakening the stru
y. ture. Not satisfied with that they ha
~ also torn away part OF the apron
- order to facilitate their working at u
,s tunnel. II was decided that the co
,r poratlon he requested to replace u
~, structure In It's former shape.
"A II was decided that proper fences
put up at several dangerous places
IN the Hanalei. Wainiha road and also
90 Kalihiwai under the supervision
90 the Road Supervisor
90 MIR. Brandt reported having exal
90 ined the financial reports submitt
- BY the Auditor and Treasurer al
90 found them correct-Garden Island.
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