The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-13
SUPERVISORS
ARE TO TRY
CHARGES
From Wednesdays Advertiser)

From Wednesdays Advertiscr.)
Action on Supervisor Paele's report
on the Hopkins salary matter, which
charged that salaries of certain en-
ployes had been irregularly raised by
members of the board, was indefinitely
postponed at the meeting of the Board
Of Supervisors last night.
The investigation of Detective Lake S
alleged misconduct fizzled out COM
pletely, Supervisor Archer's charges
being referred to in the committees
report as all a mistake.
A petition from Koolaupoko calling
for the removal of Road Overseer Sol
omon Peck was tabled on the recon-
mendation of Paele, Supervisor of the
district in question.
Deputy Sheriff Kekauoha of Koolau-
loa was the subject of petition de-
manding his removal for malfeasance
in office.
The members of the board will sit
as board of impeachment on Mon
day next. when the matter will be
threshed out. The impeachment busi-
ness is a new one with the board and
is likely to cost the county q pretty
penny before the case is disposed Of.
The session was an unusually busy
one and some business slated for last
night had to go over to a subsequent
meeting.
Present were Chairman G. w. Smith,
Supervisor-at-Large Adams, Supervis-
ors Moore, Archer, Lucas. Paele. Cox,
Clerks Kalauokalani and Buffandeau,
Stenographer Aea. Capt. Sam Johnson,
Fred Waterhouse, Chas. Hustace,
County Engineer Gere, John Lane. Au-
ditor Bicknell, George Nawakoa, Coun-
ty Attorney Douthitt, Sheriff Brown,
members of various improvement
clubs and representatives of the press
EXPENDITURES.
The following appropriations were
made:
Electric Light Department, s76414.
Police and fire alarm system, $2S7.45
Waianae road district, $3l5.O5.
Koolauloa road district No. 2 s40290.
Waianae road district, 1885.
Koolauloa road district No 2, 500.
Waialua road district, $2S.25.
Koolaupoko road district, s2S.25.
County Auditor, $685.
Hawaiian Band, $13427.
Garbage Department, $369.63.
Keepers of parks, $.16.
Road Department. 'S5S7.54.
County Engineer, 1850
Police Department, sl02S,S7.
Police Department, $37.15.
Total. s12,15246.
THE PAELE REPORT.
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the report of Paele on the question OF
an increase in the salary of Clerk
Hopkins came up.
Lucas moved that the boards action
in the matter be indefinitely post
poned. Adams seconded.
Cox demurred at this proposed ac-
tion.
The chair reminded the board that
some very serious charges We're made
In Paele's report. Salaries had been
raised in the Road and Electric Light
Departments to the extent of $3.50 per
month since the end of January, no
record of which was to be found in the
minutes of the board
Moore, as chairman of the Commit
tee on Electric Lighting. said he
thought that his action was "withn
the limit of the law" 1t was mat
ter of common justice and the expenses
of the department had been kept down
in other ways.
Adams thought that If the members
of the board paid closer attention to
bills, they would be aware of what |
was going on and these little things
would not creep in.
Cox wanted to know why the sal |
aries had been surreptitiously raised, !
neither the public nor the press being
acquainted of the fact.
Moore said that he was perfectly |
willing to have the public know what
ever he did as member of the board. /,
He had done nothing to be ashamed of. |
Lucas motion was carried, Cox and !
Paele voting in the negative.
Adams said a good word for Road |
Supervisor George Nawakoa and ia |
committee report recommending the J
increase of his salary to $l25 per
month was accepted
THE LAKE MATTER.
The committees report on Dctec-
tive Lakes alleged misconduct was to
the effect that Archer's charges were
all a mistake, that the matter be
dropped and the committee discharged.
The report was adopted,
Cox remarked that the board
shouldn't monkey with such small mat
ters aud the chair agreed with him.
CERES OBSERVATIONS
County Engineer Gere made verbal
report on the state of the roads on
windward Oahu. He recommended that
Road Overseer Peek looK mp quarry
site. The Pail road on the Koolnu side
of the ridge should be macadamized
before others were touched.
Goro had notified all county road
supervisors that they must hereafter
submit detailed monthly reports OF all
work accomplished, llo was of the
opinion that much confusion was occa-