The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-09-10
ARCHER UPHELD
LOW CRITICIZED
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTS
A REPORT ON THE CHARGES
AGAINST EVA SUPERVISORS.

The Board of Supervisors on Satur-
day night received the report of its
committee on the Archer-Low contro-
versy. The report exonerates Archer
and quite severely criticizes Low. The
report says in part
In answering the first statement
made by Mr.. Low, namely, that of fur
rishing gratis all the rocks used by
he Board of Supervisors for macadam
on the roads in Eva district, we find
that a large proportion Of the rock was
gathered from the new field on the
Eva side of Lehua avenue by the carts
and teams of the county government
at considerable expense, and since that
field was cleared the crusher was put
.Cn a lot Honolulu sidA of the court
house, and all the rock used from that
location was blasted and broken by
the road men and not taken from rock
fences, as set forth by Mr. Low. The
rock from said rock fence was used
under Mr.. Lows direction on the con-
tract road built from Aiea to Lehua
avenue under Mr. Lows management,
said contract being first held by a Mr.
Springston and afterwards by Mr..
John De Fries. Every yard of rock
the County Supervisors have used in
Eva district has cost us money
Furthermore, the county is at a loss
of several hundred dollars on account
of having to leave rock blasted and
broken ready for the crusher. This
loss was caused by Mr.. Low forcing us
to move our crusher and bunkers. s.
Your committee do not feel that
they are called upon to answer certain
sections of Mr.. Lows letter, as it is
clearly a personal attack on Mr.. Ar
cher when, in fact, the work done in
Eva district has been done after the
same was ordered by the entire Board
of Supervisors Had the necessary ar
rangements been made tor the trans
fer of the right of way, this board
would, long ago, have completed both
sections of road work that Mr.. Low
seems to make a basis Of his COM
plant and he was so informed by the
County Engineer.
Mr. Low says he feels justified in
Withholding further material until
some action is taken on the road work
to be performed in the vicinity Of Aiea
station. We think this shows that Mr.
Low has only the interest of his own
plantation at heart, and he seems to
forget that there are other sections Of
Eva district that require attention
from the Board of Supervisors, which
are as justly entitled to have. good
IL.
your committee will say that they
feel that some of the work done in
Eva district shows extravaganza. We
refer particularly to the abutments
and work done on the bridge at Wal
kakalaua stream, but we cannot see
that this can be charged to neglect Of
any individual, the work done showing
that too much labor was put in on the
preparation of materials " ed.
The communication from the o. r.
& L. Co., dated May 18th, to Mr.. Ar
cher, as a member of the Board of
Supervisors, should have been present
ed by Mr. Archer to this Board on May
2S; but this was overlooked by Mr..
Archer, he understanding that the
communication simply called his at
tention to the fact that it would be
necessary for the work done on the
Peninsula road, to be kept within the
right-of-way granted by the Railroad
Co. This board has now in it's possess
sion, copy of said letter, endorsed by
a majority of the directors of the o. r.
& L. Co., and a letter setting forth the
fact that the R. r. Co. will execute an
agreement with the government for
the right-of-way used for the road on
the Peninsula as soon as said work is
completed. This. we think, will an
swer the charge that work had been
done on funds in the district of Eva
I'm conclusion this committee fails
to see any misappropriation of funds
in thed istrict of Eva
Respectfully submitted,
III. T. MOORE,
IS c. DWIGHT