The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-28
CHARGED GOVERNOR
WITH A CONSPIRACY
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increased and detailed as follows Sal
airy of license clerk, sl4O; salary Of
corporation clerk, 800; receiving clerk
and messenger, $3.50; stenographer,
$3.50; total, 9.4SO.
The motion passed. Lane again had
the salary Of tax assessor raised from
1925 to $3.50 On motion of Lane the
item Of the Oahu district employees
was passed. Coelho obtained an in
crease for the tax assessor Of Maui
from S175 to 5000 a month
The item of $1666 2-3 a month to
Mrs. H. b. Wells, under permanent
settlements, had been killed on second
reading.
Hewitt wanted to increase the salary
of the stenographer in the department
of public works from 800 to $l25. !
Smith opposed The item carried.
Chillingworth then moved to put |
back the item of $3.50 month for the
Assistant Superintendent of Public |
Works This item had been stricken |
out on the recommendation of the
Ways and Means Committee. Smith |
seconded the motion. He expressed
the opinion that there ought to be
more supervision over this department
than had been done before. He oppos-
ed the idea of making lump sum app
preparations.
Coelho opposed the motion. There
! was no use of such an office. He was
not here to legislate against any par
ticular person but he felt that the po-
sition was Unnecessary He then
| launched into a denunciation of the
systeiIn Of having numerous engineers
on outside works. He spoke of abuses
| that had prevailed on Maui, whereby
money HAD been drawn to pay them
but they had not yet been paid. The
| Assistant Superintendent of Public
Works was responsible for it. as these
engineers had been under him.
Dowsett said that the office was, he
felt, unnecessary. He favored COM
bining the offices of Superintendent of
Water Works and superintendent Of
| Sewers an decreasing the item from
$3.50 to $3.50 a month"; and sought to
amend Chillingworth's motion.
Chiningworth contended that the
office Of Assistant superintendent was
necessary Superintendent Holloway
had said that he could not do without
such office 1t was unfair to try to
blame Rowland when the complaints
should be made directly to the super
intendent The arguments made by
Coelho were illogical and it was unfair
to try to abolish the office because of
some errors that had occurred on
Maui. Chillngworth said he favored
Dowsetts amendment and would go
further and combine the office of chief
engineer at a salary of $3.50.
GandalI opposed the item and said
that he considered the office unneces-
! sary. as the counties had taken much
of the work from that office Chilling
worth said that Gandall should not
favor abolishing the office because the
incumbent might not be satisfactory.
The amendment was carried.
Dowsett wanted. to reduce the item
Of salary of head carpenter in the
government shops from 800 to $75.
The salary had been raised from SIS
to 500 on second reading on recon-
mendation of the Wa and Means
Committee. Dowsett said the increase
might cause dissatisfaction on the
part of the foreman. 1l.z Supernten-
dent of Public Works tad not favored
the raise. Smith favored the raise, on
motion Of Chiningworth the salary of
the foreman was raised from 800 to
1925 i'm order to eliminate any possi-
bility Of his getting sore But when it
came to the head carpenter Dowsett's
motion prevailed over amendments t.
make the raise first 80 and then $780,
Mccarthy urged the increase in the
| salary of Honolulu harbormaster from
| 1925 to $3.50 per month. The raise was
passed as was a raise to the assistant
harbOrmaster from 1925. Both of these
items had been recommended by the
| Ways and Means Committee
Coelho asked to have the salary Of
the pilot at Kahului raised from $3.50
| to $175 on second reading.
Chillingworth moved to raise the
salaries of the pilots at Honolulu to
| $3.50 a month. He wanted to recon-
slider that item. This item was recon-
sidered and he moved to make 1t $3.50
Woods amended to make the salary
1925 The amendment carried.
Lane moved to amend the salary Of
stenographer Of the Board OF Agricul-