The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-06

UlOnln, ana over a blUOO OF TINS Is ptN Il
by the customers of the garbage de-
partment This is much the best show
ing in every way that has ever been
made There have been no complaints
of consequence and a word to John
son has always corrected any that did
come up.
Fern read from a section of the Re
vised Laws something to the effect
that no official should hold more than
one paid Office under the government.
Johnson gets $50 for looking after the
garbage, in addition to his 5000 as
head of the Road Department and it
was a matter which kept him Germ
awake of nights for fear the Board is
violating the law.
Mr.. Hustace had an opinion from
former County Attorney Olson on this
very matter, in which the attorney
held that no law was being violated
inasmuch as the garbage work was not
recognized as a separate department.
and might readily be saddled on to the
road department. The matter of .keeHN
ing the accounts separate from the
road department, was one of exped-
enCy only.
Then Cox, who had kept very stimI
up to this time, made a speech He
didn't know anything and he didn't
want to know anything. If a commit
tee in anything recommends that
something be done that's all he wants
to know. He'll vote for it and ask no
questions. He expects them to do the
same for things he asks for. Cox spoke
several times after this, but the fore
going was the burden of his song each
time.
Archer chairman Of the garbage
committee, didn't seem disposed to
talk at all He was finally brought to
do so by direct appeals of HustaCe He
was sorry for Sam Johnson. The Col
onel, he's very busy man. He has so
much running around to do. He ira
velc Is or 20 miles every day looking
after road work and wears out TWO or
three horses every day to do it. John
son, he's all right. He ought to have
more money. It's too bad he does to
work so hard. He is not getting too
much money He ought to have more.
Common lunas who have to travel on
" two or three miles get from SIS to
500 per month. Johnson only get
$3.50 with the garbage business. 1t
isn't just to Johnson.
Yes, there had been some complaints
about the garbage. Men who collect
ed the refuse were careless and spilled
some in streets. Then hack horses
stood around the streets and made
! them dirty. Sometimes when hay is
unloaded a litter is left in the streets.
There ought to be a man to see to all
this
After whole lot of this about dirty
streets, it turned out that the garbage
department had nothing to do with
keeping the streets clean, nor would
have if a dozen garbage superintend-
ents are appointed.
Johnson came into the meeting and
| Hustace called on him. He declared
| that efficiency wasn't what was trou-
bling the Board. 1t was something en-
tirely different He wouldn't stand
| for reflections on himself, for none
could be brought in the garbage mat
! ter Archer himself and other mem
bers of the Board have only recently
| told him that everything was all right
and that there was no fault to find.
Johnson then gave some idea of the
additional cost of the separate system,
something as follows:
Superintendent, 1925; stablemen.
500; Waterman, SIS; clerk, 500.
Besides this there would be $3.50 or
more for a horse and buggy for the
new superintendent The additional
cost. he declared, could not be made
less than 5000 and more likely $500 per
month.
Fern, Harvey and Archer took turns
in stating that they would not need
any more money under the proposed
system and would get more customers
and give better service. None of them
would tell how the thing was to be
accomplished, but Harvey said that 1t
was a secret of the garbage commit
tee, which Archer didn't want to give
away, He demanded some more that
a vote be taken.
This was the line Of the whole bust
ness. No one got anywhere, but it
was talk, talk. talk. Everybody got
tired and finally when Dwight moved
to adjourn, Hustace didn't wait for
second. or anything else, but declared
the meeting pau. Nobody protested
against this summary adjournment
and the assembly dispersed
The routine business of the first part
of the meeting was Of minor interest
Archer objected to a bill Of Attor-
ney Olson for services as prosecuting
officer from January LIST to II, He
said that the Board had nothing to do
with him after he had handed in his
resignation to take effect on the list.