The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-02-07
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am around all the time and 1 have
never heard any complaints against
the garbage department nor noted any
evidence of neglect on their part
so far as l know, and 1 am in j
position TO know. the men in the gar
bage department are doing good
work." is the expression of opinion
on the part of Chief Sanitary Inspec-
tor Venhuizen. Il know that everyone
who pays garbage rates have their
work attended to promptly and salts
factorily. The only ones We have
trouble with are the ones who either
can not or will not pay these rates.
who pile up their garbage or throw
it into some nearby vacant lot. We
also have trouble with some people
who seem to think that it is the duty
of the Board of Health to keep their
premises clean for them. But we haze
not heard any complaints against the
garbage department"
The officers of the Board of Health
also had good words to say of n. P.
Jacobson, the garbage department COL
lector, whom one of the Supervisors
suggested should be fired to make
room for younger man.
jacobson worked with me on the
Board of Health and he is more ac-
tive and a better collector than al
most anyone could suggest" said C.
Charlock. That old man can walk
horse to death right now
Inquiry as to the collectors duties
showed that last month he collected
s110O, all in amounts of twenty-five,
fifty and seventy-five cents, on many
occasions calling two or three times
at the one house until the rate was
paid. This means about fifteen hun
dred calls during the twenty-three
working days.
1.-The beauty of Jacobson's work is
that he not only collects the money,
but he hands it in," is the way one
government official spoke yesterday, a
remark in view of the
statements at the Supervisors meet |
ing that the to-be-created department |
would need a new collector, but could |
get along without a bookkeeper.
DEPARTMENTS MUST WORK
TOGETHER.
AS a matter of fact it will multiply
expenses very greatly to make any
such a move as seems to be contem-
plated. At present the work stock of
10Th departments are kept together,
ooked after by the same stablemen,
guarded at night ely the one watch
nan, the blacksmith work done by the
me blacksmith, the accounts kept in
he one office and at times of neces-
ity the horses and carts of the road
department. are used for garbage work
nd vice versa. To divide the depart
nents necessitates a practical doubling
f stablemen, watchmen, blacksmiths
flee room, Office staff and repairers.
he two departments cannot use the
anne apparatus nor quarters without :
riction and consequent loss in eff
iency.
During such occasions as threatened .
lague outbreaks and other scares,
hen the Board of Health issues an
mergency call for help, the whole
orces of the road department can be
nited with the garbage department
-ithout confusion and without delay.
UGH things have happened.
MOVEMENT ENTIRELY !
Altogether there are no good reasons
n the passing of any such resolution
: Fern presented on Wednesday night
nd plenty of good reasons why it I
louId be voted down. Political expe-
ency alone, inconsiderate of the fact
lat the taxpayer will suffer, seems u
be behind the resolution. Rumor L
ates that William K. Rathburn, o
chfs henchman, who was fired from
lie police department for incompe-
ncy, is the one for whom the position L
to be created. Achi is the man pull II
2 the strings for his dummies and q
arvey and Fern are his tools, just l.
the Advertiser stated some months P
% when this same matter was being Ct
tched and Jimmy Boyd was the fav- N
ed one. &C
In the coming election all the Super fc
sors must run at large, consequently
e Kakaako vote must be consolidated
d fixed. Rathburn and the gang he
Il gather around him will do the nj
ganizing and the fixing and will also
I in their time among the road de-
rtment men. Politics will take the
ice of the businesslike activity of
tn departments and the public will
Y the bills of the politicians and also ?.
fer from work undone. 90
2athbuFn was fired from one county 10
nor ~ he Gould ! mr.