The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-20
IAUKEA REPORT
IS HELD
BACK
KeaIoha Says 1t Is Not
Ready---Changes
Being Made.

The Supervisors held their meeting
last night but did not get the report
of the special committee which has
been investigating Iaukea.
Kealoha, the chairman, said that the
committee had not got together to sign
the report; that it was only in a
rough way that there were Sc
pages of evidence; that anyway the
report WASH t ready.
Chairman Hustace reminded him
that this meeting of the Board had
been called especially to hear the re-
port and deal with it, so as not to
interfere with the business of the next
meeting at which a number of mat
ters would come before it. He sug
gested that if Kealoha had the report
drafted he might give it to the other
members of the committee and if they
approved it they could sign it and the
Board could take it right up. But Ke-
aloha, in a stammering way, said 1t
wasn't drafted, though all the time he
was fumbling at bunch of papers in
the side pocket of his coat. Kealoha
said something, not very coherent, to
the effect that they wanted to change
it.
1t was evidently a surprise to some
of the members of the Board that the
report was not ready for presentation.
One irumor was that the report had
already been written in Hawaiian; but
that it had not been translated into
English yet.
Another report was that it had been
prepared but before it was signed
some of the members of the committee
wanted to change their minds as to the
findings, or some of them. At any
rate the report was not ready but Ke-
aloha promised Hustaee to have it
ready by the next meeting which will
be August 26.
Police Account Questioned.
The only other matter which aroused
any discussion was an item of $196.25
expenditure by the police department
during July, above its appropriation.
Cox, who presented it, explained that
it was incurred during the stay here
of the feet. He recommended that it
be paid out of the August police ap-
preparation.
Hustace wanted to know how this
expenditure had been made in excess
of the July appropriation. Cox ex-
Dlained that it had been incurred part
ly in fitting up the police station so
that members of the force could sleep
there at night so as to be on hand in
readiness IN case their services were
needed. Some of the police from the
country had been brought in to aug
ment the force in case of need. and
for these meals had to be provided.
Hustaee thought all this was unnec-
essary as the policing of the men OF the
fleet was done from the ships them
selves.
Harvey thought special approPrla-
tion covering the amount ought TO De
made. The expenditures he believed
were necessary under the circumstances,
as it was the duty of the Sheriff to
prudently prepare for possibilities. lie
pointed out also that during the year
the police department has saved some
thing over a thousand dollars OF Its
appropriations.
Hustace suggested that it might save
enough of its August appropriation TO
meet this expenditure. However, he
favored Cox s recommendation prln-
eipally, because in every other depart
ment, when unusual expenditures be-
come necessary. the head of the de-
partment goes to the committee hav-
ing supervision of the department and
presents the necessity, so that the board
ALWAYS knows of the necessity and of
the expenditure. The Sheriff however
has never done that, but has always
gone on making the expenditure wheth-
er in excess of the appropriation or not
On-a vote, Cox s motion that 1T be
Maid out of the August appropriation
for the department was carried, all Vot-
ing for it except Harvey.
Bridge Repairs.
Supervisor Cox reported the lmme-
date need of repairs to the Waimea
bridge. 1t needed new Joists as many
of the present ones had rotted away
AT the ends. The bridge is 300 teeF
long and the repairs viii cost about
+bo1sapd dollars. Archer thought the
matter could wait a week or so, put
County Engineer Gere said that an ex-
animation of the bridge had shown re,
pairs to be imperative; that ne had
known these ioists were reaching tneir
limit for some time but had not untli
iust now realized how imperative IL
was for safety that repairs be mace.
An appropriation of $1,000 was mace
for the immediate repair OF the orloge' i
That Qualification Clause.
Supervisor Fern asked that the Coun-