The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-29
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trdi raises OF salaries IN every depart
meRt. The bill as passed TO first read
ing calls fer more than Logan totals.
Ayiett s resolutions called for increases
in the County Attorney s sffiee as fol
lows: First Deputy. Milveruon. 1928
per month, from Sl85: Secomd Deputy.
Brown, 5000, from slT5. Logan made
an earnest plea for the raises, especial
~ for Milverton. who be said had
more work than ever, and had even at
tended eoroner's inquest last week.
every evening He said that more work
was to be given them by the action
! of the Legislature in transferring other
duties to the city Attorneys depart
ment. and Brown was also to do Cir
cult Court work in addition to his
police court work The increases pass
ed The chief clerk is to get SI10 and
the stenographer S100 The messen-
ger IS job, So, is cut out, thus depriv,
ing Willie Crawford of a Job MeCiei-
Ian objected to the items for Milverton
and Brown, saving that the caucus fix
ed the salaries at 5000 and $1S5 respec-
lively.
This action drew from the Mayor
some clear-cut comments on the man-
ner in which the Supervisors were raid
! ing the treasury He called upon them
to stop and consider He said that
salaries were raised il all departments.
- think the Board is too extravaganza,
and before we find out whether we are
| to get enough money to go around. /
hope that you viii not have to see f.
30 eut down salaries in the next six
months.
.. don t think we are going to get
| the same amount of taxes as we have
| IN the past. The present strike may
affect the tax receipts very materially
However, the Board is the one which
controls the finances of the county, nor
| me, and 1t Is up to you
Aylett said something about the
Mayor letting the cat out of the bag,
| whatever that meant, and added that
the Mayor had the q last say in the
matter, as he could veto the bill, and
9 And I'm going TO veto it, gentle
! men, - said Mayor Fern. - have the
veto power, but you have the majority
of votes even then. i"
| Logan said the raises in salaries were
| in keeping with the new duties i'm
posed upon various departments by the
Legislature. Some of the subordinates
did the actual drudgery, but the heads
of departments had additional duties
imposed on them
Aylett s resolution covering specific
salaries for District Court employees was
presented, as follows, Hawaiian IN
terpreter and clerk, S115 per month;
Portuguese, SIS; Japanese. SO; Chi
nese, S75; Spanish, SIS. In Difference
to the absence of Cox of the police
committee, action was deferred.
Avlett s resolution in re salaries In
Treasurer s office: Chief clerk, $3.50
per month; license clerk, Si25; assist
ant clerk, 1925.
Hawaiian band gave the bandmaster
$1s5 month, one ss1oist and assistant
bandmaster, $50, and the other mem
| bers were classed from $75 to $50 each
per month.
Auditor s office: Clerk, 1925; assist
ant clerk, $50.
Clerk S Office: Chief clerk, $50 per
month; stenographer and typewriter,
sos; assistant clerk, 800; file clerk,
| $50.
Keepers of Parks: Two at Thomas
Square, $40 each; tive at Aala. $40
| each: one at Emma Square, $40; one on
waterfront, $40.
Engineers Office: Engineer, $3.50
per month; assistant engineer, $3.50;
| one rodman, $40; one chairman, $40.
| Fire Department: Chief engineer,
! 5000 per month; assistant chief, Bias;
five captains. $50 each; thee Iieuten-
| ants, $40 each; two Ieutfnants, SIS.
Road Department; Read supervisor
and superintendent Of garbage, $3.50;
timekeeper. $50; hookkeeper. $50;
Il
lunas, SIS each. But the road depart
ment matter was laid On the table.
There was q great deal of snlphuric
language coupled with babyish meth
eds employed all through the meeting.
Ayiett took the bit IN his mouth and
ran away entirely.
He had an early start when he and
AHA refused to Ok a typewriting bill
Of $40 for three drafts of the plumbing
Inspector 8 ordinance. reasonable
charge for the amount of work done.
| They said that the member had no
right to go outside the attorneys Of
flee to have typewriting done. tAylett
pulled the municipal act on the board
and the mayor and read where it said
the County Attorney shall draft all
ordinances, etc. There it was in black
and white --3
When others tried to explain that
drafting an ordinance did not mean
typewriting il. Billy pulled the wool
down over his eyes and refused TO see.
It was shown that members had worked
DAYS and nights on this bill, but Aylett
had shut his ears to any music but
that which flowed from his own lips
and the board perforee had to submit.
The item was turned down, even Quinn
voting to kin it.
A report from the electric Light COM
mittee gave an estimate OF $500 for
putting in lights asked for by residents
through petitions TO the board. Some
of the lights have already been in
stalled The matter was approved, al
though Quinn called attention to the
necessity fg lights on the waterfront,
which had been Utterly neglected.
Quinn said it was criminal neglect
A letter was received from George
r. Carter. for the trustees Of Queen 8
Hospital. asking what decision the
board had arrived at with reference TO
subsidy. It was shown by Logan
that an item had been inserted in the
appropriation bill TO cover the hos
pitfalls, the hospital to be paid for what
ever patients it received at a per diem