The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-12
BOOSTING FOR
FALL CAMPAIGN
Bse island Salary List Going Up. Up,
Up-soms Raises Denied,
However.
tMaii Special to The Advortiser.)

MAIL Speciai TO me AdNeftlser.)
HILO, April "a strenuous protest
by Chairman Lewis against the contin-
uops raise of salaries of clerks and
police officers was made at the super
visors meeting last week. But Lewis
fought lone hand. The finance com
naittec even recommended bunch of
raises, and Lewis cast the only dissent
ing. vote.
THE first kick against salary raising
WAS made by Lewis couple of months
ago, when he was told that salary mat
tcrs could be taken up at the April
meeting, when the appropriation bill
FOR che quarter ending June 30 would
Fb0staatrh up.i' r-.s r n g.
,,s5The salary matter was taken mp all
right; but not, in the way Lewis, had
expected. When tho finance committee
'shbnhitted the appropriation bin it i'm
Hludeda number of raises, making the
quarterly, appropriation amount to $47,-
633.60. Last year the average per quar-
ter was $43,S63.
-s'sI notice that some of the appropria+
'-tionss have been raised" said Lewis.
"Whyf' -5sa i,
'tSome of the clerks have been work
ing overtime" answered Austin. eve
raised some Of the officials to start
with, and,ifelt that we ought to raise
thotothers, "g a +e.V ,ee
81 don't think that it is right to
raise salaries, when we have no
money" said Lewis. al for one will
place myself on record as voting
against It."
Gt;r +ba ranor+ r,aa odnnIad corrv.
ing with it the raises.
Rush for More.
The inevitable result of the raises
came when Koomoa introduced resolu
tion raising the minimum wage for road
Iaborers from 81 so to $500 day, bas-
ing this on the fact that the police and
clerks had had their salaries raised.
Purdy asked why this should be done,
and Koomoa argued that the constant
rise in the price of beef, as well as of
other necessities, had increased the cost
of living.
Austin said that he would like to help
the laborers, but there was only GER
tain amount available for road work,
and if the pay scale Were raised fewer
laborers would be employed. If the
board made aristocrats and men of
would be likely to starve.
Koomoa answered that his constitu-
ents had been complaining that if the
police had their salaries raised, there
was no reason why the laborers should
not have their pay raised also. If the
people asked for bread, should the
board hand them a stonefs Likewise,
the voice of the people was the voice
of God, in spite of which the resolu-
ton was tabled.
The request of the sheriff that the
South Hilo jailer and deputy jailer
have their salaries raised by $25 and
$40 n month, respectively, was turned
down. So was a request by Miss Deyu
that Janitor Frank Vierra, of the Hilo
school buildings, have his monthly hon.
orarium boosted from $95 to $40
Castle Generous.
W. r.. Castle wrote that when he sold
his Kukuau land, ON Front street To
Haekfeld & Co., he had withheld strip
such as was needed for. the street wild
ening. He remarked that Hilo did not
deserve n'uch, as it had failed to take
advantage of his offer to donate the
entire lot for park purposes; still, he
would give the strip free of cost. The
offer will be accepted.
Slams Bishop Estate.
l.. Carter wrote asking the board I,
rescind its order compelling the build
ing of sidewalks along Front street
The burden was falling on poor tenants
Of the Bishop Estate, which was, h,
said, .'like Shylock, insisting on iti
pound of fesh..'' He was advised Il
address the estate.
1t was decided to call for bids, Il
be opened at the July meeting, for ,
chemical fire engine and hose wagon
An electric fire alarIh signal is also II
be installed.