The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-16
.FIND NO HULT
WITH BIG SCHOOL
Education Commissioners PAY
Surprso vlsil 10
WalaIee.


n there Il anything materially wrong
with Me Boys industrial sehoo, AZ
waialce, four hard working public In.
struction commissioner, not 10 men.
ton the superintendent Of that depart.
ment, could not end II yesterday on
a surprise visit TO that institution.
They now want to know where tho
grand jury got the data which Iod Il
TO make reports on "rusty utonsils.''
and all around bad conditions.
There were no rusty utensils, or evou
any dirty ones, and one Of tho com.
missioners set himself down to tho task
of counting them over one by ono and
proved it. They are enamel utensils of
course, and some of them are ehipped.
but they re spotlessly clean, which il
the main consideration.
A decided Improvement in Tho whole
place, not only as compared with what
they saw on their last visit, but with
what they expected this time, is the
general verdict. There is one fault.
say the commissioners, and that is that
the school is overerowded. .One-half
Of the hoys there, they say, should not
be there but in orphanages; this is not
because of any badness Of their own,
but because they either have no par
Eents or their parents are delinquent.
and the state has no other place to put
them.
Praise superintendent.
Things were very much upset at the
school owing to the preparations for
erecting the new additions, but this did
not effect the living conditions of the
boys. Superintendent Tucker is de-
clared to be doing excellent work and
to deserve a great deal of credit for
the way in which he has managed
things.
The completion of the new buildings
will mean much to the school Boilers
VIII be erected and wash day win be
= 5companied by the hitherto unknown
BLESSING of hot water. Conditions have
changed since the boys had to get up
liz the morning and wash and dry their
sheets before night or do without them
Instead Of one pair each, they now hav0
twr pair. The question of dirty linen
which has been raised so often does
not seem to be troubling now.
Of COURSE said one commissioner,
" the sheets are of unbeached cotton,
and can not be made to look so white
snd neat as our own linen ones. Tben
again, boys win often go to bed with
cut cleaning their feet as well as tl7eJ
might. Lots of them go baref60Hed
ard the soil of that district is of che
adhesive variety. 0'ilEq
con the WHOLE" he continuedtsHI
did not see single boy who seemed
to be ashamed that he was there. They
were all well nourished, clean faced
and bright, and when /. walked up xnd
down the room there WASH h boyiin
lit that wouldn Il look me straight be.
tween the eyes. We saw them playing
and writing letters and they were as
contented lot of youngsters as rwant
to see. As for their food, would not
kick if it was served in my own home,
good, plain and substantial it is.sta
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wac, $3.50; Waikiki, $3.50; Lahaina,
1928, and Molokai, $50. Police officers
were also given Increased salaries.
Waikiki police officers--C Captain, two
lieutenants and four cOnstables get $40
month additional salaries; eight Of
ficers SIS month additional. The hack
inspector gets an increase of $40 a
! month, and three officers will remain
at the old rate. The police department
chauffeur gets $40 a month--an increase
of $50 over the old salary. Lahaina
police Officers-The captain gets $40
more month, the lieutenant and five
officers IS month raise apiece. The
captain of the Makawao police gets an
increase of $50, making his pay $50
month; another officer gets SIS increase
and two, FIVE dollars apiece. The CAP
tain Of the Hama police gets an increase
from. $50 to $50 a month: two lieuten-
ants get $40 increase apiece. making
their pay $45 and one other officer IS
additional.
The Tax Levy.
In the matter of the tax levy tho
county fathers voted to request the as
SCISSOR of the division to levy n tax rate
OF sixty-six and twO-thirds of one per
cent. on property in this county 1t Is
estimated this rate will produce about
100000 for the use of the rate re-
quired by the Territory will, approx
innate nearly ifty-one hundredths of
one per cent. and win put the property
tax rate for MaHi county approximate
ly at one and fifteen One-hundredths of
one per cent. for this year. 49,, 49,.
The six month s appropriation from
the general fund were passed. .,'~
I The school fund superintendent was
Hama schools, 1900; Makawao, 1880
lWailultn, $1,000; Lahaiua, $500; MoIo
kai, 5000 total $4,000
Loan Fund Meeting.
The Maui loan fund commisslOn held
a meeting Saturday morning and
authorized tho calling Of bids for pip
ing for the Makawao 10 PaiA extsn
sion Of the KulR pipe line. The bid
viii eloae the 30th day Of January.
The commission authorized the prop
aFation Of plans and Specifications 70
bids for the construction Of a numbe
Of seho0lb0nses Including q nov six
room sehoolhOuse VI nans, and . nev