The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-06-13
FIND EVIDENCE OF MUCH
WASTE ON ISLAND TRIP
Expensive Tanks and Toilets Lie
Unused Beneath School Build.
ings Where Needed.
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Mail Special to The Advcrtiser.)
HILO, June 9.-While excursions like
the one taken around the island recent.
~ by the board of supervisors are gen.
orally looked upon with some contempt
as junkets, the trip referred to seems
to have been productive of considerable
good. The county fathers visited all
the school houses and other public
buildings which they found on their
way and took copious notes with re.
gard to their state of repair and SINH.
lar matters of interest.
One of the most significant features
Of the trip was the fact that the county
fathers discovered that much good ma
terial and machinery was lying about in
the most unlikely places, without be-
ing used, whereas complaints were
made because of the lack of just such
things.
Thus the supervisors found patent
toilets of an expensive make costing
the county, in fact, forty.five dollars
each-lying about in various places.
Several were found in the Kohala dis
| trict. One was found in the Keauhou
School where there had been complaint
about the lack of sanitary arrange.
ments, and no less than six were found
under the school house Mt Laupahoehoe.
| In none of these cases had any attempt
been made to install them. Interest in
| the matter was confined TO getting the
/ toilets sold to the county. County
Clerk Kai was asked who had ordered
and who had sold these to the county
He said that only Rufus Lyman could
tell, as he had handled claims then, but
the books now with the graft commits
sion might give the information.
More Disappearing Beds.
The county fathers were also some
what surprised by finding several dis
appearing beds in addition to the foul
which were bought for schools in the
Hilo district, when Chairman Lewis sole
them to the county for $ll9.50 each OF
the order of School Inspector King
Some such beds were discovered by tn,
supervisors at Paauilo. AS the boart
of supervisors passed resolution con
demning the purchase of the four Hil'
district beds as extravaganza, the Pau
lilo beds were, if they. were sold to thu
county after that resolution was passed
purchased in direct defiance thereof.
Evidence of Carelessness.
At Kapulcna school tank, of a 300
gallon capacity, was found under tn
house. 1t is not stated how long it ha
been there, but it was lying there with
out any attempt being made to assembl
it., and this in spite of the fact tina
| the same school has been clamoring TO
repairs to the tank it uses at presen
while other schools all over the count
have been begging for tanks.
!. In Kohala the travellers made sti
more surprising discovery. They foun
that the $4,000 road roller which form'
! Supervisor Beckley was in such hurr
' to purchase that he could not wait
secure legal authorization to do $
had beer lying at Kawaihae for abo'
u a year, and it was only last month thu
y it was taken to Waimea and placed
q use.
S At Twelve Miles, Olaa, the supervi
Z ors found state of affairs which seen
y to indicate lack of proper administr
J. ton on the part of both the Honolu
IT and the local school authorities. 1t WI
found that Supervising Principal Kin
whose duties confine his activities
the other side of the island, is makiI
q use of the large teachers cottage
q his Olaa home, thereby compelling d
4 teachers of the school at that point
=, make use of a small addition to T.
n schoolhouse for their accommodation.