The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-03-18
SUPERVISOR IS
FACING CHARGE
HARDEsTY ACCUSED OF VIoLAT
ING LAW REGARDING INTER
EST IN CONTRACTS.

Accused of violation of the law for
bidding a city official from being IN
terested in any city contract, Super
visor Samuel c. Hardcsty is peeved.
1t is asserted that Mr.. Hardesty was
working for Contractor Devins on a
sidewalk Job on Beckley street, and
the charge for the work was so heavy
that Engineer Whitehouse held up the
bill, refusing to pay it.
Mr. Hardesty may be facing charges,
it is reported, which may influence his
position as a supervisor, as the law
distinctly states that "no officer or EN-
ploye of the Territory or any municip u
or political subdivision thereof shall IN
any way. directly or indirectly ''
become interested voluntarily in any
way in contract given out by the city.
Supervisor Hardesty isn't particular
about continuing to hold his official po'
sition if it is going to keep him from
working to support family of seven
not including the hired girl, as he stat
ed yesterday afternoon.
Hardestys Statement.
~ see that / am charged with ac
cepting city contract and therefore
NlOldJliS JhS law, nc S"iu' N"'
! only say that | did not give the con
tract to Mr.. Devine. He secured il
through City Engineer Whitehouse. Al
an experienced concrete and sidewalk
layer Devine hired me as a common
| labored at five dollars a day. I1work
ed for about twelve days and was pai(
! for seven.
"When / assumed office as super
visor l did not know | was expected t.
support my family on fifty dollars
month which the city allows me. Sew
eral of the supervisors have salarie
| which are paid whether they work o
not by the firms that hire them. Whel
| lay off an hour or two hours to lool
after the city's business I'm docke
for the time L am off.
"The Beckley street proposition wa
this. The need of Strengthening it t
make the street lines conform wa
brought up at meeting of the boar
of supervisors and an arrangement wa
made with X. r. c. Wallace whereof
he coded 20 the city strip of groun
sufficient to straighten the street o
the condition that the city lay sid
walk and curbing, the estimated COS
of which, as l remember, was to b
about $500.
"When / went to Beckley street t
work for Devine, L found that aftC
laying the Wallace curbing the othe
curbings on adjoining property woul
have to be reset in order to make tn
proper appearance and that there wa
some grading necessary to set the curl
ings. AS member of the road con
| ,nft nf tba hnar1 / Nn1l naNtna
60 ahead and do this,
81 got nothing out of it other tina
the pay for the seven days that
worked. Devine paid me out of hi
own pocket as he did his other en-
. ployes and now is unable to secure tn
money from the city because Whit
house says | had no authority to hay
the extra work done.
Back at Whitehouse.
"It comes with poor grace fro
Whitehouse to talk ABOUT persons &C
ing without authority when the gradin
of the Kaimuki fire station is take
+ into consideration.
l. ~ at least had some authority as
> member of tn ROAD committee o. I'll
' supervisors Mhitehouse as an employ
= of the board submitted report thu
the grading of the fire station siI
, would cost not more than $400. TT
: last bin allowed, called for $3.50 +,
: this purpose. The supervisors We
not officially notified that this woi
would cost so much more than the est
, mate. As il was, the work was dol
and we had the bill 20 pay.
POSSIBLY l exceeded my authori
!, by ordering the extra work of som
, thing less than SlU0 done ON Beekl'
I street, without consulting with q
, other members Of the committee.
4" As far as my being interested in
, city contract is concerned, | worked
!, u day laborer because needed 1
~ money, am a cement aud sidewa
fl, man aud rs most of the work nToul
!. here Is being done by either the Ter
a tory or the city, IL looks az II shou
!, be denied the night 10 work al 4