Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-17
SCHOOL GROUNDS
At POHUKAIVA To-
BE FILLED soon
Supervisors, Criticised After
Work Is All Arranged For,
Answer Sharply
conditions,

Pohukaina school conditions,
branded as dlsgraceful by the com
missioners of public Instruction in q
resolution sent to the supervisors
last night, will shortly be remedled.
IN fact even fhilH the t0iinlssi0n.
ere were passing the resolutions
which Indirectly cfiticise the super
visor1 severely. the said supervisors
were completing contract with the
Lord Young Engineering Company to
fill in the low ground around the
school.
Investigation by the Star Bulletin
today showed that more than a month
ago Building Inspector Miehlstein took
up plans for the school ground i'm
pr0yement with local contractors and
later the board called for bids for the
work. The Lord Young Engineering
Company, which is carrying out big
territorial reclamation project in the
district and has the equipment ready
so that ii can handle filing at an
unusually low cost. has secured the
contract. which calls for filing in the
low ground around the school house
with about 1000 yards of material at.
an expense to the city Of $1,000.
We shall start this work right
away. said James L. Young of the en-
gineering company this morning. Our
equipment will be moved as soon as
possible and it will take only about
two days to finish the fill.
II is probable that work will be be-
gun during the Christmas school holi-
days.
Although the board Of supervisors
took action to remedy the conditions
long before the school commissions
.ers voiced their complaint. at least
two supervisors complain sharply of
the expense to which the city is put
to look after schools at time when
1t is getting no territorial moneys for
the purpose.
This was brought out at the super
yisors' meeting last night.
Angered at the resolution sent them
by the commissioners of public In
Istrrqtion. members Of the board of SUI
peril voiced objections to present
laws for the division of taxes, and In
particular the statute which makes 1t
necessary for the city and county to
maintain the schools on the island un.
der the present system.
81 do not think 1t is fair deal to
the city and county" declared Super
visor McCIelIan, chairman of the ways
and means committee They expect
us to maintain their schools without
giving US the funds to do So The
Legislature left us in a position where
we must advance out of our general
fund from $4,000 to $4,000, and the city
and county is in no position to do so.
We will only have a small balance at
the end of the year. something like
$4,000 when we should have at least
s68, 900. The territory has given
raises in the salary of teachers ag.l
tgregating $4,000 In other words it
viii cost us $339,00o for teachers, sal
aries this year. a. .~5sH
I'VE do not wish to make uncalled.
for objections But we wish II to be.
known that we are doing the best we
can. Until the taxes come in at the
end of the first half of 1914 we win
have very little money. That the con.
.dition of Pohukaina school Is bad we
regret, yet we do not feel that reso-
luton such as this is warranted 2
The resolution referred to was pass
ed yesterday at the, final meeting of
the commission and copy of 1t was
sent to. the board of supervisors.
enroute to San Francisco He win