Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-18
.ARRAIGNING lMPBELL, HOUSE
REPOI CHARGES JUGGLING
Scathng Criticism administration of Former Superntend
ent = Wharf WdDeclared Wastefu Failure - Favor
itism Said to tapeen Shown

| Juggling of approprins, ig-
noring the laws letter -lntcnt.
persistent fayorisism in ~ cases,
yate business concern ohich ne
later became an employees care
slessness, lack of study opnd!tlens,
all resulting in the loss thousands
of dollars to the territohnd leaV-
/ ing at least three publi6oJects as
monuments of uselesss-these
form the gist of the lepy report
made yesterday afternoof the pub
lie lands committee of house or
representatives on the anlstrauon
of Marston Campbell aSperintend-
ent OF the Department. public
works.
The three principal Pcts inVes-
tigated by the commit were the
Alewa reservoir, thu Mahukona
wharf on Hawaii and e Hanaiei
wharf on Kauai. The ort states
that each of these, VI Campbell
retired, was absolute worthless,
though nearly $4,000 b been spent
on the Mahukona wha $4,000 on
the Alewa reservoir ai$10,0UO on
the Hanalei wharf. -.
The interesting decunt also dis
cusses at some lengthIe matter OF
specifications, and in bis also the
investigators bitterly align the for
mer public works supttendent, re-
ferring to his actions Juggling of
appropriations, whit has been
condemned time and pc again by
legislatures of this tdory, but ap-
parently as far as superintendent
of public works Inexperienced, it
was of such trifiing inrtance as not
to warrant consideion. These
statements are suppof by citations
of specific cases. "
caustic Comment. F.. .....-<.-..
At times the repois satirical in
its comment. ReferrE to the Hama
lei wharf, it says, ar the pier has
been completed and e money paid
the contractor, it capt be used at
high tide, its sole aren't value be-
ing "the accommodon OF fishing
parties both by dahnd on moon
light nights. Tel. -.
OF Mahukona what on which was
spent $4,000, the Tort says that
now "all that is left Ia pile of wave
swept stones, m1 monument to
the efficiency of thelblic works de-
partment under th$uperintendency
of Marston Campbe
! OF the Alewa re!voir the report
sets forth: "One iervoir was con-
structed upon planshd specifications
SO faulty and inadedte that 1t would
not hold water Will completed, and
has entailed an e4nditure OF over
one hundred per co over and above
the original cost inn effort to make
1t serve the purposfor which it was
intended. In supft of this state
ment your commite presents in de-
tail the facts relFe to the struc-
lures above referf to- ......
Personal Attack, SIS Campbell.
This report isimply personal
attack on me and |ars the imprint OF
personal spite i1every line, com
Marston tmpbell this morn,
ing, discussing II attack made on
him to the hous "The committee
quite evidently larted work with
determed to get some
thing on me, andhey spent As days
in working up erything they could
get. -" - -.
AS a matter (fact, had the coBl
mittee looked faiF into the question
they would haT known the wharf
work is expresslunder the authority
and direction ofIle board of harbol
commissioners al would have taken
this phase into Dnsideration. | an
out of office novand out of persona
spite work this eport has been con
cocted. ~. -. 49,. =....
'eThe most alhrd thing in the re
port is that aft all the attacks or
me and allegabns of all sorts Of
things, the rept winds up with rec
lat the water meter
system be carrid out-a policy that
| have fought or consistently and
that will eventilly come.
Alewa Reservof !
Taking up tn subject of the Alewa
the port continues:
According 1.-THE evidence adduced
before this Committee, instructions
we're given blythe Superintendent oil
Public Works,to F. NJ. Friesell, an
engineer in he Honolulu Water
Works, buTau under the depart
nent of publ works, to design a
reservoir for Aewa Heights with a
of MT less than four hun
ired thousandhor more than five hun
lred THOUSAND gallons, and without
my limit beig stated as to cost.
Friesell, ptsuant to said instruc-
ions prepare a plan calling for a
circular reseEoir to be constructed
If reinforced concrete. The shape oil
he reservoir was acceptable to the
of public works, but
he method { construction was dis
approved, and in place thereof, under
he directions of said superintendent
here was substituted a construction
which called for a wall and floor OF
tone, the specs between eacn stone
o be filled with ''clean crushed
tones" and ahmed and grouted with
grout of me part cement to one
art sand.
These pins were also inspected
y Mr.. Rick, another engineer in the
apartment, and his opinion from the
tart was hat II UouId not hOlf