The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-02-17
INVESTIGATION ON I
maui IS ENDED.
Committee Reports on Invsstiga-
ton Made into Affairs Of
Supervisors.

super FiSShs.
r. A. 'waasworth (chairinan), D. G.
Lindsay and W. O. Aiken, constituting
the eommittce appointed come time ago
by the Maui chamber Of commerce, I'm.
dor date Of February 10 made 70 that
organization an interesting report GOV.
crihg an Investigation carried on by
the committee in regard TO the Affairs
Of tho county Of Maui.
When this report was read before
thcschaihbcr at its meeting last Thurs
day, Supervisory Henmng and Drum
mond were prcsent as were also Sena-
Tor H. A. Baldwin and County Attorney
p. II. Case. Supervisor Henning is re-
ported as stating. that the several iIrcs
gnlarities in county affairs which the
report .dwclls upon weic due in part
to the latk'5f codfhge Bn she part Of
the chairman of tho board Is. y. Ka,
lafiih), who Rad gone ahead on his own
responsibility, and when asked for ex.
pianHtiohs, had become frightened.
~ eKalarha excceded his authority
was Supervisor Hennine q view Of the
matter. y &
q Declaring that he had bft 1ittlc 10
sstyy that personally he was all right
and that he Favored ecohony in the
conduct Of tho business Of the county,
'Suhrrvisot r. "A. tDfumn0nd said:
~ efWhat is the use Of trying 10 do
afiythingf We wrote 10 the head Of
ono department and asked him IN what
WY could No cut expenses. He rcplISd
that there was no way TO do so, and
then asked that the salary of one 9of
his fubofdinatcs be raised. There 8 try
ing to meet the Boards desire for
'econoniy with vengeance,
q senator III. A. Baldwin stated TINT
he did not think tint the comparison
made In the report and the criticism
II obtained in regard to. the expenses
Of the county MS against those Of Kani
al WINS fair one. Conditions wefe al.
together diferont in the counties
named, claimed the senator. ,tll =
gS Gaze Sites Dffferehces. Gs
County Attorney y. II. Case explains
lcd that while Kauai had but two terms
a year Of the circuit court, Maui hae
three; that the county Of Maui conf
sisted Of a number Of detached islanct
and isolated districts and that travel
ing between points was much moro ex.
pehsite. Then, again, explained Case,
Maui hadm more cases to handle q
year than Kauai. s''fs 4
The report was accepted by the cham,
Der with tho proviso that n copy OF
II be furnished 70 the board Of super;
Nisorh. 'i ~
e.'sWhile We regret having 10 bring
10 yoitf notice several apparent irregu-
iarities,s, says the report, ''weFare glad
to state that 10 far as we have IN
vestirated, we aavo found no trhnsae.
ton from which any Of the county Of
fleials have derived amy personal pscu-
MARY GAIN, KS IA 'ii ~
Tic committee found a discrepancy
of $70O which IL could not aceOuht Sot
in the trnnsattioh Involving the aequisi-
tion Of y WhitegFuAabout, On this score
the report says: is.yy
Find 800 Unaccounted For.
a'We ind that the order for White
Rnnabout WIS filed with the county
clerk at tho time tRia antu was ordered,
The minutes OF january 10, 1913, show
that the sheriff was authorized to ex.
change two certain Brush and Rambler
cars for new rupabout, subject TO the
approval Of the chairman Of the board.
Evidently this has not been done, but
a bill of the Volcano Stables for $4,000
for White rdnabout was presented
.on May ~, and approved on May ~,
1913. This bin had evidently been re-
ducek from $4,000 TO $4,000, and no OK
PLANTATION Of this reduction is forth
coming. This transaction was nppa.
rently contaminated as follows:
aPrice of White auto $4,000 plus
credit on Brush and Rambler ears.
There is an evident discrepancy Of 500
on this purchase price uRaccounted
for. - -. VI"
( Although the inventory of the prop
erty Of the county showed one Austin
No. 3 gyratory erushcr and one Union
gas engine on hand ON July !, 1912, II
the inventory on July ], 1913, the
crusher and engine are not mentioned
''We find on investigation says
the report on this matter, that thil
rock crusher and engine were shipped
to the Volcano Stables 4 Transports
ton Company at the instigation OF
Chairman Kalama, Supervisor Lake and
Road Oversecr Bal, and no returns tC
the county appear in any Of the rer
ords on account Of this transaction.
Authority was givon to Chairman Ka
lama In July, 1918, to purchase sec
opd hand portable rock crusher, or Y
advertise for q new portable rock crush