The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-22
taxpayers Assessed $4,000 In
twenty-five Months and
More To Come
INVESTIGATION SHOWS
< LAVISH EXPENDITURES
Mayor and sSupervisors-elect
Look Into Matter and figures
Prove Astonishing
fFrom Saturday Allverliser.J

Investigating the varioSs sources 81
the expenditure Of public money in an
effort to Determine the items m which
economy ear be effected by the thcom-
ing municipal administration, the may
or. and supervisors elect have lfhcarthed
agnros showing that durihg the past
two years, with the exception o. No
vember and December of this gear, the
sum OF VII, zoe has been spent by tho
county for automobiles, and $40, d95. 4q
has been paid out for maintenance, up
keep and repair Of the county ma.
chimes exelosiye OF those, used by the
ere department and waterworks depart
ment. Besides this, Mayor Fern s
,ehahfeur has drawn 1852 50 IN salary
and County Engineer Wall 3 chauffeur
has cost the treasury an additional
$3.50, these salaries being computed 70
the end Of this month.
SURPRISED Even Bourbons
The story has been current on the
street for the past few days that the
new city fathers were astounded at
the facts showing the expenditure Of
nearly $4,000 in twenty-five months
and that some Of the members of the
present board OF supervisors were them
selves astonisheh when they found
how much money has been spent with
free hand for this purpose. The OH
cials Of the county auditor & Office were
not disposed TO discuss this matter
when interviewed, but when confronted
with statement OF the facts admitted
that the figures were practically cor
rect, as the mayor-elect had been look
ing into hereinafter 1sf
The data prepared for the investiga
tors shows that $2250 automobile was
purchased for the mayor, The detect
I've department had TO be content with
$4,000 ear, while the electric light de
partment got small Sl100 roadster
The road department got new ms
chine BY trading in an old one an'
adding 5000 in the deal The road de
lpartment also eot,awo flve.ton truck
which cost $4,000 each.
Mayer Proves Expsns,.,
Not counting the chauhenr's salary
II cost the county more to msiutair
the mayors. machine than.it originally
cost, the expense Of maintenance np u
October 81 being s2917.64. The poles
department machines, including tn
sheriff's automobile. the patrol. th,
motorcycles and otHek motor vehicles
| in use cost $40, s55.17 for maintenance
for the same period,
The $3.50 roadster in the electric
Hight department cost only $lS66S fol
lupkeep in nine months, and the license
Inspectors machine cost $47l10 ~
twenty-five months, those two being Il
proportion the cheapest and most near
BY reasonable to maintain, while in con
trast the machine used by the wRter
works department cost the taxpayer
$73o.6s in four months. 3pt
Engineer Machine Garage aOldmine
Another more reasonable figure wat
tho, expense of upkeep for the building
and pldinbine Inspectors car, this item
being s2s2.24 for twenty-five months
The county engineer mschine was an
other expensive item, costing the small
sum of $4425 9S for upkeep in twenty
two mouths, not Including the S45f
item Of salary for chauffeur to drive
the err so Mr.. Wall could mentally ont
line his days work uudisturbed by
the signals Of the traffic officers, and
the necessity Of cranking up occasion
ally.