The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-09-10
WORk0NvOLCANO
ROAD IS HELD UP
BY A PETTY ROW
Emr yes Of Hawaii County Re-
fuse To Obey Orders Of
Territorial JaiIer
CONVICT LABOR LIKELY
TO BE TAKEN OFF JOB
Attorney General and High Sheriff
Going To Scene To Set
tie Trouble

characterization on the part of guards
and others to the orders of A. MaoAul
ton, jailer of the Kau road Jail on Fla,
wall, is to receive the immediate attPn
ton of Attorney General ingram VI.
Stainback and High Sheriff William, p.
Jarrett, who will leave for HilO w. thu
Mauna Kea this morning. they exp"'t
to return in the same steamer next
Saturday morning.
IL Is understood that the guards aud
others at the, Kau Jail have refused re-.
peatedly to obey the orders issued by
Jailer MacAulton. The iailer is ap.
pointed by the territorial authorities,
while the luna, guards and truck driv.
ers are appointed by the county.
Furthermore, the Hawaii supervisors
recently passed resolution leaving en-
tirely in the hands of Samuel Kauhane,
cha --man and executive officer of the
board, the say Of whether or not work
OH the road will continue. In other
words, it means that the county has
thrown down the gauntlet to the Ter
ritory and it is now the move of the
latter to say what win be done.
Prisoners Kept By Territory
The Volcano ROAD prisoners are fur
nished. fed and clothed at the expense
of the Territory. The jailer's salary
is also paid by the Territory. All that
the County OF Hawaii has to stand for
il the pay of the road luna, -four
guards and two truck drivers.
! The result of the hostilities between
the Territory and the County of Ha-
waii likely will be the withdrawal OF
the territorial prisoners now at the
Volcano Jail. their transfer to Maui,
where they may be used on the Hale
akala scenic road, or return to Homo
lulu.
1.-The Territory will make short work
of the dispute said Attorney Gen
eral Stainbaek yesterday. Either the
County of Hawaii will have to adhere
to its agreement with the Territory aud
the orders of the iailer be obeyed, or,
in ease the prisoners are to remain, the
guards and Others in charge viii be APP
pointed by the territorial authorities so
that there will be no conflict in respect
to orders issued by the jailer. Az n
lest tae~'rae. the prisoners will be
Withdrawn.
Plenty of Work Here
Asked as to whether the prisoners
would be returned to Honolulu or sent
over to Maui to work on the Haleakala
road, High Sheriff Jarrett said yester-
day! 49,. g..
"Tt is move likely that they will he
brought back to Honolulu. We have
an abundance of work to be done here!
None of our prisoners are idle or loaf
ing. We have plenty for them to Oc.
crN'' their time with here.
'ThHTe ia the new territorial peni.
Tertiary work, most of which is being
dome nv prise" labor We have plenty
of work on IT, Makiki Roundtop road
snd we will I've able to use more men
there, and there is a lot of work else.
whore which is not being done because
the surply of prison labor is not ade-
quRte.'
The Whole trouble on the Bio island,
saw some persons conversant with con.
diti""s down there. is politics.
"TN"re are number Of peanut
politicians on the Big Handicapped.
CIV in Hilo-,vho cannot see beyond
the nnint of their noses said a for
mar HiloN' "The county is praetie.
allv Tusted, As far as finances go; il
cannot keep up with the work IF re-
pairing It's roads. let alone build new
Onns, and vet those little political Rs
p"iSt out that road WORK should not BE-
dnre by prison labor when 40 manv
ci+i7ora "-n avaiIoh'n AVID willing ia
wnrk-and taIt politics while doing 81"
This Is the whole ease in nut sh"ll
We howe the sam" "Ioss of patriots
right here in Honolulu "