The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1915-07-17
Howell Not
Off Anxious
Seat AS Yet
County Engineer Question Still Unset
tied Hitchcock Says He Was Not
Given Chance 0verhauling Water
Works Finances.

WUIhO TllldHOOOs
The resignation of Hugh Howell as
county engineer, presented at last
weeks meeting of the board of super
visors, has not been acted upon as
yet, and motion by Supervisor Flem-
ing was adopted not to accept the res
ignation for two months. Supervisor
Drummond alone voted against this
motion. In the meantime there is
much speculation on the street con-
cerning the possibility of HowelPs re-
appointment, or his successor. j. G.
Foss, Jr., whose return from Hilo at
the time the board was in session last
week, gave rise to the report that he
is after the job, denied fatty that this
was the case. His brother-in-law,
Supervisor Fleming, has also stated
that he will not support Foss, II Tor
no other reason than the one OF their
relationship. F. o. Harvey, of Homo
lulu, an engineer well known on Maui,
has been talked of as a likely candi-
date for the place.
1t is no secret that Howell would be
ton turned down permanently, though
he states, that this would only be on
condition of a number of radical chan
ges being made in the relationship OF
the engineers office with the board.
Hitchcock Protesting.
H. R. Hitchcock, who was refused
reappointment as district overseer of
Molokai by the board of supervisors
last week, on recommendation OF
special committee which reported
that he had abused his position by
using teams of the county for his own
private profit, was before the board at
it's meeting on last Monday, protesting
against the action. However, the
board declined to reconsider its ac-
ton. E. X. Duvauchelle has been
named for the position
Mr.. Hitchcock declares that he was
given no opportunity to defend him
self in the matter of the charges,
which he says are ungrounded. He
states that he used the county mules
for hauling some wood of his own,
but that it was done with the full
sanction and knowledge of the old
board, and in return for the use OF
his own mules in big county haul
ing lob, which was also arranged for
with the county. He states that he is
preparing a full statement of his side
of the case, which while he does not
expect will reinstate him, will show
that he is innocent of any breach OF
trust.
Sunday Movies Disapproved.
The board last Saturday turned
down an application of George Free
land for a license to operate his NOV
ing picture houses in the Lahaina dis
trict, on Sundays. The board sup
ported the idea of Fleming that the
legislature had side-stepped the pro-
position in passing the buck to the
supervisors in this matter. However
at the Monday meeting of the board
the matter came up again IN informal
way on representation of number of
persons present that the public gen
orally wants the Sunday shows, and
it is just possible that the action may
be reconsidered at a future meeting.
The board decided to call upon the
Superintendent of Public Works to
know when work is to be commenced
on the construction of the new La
hainaluna road, for which an appro-
preparation from the loan fund was
made by the last legislature.
i D. w. X. White, of Lahaina, was
granted ten days leave of absence
as fish and food inspector.
Work was ordered started ON oIling
the Nahillu roads.
Overhaul Water Works Finances.
On recommendation OF the county
engineer. the county auditor was in
structed to draw up a system of rec
ords for the Wailuku waterworks de-
partment. II is claimed that at pres
ent it is impossible to keep accurate
track of water users and the payments
they make at present, and that much
confusions exists in the matter of col
lections at present.
First Street Grading Stopped,
The board supported the recon-
S,mendation of the county engineer in
aFsgard to the grading at the north end
OF First street, through the Wells
park tract, which had been held up
because the work would leave some
of the property along the way sew
eral feet above the new street level.
In order to make the grade safe the
engineer recommended that the grad
ing be done.
New School Buildings Authorized.
The board authorized the construc-
tion of new school buildings at Puu-
meme, and Wailuku. and the repairing
of the high school at Hamakuapoko
and Paia. The buildings at Wailullu
and Puunene will be used largely in
connection with the instroduction of
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