Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-20
v. {. ROWELL TO
BE INFERRED in
old kAWAIAHAO
Well-KnoWn Kamaaina, Son of
Missionary Parents, Goes
To Final Reward

Funeral services for the late Viii
liam E. Rowell viii be held at
o'clock this afternoon from the Emma
street residence of Judge and Mrs.
Sanford b. Dola, interment to be in
the mission plot at Kawaiahao Gene
Ihtery.
Stricken with paralysis just week
before, Mr.. Rowell died at s. o'clock
Saturday evening at the Queens hos
pital. Following his removal to the
hospital he sank rapidly, and his
death on Saturday was not unexpect-
ed. He leaves a wide circle Of friends
| throughout the islands Rev III. H.
Parker, pastor Of ,Kawaiahao, will Of
hciate at the funeral.
"One OF the kindliest natures" and
zone of the most faithful public ser;
wants the government ever had" are
kthe tributes paid to the late Mr.. Rowell
as man and official by his boyhood
companion and lifelong friend, Hon.
w. o. Smith.
Was Born on Kauai.
William E.. Rowell was born on the
island of Kauai in June, 1S45, so that
he rounded out his three score and
ten years in June of last year. He
was of missionary parentage, his faith
er being Rev. George B. Rowell, whose
station was at Waimea, Kauai. Mr..
and Mrs. Rowell and DR.. and Mrs.
]. w. Smith, parents Of Hon. w. O..
Smith, formed the tenth company
of New England evangelical mission
aries coming to these islands, making
the voyage round Cape Horn as the
only passengers in the brig Sarah
Abigail of 30 tons burden.
Mr.. Rowell received his early edu-
cation at Oahu College, from there go
ing to Williams College, Connecticut
He took q course in civil engineering,
and after returning home was in gov
ernment employ for many years.
served Under s. 6. Wilder.
AS engineer and assistant to the
minister of the interior, heEseryed un-;
der the late Samuel c. Wilder. whose:
administration of that. department at
I the opening of the. eighties marked.
the greatest advance In public I'M
1royements which had been made for:
many years. That was when the ma
rine railway was built, which for more
than 80 years, until last year, was one,
of the greatest assets in Honolulu.
New roads were opened and construct
ed, substantial bridges sbuilt, wharfs. 1
and haFbor improvements, made; and
pubic buildings erected. with which 1
Mr.. Rowell had much % do.
Held Job Forbes Has. < Is n
Under one of the. many political
changes of that period, Mr.. Rowell left /
the government seryicesin 1900. Dur
ing the provisional government and
republic, lS9s-189S, he was again sup
erintendent Of public works. under the
interior department ministries OF J. A.
King and Alexander Young, and IN
1900, when under the Organic Act the
department of the interior was sue
ceeded by the department Of public
works, Mr.. Rowell was assistant to
John A. McCandless, the first super
intendent.
1t will go without question among
all old dinners that never was there
more devoted and conscientious pub.
lie servant in Hawaii than w. y.
one than .laaned heavily ato virtues
sides and that was his extremely rig
so ,, economy
Would Don Divers Dress.
He VAS blamed for personally doing
;obs mat mieht have been committed
- suhordinafes Thus he would don
! divers dress and risk health and
life in inspecfing wharf piling under
water once q senator criticized him
IN the leeislature because he had been
c = before the onenine Of the sen.
ate one morning fftfing the senatorial
desks with locks thaf had been re-
onisit;onad the previous day.
IvhIla other nffieiais. with perhaps
less. ,,..e wonld have horse and buggy
- carr them on their rounds, Mn
Rowell invariably used saddle mule
- - NE a: REPRESENTATIONS e
ssThs royernment MULE with the
nphlic works chief astride of il. was
ers ~ the most familiar . sights
~ a. M Streets and once formed the
Moro AZ rasistance among representa-.