Hawaii County HI Archives Biographies.....Akau, John K. March 24, 1882 - 
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Source: Men of Hawaii Vol. IV
Author: George F. Nellist (editor)

Akau, John K.: Superintendent Hilo Water and Sewer System, Building and Plumbing
Inspector, Deputy Eire Marshal.

     Born March 24, 1882, South Hilo, Hawaii, son of Akono-liilil Akau and Emily
(Porter) Akau; married Esther Falo Akuna, North Kohala, Hawaii, June 7, 1904:
children, Joseph P., John, Jr., Hannah K. and Ernest Akau.

     Answering a call to adventure after attendance in the public schools, Hilo
Boarding School and the Kamehameha Schools. Honolulu, Mr. Akau went to sea for
two years, visiting many of the principal seacoast cities of America.

     Returning to Hawaii the latter part of 1899, he joined the then Hilo firm
of Walker and Howland, civil engineers, as an apprentice surveyor and remained
until 1904, when he had mastered the principles of engineering.

     In September, 1904, he was appointed to a position with the Department of
Public Works, Honolulu, where he remained until June 30, 1911. Returning to Hilo
he became an assistant to Edward Southworth, then county engineer of Hawaii.
After Southworth’s resignation in 1913 Mr. Akau was made custodian of the office
until he was named city engineer in 1918, a position he retained until 1924. In
the interval, in 1917, he was also made acting superintendent of the Hilo
waterworks, and after the death of William Vannatta, the superintendent, he was
promoted to the position, which he has since retained. The duties of building
inspector were added to his office in 1919, and in September, 1927, he was named
deputy fire marshal for the Big Island.


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