The reclamation project designed by SHIMA, who was later called 'The father of Hokkaido Reclamation', was so grand, but he was blamed and confronted by the chief for spending too much budget in a short period of time during severe winter and got fired without seeing the completion of the project.
のちに「北海道開拓の父」とも呼ばれた島の計画は壮大であったが、厳冬の中で予算を急激に消費したこと等が理由で長官と対立し、志半ばで解任された。