The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-01-28

| 81 800 was paid TO the racine Bridge 20.
to make the extension, and 800 to Mr..
Butler for extra abutment. The Wailua,
Kauai bridge, the Waimea bridge, the
Hanalei bridge, the Waiawa bridge and
the Waimalu bridge were all put up so
badly that within year or two after
their construction they were all swept
away, involving loss of over $52, 900.
In addition to the $l7,500 paid for
building the Wailua bridge, there were
81 ,O54 paid as extras, and in addition to
the $14 800 paid for buildingt the Waimea
bridge, Mr.. Hayselden collected 1926 as
extras.
In the case of the Waimea bridge, the
committee had evidence that months
previous to the commencement of the
work of construction, an experienced
bridge maker, Mr.. III. Tennent, offered
the Minister to build the Waimea bridge
for the sum of $4,000, offering good and
sufficient bonds that the work should be
completed in satisfactory manner to
the Minister or his deputy. This offer
was refused and the contract, as above
stated, awarded to James G. Hayselden
for the sum OF $l4 800.
Mr.. Hayselden sub-let the Waimea
bridge contract to the Pacific Bridge Co.
for the sum of $1,000, making clear
profit of 81 800 without doing stroke OF
work.
In the case of the bridge of Wailuanui,
Maui, for which SLIPS was paid car
penter living in that locality, offered the
Road Supervisor in Makawao to contract
to build the bridge for $3.50, but was re-
jected.
The committee stated that "if the con-
tract prices paid for the other bridges
mentioned above, stand in the same re-
lation to the prices for which they could
have been contracted, the country was
defraudeG of over $4,000 by an incom-
petent or dishonest official. Your COM
mttee are sorry to have to say that in
view of the manner in which the con-
tracts were awarded and the facts con-
nected Herewith, they do not see how
they can avoid the conclusion that these
contracts would not have been awarded
at such prices unless some profit accrued
therefrom to the Minister who signed
| them"
THE WASH HOUSE CONTRACT.
5. There are many other instances OF
contract work which seem to have been
paid at the same eXtravagant rate. An
unadvertised contract was awarded to
James Hayselden to make an addition to
wash houses for the sum OF $3.50. The
first wash house building contained Is
rooms. 1t was built in the previons
period at the cost of $5,21S, which in
cluded the cost of a large redwood tub
in each room and the cost of piping.
The addition built by Mr.. Hayselden was
three -fourths the size of the old building,
Containing u rooms, and in addition to
the contract price the piping was put in
at cost Of 1854.
The results therefor are original wash
house, 16 rooms, including piping,
$5,218.
Bush Hayselden contract house, u
rooms, cost $7,ll4.
At the same time Mr.. Bush made con-
tracts with Mr.. Hayselden, without any
advertisement, to build custom house
at Kahului for $14, 800, and an addition
to the Honolulu custom house for $2l,-
900, and also a brick custom house at
Hilo. The Kahului custom house was
built, but owing to Mr.. Hayselden's
death the other two buildings were never
completed.
All these contracts were made by the
Minister directly, he ignoring the Super
intendent of Public Works, Mr.. Sterling,
in whose department they were properly
located.
THE KINGS WELL.
6. Mr.. Bush purchased from His
Majesty an artesian well, situated at
Waikiki, for the use of the Government,
for the sum of $500, this being in the
vicinity of $1,000 above the cost of the
well AS if this was not enough there
was reserved to the King all the water
which would run through four-inch
pipe Thus, for a consideration more
than the cost OF the whole, the Govern
ment got about half the flow of the well.
THE FLowERDEw CONTRACT.
7. The final and crowning glory of
Mr.. Bush's monument of contracts was
the one which he entered into with Mr..
William Flowerdew on the Both of June,
whereby, without any authority of law
or Legislature, he granted to Mr. Flow
erdew the unconditional franchise to lay
street railway in the streets of Homo
lulu. This was more than even Mr..
Gibson could stomach, and was the final
straw which broke the camePs back.
Mr.. Bush went out OF office upon this as