The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-31
NOW OPEN
TO BIDDERS
Competition ln Mo Iokai
transportation,
HEALTH BOARDS ACTION
Tenders for Carrying Freight and
Passengers to leper Settle
ment Asked.

Wilder's Steamship Company is
9mbstting complaints which have
5sen sent TO the Board of Health con- {
cerniDg that company's steamship ser
vice between Honolulu and the Leper |
Settlement on Molokai in the carrying |
OF the ssttlem ent's supplies. In the
Board Of Health meeting Saturday g 9 1
matter was brought up again by a
fresh complaint originating at the set
tlement At a board meeting held |
nearly two weeks since. President |
Wight of the steamer company |
made his position konwn by a i
letter TO the board which contained a
synopsis OF the difficulties with which |
the company had to contend in per-
forming the steamer work for the
health department. He stated then |
that Superintendent Reynolds was not !
in a position 10 Judge OF the conditions |
which could best be met by the COM
pany. and related circumstances about
the changes in the weather. schedules
and other incidents relative to the car
rying of the cattle. The board decided
that as the matter was one which {,
would be set Alright by action of the
legislature the board would let the
question OF a change in transporta-
tion companies rest with that body.
The Hawaiian Navigation Company,
operating the gasoline schooners
Eclipse and Surprise. in response to an
invitation TO make a tender for trans
dol
all the work required by the board,
for $500 a month. At Saturdays meet
ing President Raymond of the Board
OF Health. said he believed saving
could be made by employing one of
the boats of the Hawaiian Navigation
line. which would be in line with his
economical program. He felt certain
that this company could handle the
cattle. and he moved that the company
be asked to make a tender for the
transportation of cattle to Molokai for
the use of the settlement. He said
that in the PAST no contract had been
let for. this work. and that the COM
pany had been paid from month 20
month. A motion to call for bids from
all the steamship companies was made
and passed unanimously.
Bids for supplies for both the Leper
Settlement and the Insane Asylum
have been asked for in the past few
months and competition has been
keen, as Judged by the quotations. The
bids for all tenders of supplies were
opened at Saturdays meeting. and
/ much of the session was devoted to
studying out the bids and ascertaining
who were the successful bidders. All
kinds of commodities were on the lists.
/ Following are some of the successful
bidders for the things most used:
Allen K Robinson. doors. etc, 81 80:
Oahu Lumber Company. windows. ETC.,
81 rs: Pacihc Hardware Company.
nails, So 10; Pacific Hardware Compa-
ny. boiled oil. so cents; Hail & Son,
white lead. S cents: Pacific Hardware
Company. turpentiDe~7 20 cents; Hack
field n Co. cement. 50 40: Hackfeld &
Co. lime. 50 90: Allen a. Robinson,
galvanized iron roofing. 51s cents; May
4 Co. bran. $23; May & Co, coffee, Il
cents: Inter-Island Steamship Compa-
ny. coal In sacks. $19.50 and s12 80;
Pacific Hardware Company and "A.
Hackfsld & Co. kerosene. 81 .25: J. A.
Hopper. rice, s. 20: Henry May & Co.
sugar, 4.S cents: Hackfeld 4 Co., beef.
,si5 20.
Executive Officer Pratt was given
authority TO select the -four for use in
both places. acting upon the recon-
merdations OF the Food Commissioned
who will examine the samples of flour
offered by the bidders.
Hackfeld's bill for a quantity of rice
furnished during the plague quaran-
tine to one 'Of the camps, brought out
considerable discussion. The bill was
for s205 80. but had never received the
endorsement of any one who would
admit he was responsible for the order
Attorney A. l. G. Atkinson. represent
ing Hackfeld. was given an opportuni
~ TO present his side OF the case. Th'
Board came 70 no conclusion as to th,
responsible person. and took the mat
ter under advisement. The question
of the Boards liability in the mat
ter was rai1Rd and the Attorney Gen
eral will n given an opportunity t
advise the Board on that point
Bill for drugs furnished the Free
Kindergarten. which has come up De
fore the Board before was consider
\ ed Pand disposed Of IL will be paid
2 but the Board was of an opinion tina
n no more biIls OF the Kindergartel
would be paid out of its funds. mo
ton TO this effect prevailed
Ten lepers AZ the kalihi Receivin
Station. who have been reported a
incurables. we're ordered sent to Ka
laupapa