The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-27
EAcH day develops new instances
of the manner In which the
plumbing trust is holding up the

of the manner In which the
plumbing trust is holding UP the
people of Honolulu. The people Of the
city are thoroughly aroused against
this conspiracy to hold them up for
their money on the part Of this group
lof men who, In the belief that there
was no chance of their illegal and OUT
lrageous practices being brought to
light have been daily feathering their
own nests at the expense cf the COM
tmunity.. 's-~< e
The people are taking up the Adver-
tiser's fight against the trust gladly,
trealizing that the more publicity that
| Is given the Vaccinations of the trust
the sooner they will be rid of it for
good and all.
| The latest revelation of the manner
lin which the individuals Of the trust
have been in the habit of holding up
the people In their dealings with GUS
toners, comes from Harry Juen, who
tells his own story of his sorry expe-
frience as follows: fss 81
HARRY JUEN's EXPERIENCE.
Editor rAdyertiser-When 1 was ready
Ito start my plumbing job at the Foun-
ftain saloon first thought of letting 1t
fout to the lowest bidder, but as had
thad considerable work done by Gehring
t& Butzke in the past, I thought they
would do the square thing.
They put a man on the job who
would go down town for dinner and re-
iturn two or three hours later. Still,
was charged full time. The job is q
tsmall one but they managed to put In
Itwenty-one and a half days. Those
that are able to judge say II should
thave been done quite easily In twelve
days. There Is job right alongside
Of me, where twice as much work was
done In twenty-six days. know Of
: Ianotller job, the same work as mine,
where far better work was done. and
a great deal more fixings were used.
flor less money than mine.
1 protested to Gehring about his man
. losing so much time, and asked II
E had to pay for 1t. He said he would
: make 1t all right, but when his bill
came there was no discount
n Those that have seen the kind of
work done and the material furnished
: for s4l9.03 say it is a fraud from start
II to finish.
:, They have charged me double prices
: for many fixings. I invite the town to
O inspect the work they have done for
: the above money. The job has been out
!, lof order since the day they left 1t
s July 8.
n i pointed out the cheap work they
had done but got no satisfaction. Those
, that are able to judge this kind OF
n work say the job should not have cos'
lie a cent over $3.50 to $780, have pait
d $500 on account already. I have tried
L to have them come up and put the
IS leaking closet in order, but to no avail
= A few days after they had finished
K the job small lead pipe burst. The,
sent Portuguese boy up. He was no
y over thirty minutes on the job, bu
ID they charged me three and a hal
: hours for the boys work, 81. so. hav
- charged me for the time their piumbe
of a1 lost, but it's of no use. He went dowl
- - town one day about 1 p. M. after some
-, ~ thing and returned at O'Clock. Whel
:, :, he saw / had Muller. the locksmitf
,,f fixing over the work he had done, h
"a said that he was done with the jof
right there. He said there was to
re much plumbers work in. this town t
Mt take water for any one. felt at tn
n time I was being imposed upon. bu
C. what could one do? 1 was losing LOT
Dr.. lof money every day 1 was out Of bus
ness. and SO there was no alternative
n HARRY JUEN.
he Following is Mr.. Juen's bill, shawin
ais the outrageous charges made for til
lat work:
lat .sss Honolulu. H I. Aug. 81. 1900
he Mr.. Harry Juen.
~. To GEIlRING Il BUTZKE. DR..
n Plumbing and Gas Fitting.