The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-24
Can Get Damages
Against The
Trust.
LAW PROVIDES FOR
HEAVY RECOVERY
Three Times Loss Incurred With
Costs are Allowed by
Statute.


Statute.
One hardware firm in this city has i
declared it's indie .endence of the plumb
ing trust.
The Hawaiian Hardware Company
intends to deal in plumbing supplies
and to sell to any one who wants to
buy them. The company got several
thousand dollars worth of fixtures on
the Helen Brewer which just arrived
from Boston via Cape Horn.
These fixtures are for connections
with the sewer mains and they make
complete assortment. Mr.. Fernandez
has sent other large orders to Boston
and elsewhere for plumbing supplies
and many of the consignments are now
en- route. With these he expects to be
entirely independent of the trust and
will make no determinations as to his
purchasers.
An Advertiser reporter interviewed
Mr. Fernandez yesterday afternoon.
do you intend to furnish plumbing
supplies independent of the trust?"
queried the reporter.
II do" replied Mr.. Fernandez. I'VE
are, in fact, doing a free-for-all bust
ness now"
will you make any reservations as
to who shall buy your plumbing
goods?"
NO, SIR said Mr.. Fernandez en-
phatically. Anybody who wants to
buy the stuff can do so. Here are
lot you can see on display now. Take
your pick"
BUILDING HELD UP.
A financial agent who represents sew
eral large estates in this city has had
the usual experience with the plumbing
trust and it's high bids for ordinary
house work. Some houses which were
recently built in Nuuanu valley are in
complete by reason of his refusing to
accept the bids for plumbing work.
The owners of the houses have been
advised by the financial agent to let
the plumbing matter rest until the fight
against the trust has ended fayorably
to the public. Then he says VIII be
time enough to have the work done. He
has strongly advised them to reject all
offers for plumbing until the ring sees
fit to put in lower bids.
ONE ON DUFFY.
Is somebody who speaks for Inspec-
tor Duffy paving the way for outside
plumbing firms to enter the union by
the payment of a fee?
1t is said that a member of the trust
has been making the rounds of the
Chinese plumbing establishments feel
ing them to ascertain whether they
are favorable to a proposition to join
the union or trust.
The Chinese plumbing firm of Sing
Chan Company which does large bust
ness and has heretofore bought it's ma
terials from the plumbing supply
! houses, has in the last three weeks been
unable to purchase goods to carry on
their work. Had it not been that they
had a fairly well stocked store they
would have been compelled to yield to
the trust.
The firm has stated to builders in this
city, and to an Advertiser reporter yes
| terday afternoon that about three
weeks ago a man representing himself
an having authority to transact mat
tiers for the union, came to the store of
the Sing Chan Company and inter-
1 viewed the head man there.
He said in so many words, II can get
you into the union if you will pay 500
to Mr.. Duffy, the Inspector
The Chinese says that he listened to
the proposal and to the argument of the
walking delegate of the trust, and
then said he would think it over, but
intimated that he had no desire to dig
| fnv-a NH
encouraging answer the walking dele
gate received was, We'll, you come
mahope"
"Mahope" has come, and the firm i:
still holding out. Furthermore the
members of the firm say they will no
s. accede to the proposition at all. In
spector Duffy had not been seen per
sonally by the firm. The entire prop
osition came from one who represented
himself as having sufficient authority
to make the arrangement
The information which led the Ad
vertiser to look into this case cam,
from a contractor to whom the Sin,
Chan Company reported the act o
bribe-seeking
GROCERYMAN ivIERRA'S COM
PLANT.
Mr.. X. A. Vierra, a Portuguese gro
J ceryman, has been building three small
; cottages, 24x30, the plumbing of which
has footed up s553.S5. OF this sun
s4516O is demanded by the Honolulu,
Plumbing Co., whose bills are made gu
} on the billheads of the Oceanic Gas an,
Electric Co., Ltd. This company ha
rendered the following account:
HONOLULU PLUMBING co.
Honolulu, H. l., Aug %, 1900.
Sold to NJ. r. A. Vieira.
] wash out closet complete ...s Is Q
1 Enameled sink, 20x30 ia
4 Enameled sink, 15x20 6
s bags charcoal .. 2 :
AKA at sl20Y: 4x2T at s120; 8 4x2
at S1.2OY; 2x4x4 at 81 DOT; s 4A-inch
3 clean-outs at $125 -. . 3,
. I3 IL s. Traps at 81; IL P. Traps at