The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-01-01
NOW OPEN
TO BIDDERS
Competition In MoIokai
transportation.
HEALTH BOARDS ACTION
Tenders for Carrying Freight and
Passengers to Leper Settle
ment Asked.

Widers Steamship Company Is
combating complaints which have
been sent to the Board Of Health con
corning that company's steamship ser
vice between Honolulu and the Lepcr
Settlement on Molokal in the carrying
of the settlements supplies. In the
Board Of Health meeting Saturday the
matter was brought up again by a
fresh complaint originating at the set
tlemcnt At board meeting held
nearly two weeks since, President
Wight OF the steamer company
made his position konwn by a
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 TO 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 10 the car
rying Of the cattle. The board decided
that AZ 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
ton 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
pOrtation service, stated they would do
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 a 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 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 to
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 AZ Robinson, doors, etc, 81 80;
Oahu Lumber Company, windows, etc,
! 81 49, Pacific Hardware Company,
nails s3.lj; Pacific Hardware COmpa-
ny, boiled oil, so cents; Hall e. Son.
| white lead, s cents, Pacific Hardware
| Company, turpentinc, 70 cents; Hack
] field q Co, cement So 40; Hackfeld x
| CO.. lime. 81 90; Allen Il Robinson,
| galvanized iron roofing, 50 cents; Nay
Il Co. bran, S23 May a Co.. coffee, II
cents; Intcr-Isand Steamship Compa-
| NY coal In sacks, $40. 80 and $l2 80;
/ Pacific Hardware Company and II.
Hackfrld 4 CO., kerosene, So .25; J. \.
Hopper rice 81 20; Henry May q Co.,
sugar, ~ cents, IiaCkfeld a. CO., beef,
! Sl5. 20
Executive Officer Pratt was given
authority TO select the -four for use in
both places, acting upon the recon-
mendatiOEs Of the Food Commissioners,
who will examine the samples Of -four
offered by the bidders
| liackield's bill for quantity OF rice
/ furnished during the plague quaran-
/ tine 10 one Of the camps, brought out
considerable discussion, The bill was
Tor S2Oj so but had never received the