The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-03
NEW SYSTEM
FOR LAHAINA
CONTRACTORS PREPARING BIDS
FOR WATER WORKS GIVING
UNLIMITED SUPPLY.
EIGHT HUNDRED GALLONS IN a
DAY PER CAPITA.
New Rules Adopted by Public Works
Department for Bidders and Con
tractors with the Department

| Department for Bidders and Con
tractors with the Department
\ Lahaina is soon to have a water
works system that will be a model in
place of the inadequate and even dan
gerously unhealthful system she now
has. superintendent of Public Works
Boyd is advertising for bids on a sys-
TEN that will have a capacity of about
500 gallons in a day per capita, so that
there will be no need to be economical
: with water in Lahaina. Anyone who
} wants to let the hose run all night in
. Lahaina can do so. The water rates
will be the same as in Honolulu.
/ Lahaina's water supply at present is
a very impure one, and the residents Of
the old capital city have long been put
ting up a howl for something better
E The last legislature appropriated $780,
600 for a new system, and Boyd is now
{ preparing to spend the money, or as
a much of it as is necessary.
, The source of supply is the Lahaina-
luna pail ditch, which at all times con-
tains more water than is needed for
. Lahaina. a sand and screen chamber
to act as a sort of drain is to be con-
structed at the pail ditch and lrom
there a ten-inch pipe will convey the
, water to the Lahainaluna system, where
get rid of the dirt, etc, that might clog
up a pipe system. A four inch pipe Will
+ carry the water from this point to the
= present Lahaina reservoir, which has
= a capacity of 250,000 gallons. The reser-
- voir can be filled from the upper sys-
: tenn when the latter is installed, at
- the rate of 900 gallons a day, so that
there is available for Lahaina, town
Il of eight or nine hundred people sup
ply of 900 gallons on any day when
; there happens to be an unusual call for
:, water.
The local system, from the reservoir
to the residences of Lahaina, will be
e one of six-inch and three-inch pipes.
y There will be a quite heavy pressure,
heavy enough 50 that the hydrants will
throw stream over any building in
Lahaina, and in case of fire the supply
will be practically unlimited. il Is
thought that the entire system, which
requires about 10000 feet of pipe, car
be installed for less than the amount
S of the appropriation.
The department of Public Works now
has a set of conditions for bidders anG
contractors that is much stricter thar
the rules of former days. The mainland
= system of requiring bidders to SEND
a with their bids check for ten per cent
of the amount of such bids, which the
lowest bidder forfeits if he fails to come
, adopted. A number of other strict rule!
Il have been adopted, among them being
= the following:
e THE contractor will be required t
y pay to the Department of Public Work.
a $4,000 per day for each and every day
- the completion of this work may b'
= delayed beyond the prescribed time.
lie THE Superintendent of Public Works
e reserves the right to increase or di
d minish the work herein described ii
= these specifications and in such case
, an allowance or deduction will be mad,
>, which will bear the same proportion t
the total contract price which the worl
/ added or diminished, shall bear to tn,
. whole work, the said allowance or de
y ductiOn to be fixed by the Engineer il
III charge Of work.
"a "The contractor must abide by anC
! comply with the obvious intent an,
,S meaning of these specifications, whicl
:" shall be constructed to include all mea
sures materials, and modes of woTl
necessary to complete the work hereil
specified in a thorough and workman
= like manner.
l. IF, from any cause, any portion o
w portions of the work be done not in aC
lg cordance with the specifications o
without the approval of the Engineer
the Contractor shall al his own expense
remove and properly rebuild such pOr
Of charge may cause such removals an
Nj the work to be properly done, and de
g duct the same from the amount due tn
Contractor.
"All work must be done under tn
vi supervision, and to the satisfaction O
At the Superintendent of Public Works o
le Assistant and all questions and dispute
b with regard to the intent and interpre
tation of these specifications, and tn
estimates and measurements Of ma
terials and work shall be referred I
lg them, and their decision therein sha
s' be final.
~ should any question arise as to tn
conduct of the work or the intent an
Interpretation of these specifications, q
should further explanations or detail
l.. be required, the contractor must appl
's to the assistant superintendent of Pull
lie Works, allowing him a reasonabl
?" time to make the decisions and furnis
the required information or direction
and detailed drawings, and the con
tractor shall abide by and comply wit
the same.
Every proposal must be accompanie
by certified check for an amour
equal to 10 per cent of the amount {
such proposal. Such check to be mad
payable to the order OF the Superinter
dent of Public Works conditioned tina
if the proposal be accepted, and tn
contract awarded and If the biddt
a shall fail or neglect to execute the cor
tract and give the bond required with
i'm six CD days after the award sha
have been made in that case, the Sun
mentioned in said check shall be deem
ed liquidated damages for such failuI
or neglect
The contractor will be required
give bond i'm such sum as the Depar
ment Of Public Works may deem adt
quate with two or more suretes for tn
faithful performance of the contract