The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-04
CHINA COMMERCIAL S. S. co.'s ATHoLL.


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Ii estate. conveying all title to the
Co. gave it's right of way in Pearl Har-
Dor to the United States for a consid-
Grafton of 81. reserving the right to
run trains over the present roadway.
| The Oowsett estate was paid s.. 400
in a check of tn United States Treas
I ury for it's leasehold interest in 1855
| acres at Pearl Harbor. and the John
Ii estate received $1,000 for it's fee
simple interest in twenty-five acres
along the south side of Fords Island.
The Oahu Sugar Co. owned a twenty
five year lease on this latter propert~.
but in consideration of the fact that
the government would not disturb the
remaining portions of the island. they
surrendered their lease to the twenty
five acres for 81.
The Honolulu Plantation Co. con-
trolled the leases on some of the Bish-
op estate land which the government
desired, but refused to give them up.
The government accordingly brought
suit to obtain the leases. On the first
trial the plantation was allowed
100000. The government asked for a
new trial and Judge Estee granted it
when the Honolulu Plantation refused
TO accept $4,000. The next jury al
lowed the plantation 100000 and then
the case was brought before the Court
of Appeals. Before a decision was
given however the plantation COM !
pany accepted the amount which the
government first offered. This was
settled but short time ago. and mean
while the work of opening the bar wac
well under way.
MI Thompson, the government en-
gineer, first located and made a survey
ot the bar at the entrance to the har-
oor and in following out the work
here was no change made from the
original findings. Bids for doing the I
work were then called for and it was
ound that Clark and Henry. contrac-
ors, of Stockton, Cal, had put in the ,
owest bid of $4,000, which was $4,000
ess than the government had allowed
or the work. According to the con-
itions of the contract the channel was
o be dredged 200 feet wide, thirty feet r.
eep, at mean tide and 1900 feet long.
was found necessary afterwards toll
xtend the length of the channel 1O0l
eet. II
The contract allowed nine months for 4
he work to be done. beginning with Y
he first of April, 1902. Clark and Hen
Y started to work. using suction
rodgers at first but later changing
hem for dredges using clam shell
coops. After working for five months ,
nd finding that but sixteen per cent
the work had been done the con-
FACTORS came to the conclusion that U
hey could not finish the work in the i:
me specified. and Furthermore that n
lie work at hand.
The firm then sub-let their contract
Cotton Brothers, and the latter paid e
lem for work done and took over c
hat machinery they thought they 4
,uld use. However Clark and Henry p
lost money on the enter d
rise. Cotton Brothers undertook the A
ork on the provision that they could 7
.cure an extension of time in which to Il
nish the work. The original contract o.
lpired on Dec. 81, 1902, but the gov b.
extended the time nine months a
that Cotton Brothers had until Sep ic
mber to finish the work. ii
After matters were settled, Cotton fc
ros. together with the help of the it
rodgers controlled by the Hawaiian pi
redging Co. started in to cut the "
lannel, the work which Clark and Il
enry did amounting to very little. fa
1t was found that the clam shell Ell
suld not be used to advantage and di
course was had to the suction dredg- W
5 which were used exclusively after fl
ards. The work was oftentimes de- HI
yed by rough weather. and during a Ell
orn last October one of the dredgers h:
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Work was continued with the re- Ell