The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-12-23
BRIDGE AWARD
IS DISPUTED
Not Settled Who Will
Build School Street
Structure.

ton of the bridge across Kahn creek
on School street, and the matter was
carried up to the Attorney General for
his decision Monday.
1t seems that when the bids were
opened, there was dispute arising out
lowest on the main work of bridge con-
struction, it was not SO on the side is
sues of the construction of extra con-
crete work. nor upon the driving Of
piles below the cut. The several bids,
in all their features, We're as follows:
l.. NJ Whitehouse. construction $780,
concrete work per cubic foot $l0.50
driving piles, 50 per lineal foot; Costa &
Silva, construction s7777. concrete
work SO, driving piles sl.25; Lord &
Belser, construction 1891, concrete
work $40, driving piles SO cents; John
Walker, construction $500, concrete
work IS, driving piles, ninety cents;
Cotton Bros. & Co.. construction sS,174,
concrete work s12, driving piles SO; Joe
Correa, construction ss675, concrete
work s11.5O driving piles forty-five
cents.
The contract was awarded to White
house, whereupon Costa G. Silva, as the
next lowest bidders, set up the claim
that the award was not made to the
lowest bidder as provided by law. By
their attorney, they appeared before
Attorney General Andrews, to whom the
matter had been referred by Mr.. Hol-
loway, yesterday afternoon, and there
was hearing of both sides of the case.
Mr.. Andrews, at the conclusion of the
hearing. took the case under advise
ment.
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Amendment to Art. Ib, Sec. l.
Resolved: That Section / of Article
Ib relating to County Conventions be
amended by striking out the word
June" in the nineteenth line thereof
and inserting the word July"
Amendment to Art Ib, Sec. 2.
Resolved That Section of Article
Ib relating to County Conventions be
amended by striking out the word
August" in the third line thereof. and
inserting the word September, and
also by striking out the figure 80" in
the fourth line thereof and inserting
the figure "3'.
Amendment to Art. 2, Sec. 2.
Resolved: That Section 2 of Article
2 be amended by striking out the word
August in the fourth and seventh
lines thereof, and inserting the word
September
Amendment to Art. 2, Sec. IL.
Resolved: That Section 70 of Article
2 be amended by striking out the
words "a member of any precinct club
in the district, and inserting the
words another member of such dis
trict committee.
Amendment to Art. 3, Sec. IL.
Resolved: That Article 3, Section II
be amended by inserting the word "or'
after the word COMMITTEE" in the
fourth line thereof, and also by striking
out the words cor a member of a dis
trict committee" in the sixth and
seventh lines thereof.
Amendment to Art. 4, Sec. 2.
Resolved: That Article 4, Section
"Vice Chairman" after the word
Chairman" in the fifth and eighth
lines, and before the word "Secre-
tary" in the tenth line thereof.
Amendment to Art. 4, Sec. 4.
Resolved: That the Amendment to
Section of Article be amended by
striking out therefrom the words "a
member of a District Committee" in
the fourth, fifth, eleventh and twelfth
lines thereof
Amendment to Art. 4, Sec. Z, (new)
Resolved That the following Sec
ton be added to Article to be known
as Section 4:
Section Z. The Executive Commit
tee shall report its doings and pro-
ceedings monthly to the Territorial
Central Committee at it's regular meet
ing, and at such other times as the
Central Committee may direct"
Amendment to Art. 6. Sec. /.
Resolved: That Section ] of Article
6 he stricken out and the following
section be substituted in place there
of, namely:
Section l. No person shall hold the
office of District Committeeman and
Territorial Central Committeeman,
or District Committeeman and County
Committeeman, or Territorial Central
Committeeman and County Commit
teeman at the same time, nor serve
as such by proxy"
Amendment to Art. 6, Sec. 8, (new).
Resolved: That the following Sec
lions be added to Article to be known
as Sections s, 9, 10, IL and 70, respec-
lively:
Section 8. The judges of election
shall Immediately upon the counting of
the ballots forward the results thereof
to the Territorial Central Committee;
and the Secretary of the said Commit
tee shall from such returns make a roll
for the organization for each conveC-
! ton and committed"
Amendment to Art. 6, Sec. 9, (Hew).
Section 9. That whenever dele
gate shall, through sickness or any
other cause, he unable to attend any
nominating convention, he shall give
his proxy in writing to one of the mem
bers elected from his precinct, and. in
the event Of his failure SO to do, the
remaining members representing his