The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-21
DREDGERS
WANT PAY
Hawaiian Dredging Co.
Brings Suit to Man.
damus Holloway.

| Suit has been begun by the Hawaiian
Dredging Company to mandamus SUI
perintendent of Public Works Hole
way to compel him to fulfil the terms
of a contract that is alleged to have
been entered into on the 9rd of Deem
Der, 1903. between the plaintiff corpora
ton and Mr.. Holloway, acting for the
Territory of Hawaii, under the terms
of which the Hawaiian Dredging Co
was to dredge that part of the harbor
of Honolulu known as Section ID. I'm
der the terms of this alleged contract,
it is claimed that the plaintiff COM
pany was to receive the sum of thirty
two cents per cubic foot for the mate
rial dredged from said section of the
harbor.
The petition for a writ recites that,
on the 18th day OF December, 1903, the
corporation was notified to keep with
in the appropriation of $4,000 made for
dredging the harbor. The company ac-
cordingly stopped work on the dredging
contract, but subsequently, on the 9th
day of October, allege that they were
notified to begin work once more. They
allege that they did begin work, and
during the month of November remov-
ed from the harbor material for which
under the terms of their contract, they
| should receive the sum of 1904
They allege that when the contract
| was drawn, there was available for the
purpose of dredging the harbor an ap-
preparation of $4,000. They allege fur
Their that in January, 1904, there was
available further appropriation OF
$3.50 making $4,000 in all.
Nevertheless, it is charged that the
Superintendent of Public Works has
| refused to have estimates and surveys
made of the amount of material
dredged from the harbor by petitioners
under their contract, and that he has
also refused and still refused to issue
them warrant for what is alleged to
be due for the work done in November.
They therefore pray that writ of
mandamus be issued to compel Su-
perintendent Holloway to furnish the
survey and estimates and to issue the
warrant for the sum which petitioners
claim is due them. Judge Robinson
signed the petition for the issuance CT
the writ yesterday.
BERTELMAN ARRESTED
Yesterday United states Marshal
Hendry arrested Frank c. Bertelman
on a charge of impersonating an officer
of the U. S. government The warrant
was sworn to by U. S. Collector of In
ternal Revenue Roy Chamberlain.
The warrant states that Frank c.
Bertelmann on the 18th day of Deem
Der. a. D. 1904. with intent to defraud
one Mrs. Wilhelm Orth. did falsely
and fraudulently and unlawfully as
| sumo and pretend to be an employee
of an officer of the Government of the
| United States of America, etc.
1t is said that Bertelmann has fol
some time past been passing himsel1
off as U. S. Internal Revenue officer
but information regarding the variou.
cases is hard to ascertain. In the case
which is mentioned in the warrant Der,
telmann is alleged to have told his
landlady, Mrs. Orth, who runs the Del
monico House on Beretania street
that he was an officer of the Revenue
Department and would pay his board
out of the salary he was to receive as
such officer. 1t is said that the reven.
ue authorities have collected quite 6
large amount of evidence against Ber-
| lehman and that it is quite probable
| that further charges will follow. Ber-
lehman was in 1901 employed as a
deputy in the office for the registration
OF licenses.
COURT NOTES.
In the United States District Court
today Judge Dole will deliver his de-
cision on the leper habeas corpus case
at 10 a. m.
James Mcqueen has filed his petition