The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-01-17
Mr.. DEARDSLEE ENTERS
THE PRESS CONTROVERSY
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frames as well ms gll woodel tasings
and stool HnIsh, doing away. In fact.
with a lot OF expense for inhar1able
and destructible material. that cnuld
be easily damaged by violent Lunatic
and leaving out all sharp angles every
where. against which a patient might
seriously injure himself or another.
Now IL Mir. Harrison OF any OF his
friendly" architects. win show me
how window or door lamb can be
ia stoned In first class manner in a
nine inch brick wall and kept firmly
in place without a casing on each side.
I'll be much obliged. Mr. Harrison
says that the brick walls are unneces-
sarily thick. If | had his idea of the
great strength of brick construction,
might agree with him. but | haven't.
The hollow In the wall which Mr.. Har-
rison in this statement Intentionally
ignores is an absolute necessity for
the requirements of these buildings, 81
curing freedom from dampness and
giving much needed ventilation to the
small cells. and the I inches of outside
brltk ~ lutrtiy smell. liit WtlBul Vi
floors. etc, having to he entirely sus-
tanned by that portion OF he wall in
side of the hollow, which in the case
in question leaves but 10 inch solid
wall for the first and & y inch solid
wall for the second story, of buildings
l23 feet long. with only one cross parti-
ton wall to help brace the second
stories. the outside walls of which are
weakened by many window openings.
In view of the immense wind pressure
liable to be brought against these walls
at the mouth of the ravine where the
Asylum grounds are located. were / to
make any change In the brick walls at
all. 1t would be to increase and not to
diminish the thickness specified.
| Mr.. Harrison further states that the
| specifications for the concrete founda-
| tions call for 3 rows of railroad iron
to strengthen 1t. This amounts to
considerable sum" This is true ex-
cept for the trifling Inaccuracies that
nowhere do the specifications call for
3 rows of railroad iron. and that esti-
mated at the price given the writer by
the Rapid Transit co. for the second
hand iron rails of the Tramway co.
| (Which fiji the requirements of the
specilicatious) the rails called for would
| cost, not to exceed $3.50, And lastly
! Mr.. II. states that Mr.. Emmeluth told
him THAT it would be an impossibility
to bend No. Is iron" for the cornice
work. Had MIR. Emmeluth made such
a statement 1t would not be true but
Mr.. Emmeluth in letter to me dated
Ia, 4, 81.
a positive denial as follows:
Honolulu, T H, January 16. 1905.
+. w. Beardslee. Esq, Architect
of Insane Asylum. city
Sir: At the time of submitting ten
ders for Sheet Metal Work and Plumb
ing for above Institution we made
tender 10 two contractors ON their per-
sonal request for material lighter than
that in specification, naming the gauge
of materials bid on, and one of these
bids went to Mr.. Fred Harrison.
We also rendered TO Concrete Con-
struction Company for material as
| specified. our bid to them on this ac-
count being $125000 In excess of the
two bids above mentioned, as shown
by press copies of the several bids.
This bid refutes the statement by
Mr.. Harrison, that l said the Material
specified would break in bending. /
may have said to him that there is
no machine in Honolulu that could
bend the material specified in full
lengths of sheet, which is true.
Mainland facilities cover construc-
tons in even heavier material than
specified and machines are obtainable
that will successfully do this class OF
work. Yours truly,
EMMELUTH & CO., LTD.
j. Emmeluth, Manager.
i And this is the evidence on which
Harrison bases his statement that "As
No. is iron could not be used for cor
nices, / consider this n fake PROPOSE
tion" so that is what he considers, is
1t? Well, / consider that the man who
who would make a personal request
for figure on lighter material than the
specifications called for is fakir and
jobber and must at that time have
been figuring on trying to establish
friendly" relations with the Architect
And now, to sum it all up, Mr.. Edi-
tor, will leave it for the public to de-
eide as to whether the statements OF
, Mr.. Harrison, either those already
made, or yet to come, are entitled &c
belief. That he has reasons" which
to him are undoubtedly good and
, sufficient" for 'buttinG in" to thi
controversy in the way he has, is t
be taken for granted, but he certainly
has shown himself to be very pool
, workman in his inability to hew at al
close TO the line OF truth" If sir, you
, feel that your readers would like I,
know something of this Hollow block
construction" about which so much has
been said recently, will be pleased to
let you use the enclosed paper, which
vas prepared at the request of several
of the local officials of the United
States Govt. and by them forwarded
to Washington, where l hope it Is now
receiving favorable notice at the hands
of the Army and Navy Departments
in their consideration of the various
building materials for their proposed