The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-13
ROWLAND ON GRILL
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he came to Honolulu. He was not a
| lumber expert. He had heard of the
custom of allowing an inch leeway for
piles, when the specifications called for
14-inch butts. In this specification I'M
der fire he considered that only an ex-
act 14-inch pile could be used. BE
tween man and man." as Mr.. Thurston
put it. . he thought it would be right
to reject piles less than 14-inch, even
though the contractors had secured
| their piles believing the customary lee
way would be allowed. He believed
that select lumber was the right
material to be used, after consultation
| with his engineers. It cost more than
! .merchantable.' although he knew the
All. E. & c. Co, already had mer-
| charitable, such as it was" He said
when the new specifications were
drawn he did not think about the
materials the All E. & C. Co. had on
| hand.
You didn't care whether this change
in the specifications would bust the
All. E. & c. Co or not" asked Mr..
Thurston.
Il didn't think of it,
when did it strike you that the
company would be badly affected by
the changer"
"Oh, a little later
ind is hIoTlx
just when; let's have what you really
did have in your mind, Mr.. Rowland"
We'll, 1 thought about it later, but
that was when the plans had been
changed AS to the 22-gauge iron be-
ing specified in the second contract,
he did so because he found the figures
on the tracing of the plans. He did
not know that these figures were a
mistake. Up to the time of read
vertising he did not know the All. E.
& c. Co. had 24-gauge iron on hand.
Your. relations with the All. E.
& c. Co., are not cordial are they,
Mr. Howland?" pursued Mr.. Thurston.
II have never had any real serious
friction with them. 1 have never had
any coarse conversation with them. I
always knew we had more trouble with
them than with any other contractors.
when it occurred to you the speci-
fications were being changed, you felt
that here was a chance to even up
with the All. E. & c. Co. didn't
you?"
Yes, may have had that feeling"
LAS to the change in copper, Mr..
, Howland?''
1T was my judgment that heavier
, copper was better
How is it you were SO rigid about
this job, Mr.. Rowland, and so lax on
the Hilo Armory job?" asked represent
tative Lewis. You let poor. stuff go
into the armory?"
Rep. Harris stopped further inquiry
along this line.
The examination of Mr.. Cook,
an inspector of the Public Works de-
partment. showed that enmity also eX-
listed between him and Mr. Gilman.
Your relations with Mr.. Gilman are
not pleasant, are they?" he was asked.
mo. sir, they are not he replied en-
phatically
Mr.. Cook was the inspector who de-
clared the company's lumber was no
good, and not fit for the contract. He
said. however, he was not an expert.
Supt. Holloway displayed a tracing
of the wharf and pointed to the figures
% gauge, for the iron for the roofing,
the tracing having been prepared by
Mr.. Campbell
Mr.. Campbell rose quickly and stat
ed that as he had before explained
those figures We're on the tracing by
mistake of the draughtsman, and that
all contractors had been notified be-
fore making bids that "a gauge iron
: was meant. He said it was unfortu-
nate that the draughtsman was not
now here to verify his statement.
Mr., Holloway also stated that owing
to the differences between him and
the Engineering Company over the
Asylum contract, he had told Mr..
Wilmington that he could not look up
on the company as a responsible bid
der in the second contract
Upon agreement between Mr.. Pros
ser and Mr.. Thurston. briefs covering
the entire proceedings will be filed in
a few days with the committee
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