The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-17
Mr.. BEARDSLEE ENTERS
THE PRESS CONTROVERSY
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IS and Nc. "a Iron, and makes the
statement that nobody but the Archl-
tect and the Contractor could tell the
difference and then (without realizing
how it would sound to the initiated)
naively remarks that the job was put
up for someone else and that as he vas
an outsider and a contractor who was
not friendly VII this Architect he
lad decided not to bid. Wise man!
This Architect was, UP to the morn
ing of Jan. 14th friendly to Mr.. Har-
lison, but not quite that friendly
That Mr.. Harrison is in u position
to furnish Expert and most cUnVicc-
ing testimony, as to just what night
be done with the hearty coo pera ton
of an Architect who was friendly no
one questions, and his "reminiscences
would no doubt be interesting to the
public and would solve beyond perad-
venture the much mooted questions as
10 whose axe he was trying to grind
when he wrote TIE above mentioned
remarkable letter? and whose dirty
work he was doing when he rounded
up a lot OF the local contractors, in
his place, an6 pleaded co9xed ara
urged them to put their names o his
prepared" letter to Gov. Carrier? with
rather poor success, as the plblic may
have noticed. That MI. Harrison -
an expert in all that kind of work
admit, but when it comes to the read
ing of plain English, to the telling of
the truth and to matters Of cnnstrIc
lion, he simply, very simply Makes
himself ridiculous, for proof of which
l turn TO his own letter. He says The
brick wall does not need to be thicker
than the concrete wall either for pur- |
poses of strength or excluding moist 1
ure. 'Trantwine, who has CIntil Har- /
rison was heard FROM been considered !
the authority on these matters says, I
that 1t cannot be considered safe to /
expose eve! firSt-Class pressed brick |
work in cement, to more than thirteen |
or sixteen tons pressure per square
foot, or about 200 lbs. per so. inch. or !
good hand moulded brick to more than
two-thirds as much" And ''Kidder'
"a third Authority advises as maxi |
mum safe loads on brick piers laid in !
lime mortar, 1873 lbs. per square inch,
while exhaustive, private and Govern
ment tests of Handicapped hollow !
concrete blocks give a crushing
strength of from 1000 to $500 lbs per
square inch. SO much for the
strength as to the exclusion of
moisture Harrison's statement is
even more ridiculous. if that were pos
sible.
Harrison says 1T was intended to
shut out brick true concrete was
known by me to be not only cheaper,
but much more desirable from every
= 1rHDninf
pared and the specifica tons drawn for.
that construction, as I felt that only
by its use could 1 keep within the APP,
preparation, but at the earnest solicit
tation of Mr. Harrison and others. who
claimed that brick buildings would be
better and cheaper, the brief addenda
to the specifications was prepared at
the last moment, with the result that
me parties making the request did NOT !
old at all, and the successful bidders
made difference of Gas I recall 1T ,
over $1,000 in favor of Concrete Blocks.
md they figured to make them under
pressure too, for I have in my pos ,
session letter written long ago. to me / !
~ relative who is in the Concrete !
Block business on the Coast. asking
I L would not please leave off the .
pressure" clause, as his wife was an :
Invalid and the Doctors had advised .
linn to bring her here for the winter. :
which he would be able to DO. then. as
dr. Amweg had promised to give him
'harge of the work IF he could get
ne TO change the specifications There
$ fire Italian hand for you. But par
Ion this little depression a man who :
las skunk to skin should not lin 7
'er over the job, it's said. Mr.. Har- +
ison says my brick specifications call i
or door and window finish and cas- y
ngs, which are not called for in the {
'loeK construction, wonderfully correct :
hat statement surely is. In the maxi q
ng OF the cement blocks a chase or /
recess" is moulded in all the door and q
NIndow blocks in which the janis
re firmly fixed and cemented. and the I
follow in the window blocks serves as c
| Iorket for the window weights 70 :