The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-01-03

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the specifications regarding non-ci:!-
zen labor and viii advise you as soon
as possible as to whether in his opin-
ion this clause Is being violated.
Yours respectfully,
c. S. HOLLOWAY.
Superintendent OF Public Works.
KENDALL TO HOLLOWAY.
Hilo. December Is, 1904.
Hon. c. s. Holloway, Supt. OF Public
Works. Honolulu, T. H.
Sir; / am In receipt of your favor
o. the 18th inst, and in reply will call
your attention to my letter of the Sth,
wherein you will find that l did not
simply state that the japanese were
dressing the lumber that was used on
the Hilo armory job; but you will find
by my charges in that letter that
Hackfeld & Co. were manufacturing
material for that building with Japan
csc labor, which your specifications
strictly forbid any Japanese, skilled or
otherwise, to be employed.
l hold that they can just as we'll put
them right on to the building as to en-
ploy them to do the manufacturing
and milling
l wish to call your attention to the
fact that the lumber firms here do not
carry any rustic at all in their yards
and consequently the rustic has to be
manufactured right here and that is
one thing they did do, and IL that
is not straight out and out manufac-
turing I don't know what it is. There
arc other things in the line D manu-
faCU!ng that was done with Japanese
labor. but it is not necessary for me
to mention them in this letter.
1 said in my last letter that could
bring proof that Hackfeld & Co. adj
United to be the contractors, and It is
not my purpose to make any idle talk.
But 1t makes no difference whether
Hackfeld & Co. or l.. NJ. Whitehouse
are the contractors this much is sure.
somebody has violated that clause and
can prove 1t. If you have any doubt
In regard to whether Hackfeld & Co.
are the real contractors in this case.
you can rest assured that there would
be no burden on Mr. Whitehouse's
shoulders, for Hackfeld &. Co. would
be the ones that would have the bur-
| den to bear.
NOW, MIR. Holloway, 1 know that that
laoor clause has been violated and so
| does everybody that has looked the
matter up believe and know this to be
fact. Even the manager of Hack
field & Co. here believes and knows
they have violated that clause. and II
Is a regular dare game with them,
and they evidently think because they
| are wealthy firm that they can do
anything they choose. No 1 for one
| say that they shall not ride roughshod
over me. And you with the position
that you hold cannot afford to let
them Cor anybody else) ride roughshod
| over you.
In regard to your specifications. I
think they are all right: and. as
stated in my letter, If they amount to
anything at all. they surely mean
what they say. In the labor clause
there seems only one thing to do, and,
as I stated before, I am prepared to
give proof of what state, and I shall
expect you to investigate this matter
to the bottom.
| Very respectfully,
| HERBERT KENDALL.
Hilo, December 80, 1904.
Hon. c. S. Holloway, Supt. of Public
| Works, Honolulu
Sir: 1 deem it my duty to let you
know that they are still sighting the
work on the Hilo armory job. They are
putting the purlins up with butt
joint where you call for a 12-inch
splice. have repeatedly called your
attention to these matters, where they
were not living up to the specifcatio
and 1t has not as yet seemed to do any
good. and now. in the name of justice,
l ask that these matters be looked
| into.
Yours respectfully.
HERBERT KENDALL,
+. S.-Since writing the above and
looking over the specifications. I find
that they call for the purlins to be
sraced not more than 3-inch canters.
They are not following that at all, for
they have the most of them nearly, If
| not quite 4-incb captare