The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-17

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work in, the corners of the blocks at
all openings are rounded and the putty
| coat is put on round the corners and
| finishes back against the edges of the
/ lambs, doing away with the necessity
! for the regulation wooden box window
| frames, as well as all wooden castings
| and stool finish, doing away, in fact
! with a lot of expense for inflamable
| and destructible material, that could
! 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 if Mr.. Harrison or any of his
! friendly" architects, will show ne
how window or door Jamp can be
/ fastened in first class manner in a
nine inch brick wall and kept firmly
in place without casing on each side
| III be much obliged. Mr.. Harrison:
says that the brick walls are unneces-
sarily thick. If I had his idea of the
great strength of brick construction 1
might agree with him. but / haven't
The hollow in the wall which MIR. Har-
I
! ignores. is an absolute necessity for
the requirements of these buildings, s.
curing freedom from dampness ard
giving much needed ventilation to the
small cells. and the 4 inches Of outside
brick is merely a shell. the weight of
floors, etc, having to he entirely sus-
tanned by that portion of he wall in
side If the hollow, which in the case
in question leaves but a Is inch solid
wall for the first and :. . inch solid
wall for the second story, of buildings
126 feet long, with only one cross partj-
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 L to
make any change in the brick walls at
all it would be to increase and not to
diminish thet thickness specified.
Mr.. Harrison further states that the
Specifications for the concrete founda-
lions call for 5 rows of railroad iron
to strengthen it. This amounts to a
considera BILE sum-" This is true, ex-
cept for the trifiing inaccuracies that
nowhere do the specifications call for
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 fill the requirements of the
specifications the rails called for would
cost, not to exceed $3.50. And lastly
Mr.. H. states that Mr.. Emmeiuth told
him That it would be an impossibility
to bend No. IS iron for the cornice
work. Had Mr.. Emmeluth made such
a statement it would not be true but,
Mr. Emmeluth in a letter to me dated
Jan. 18th makes over his own signature
a positive denial as follows:
Honolulu, T H, January IS, 1905. |
F. 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 TO 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 $1250.00 in excess of the
two bids above mentioned. as shown
by press copies of the several bids.
This bic refutes the statement by
Mr.. Harris that 1 said the Material
specified would break in bending. I
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.
And this is the evidence on which
Harrison bases his statement that As
No. IS iron could not be used for cor
nices, I consider this a fake PROPOSE
ion so that is what he considers. is
il? Wei. 1 consider that the man who
who would make a personal request
COR figure on lighter material than the
specifications called for is q fakir and
L jobber and must at that time have
been figuring on trying to esta blish
friendly" relations with the Architect.
And now. to sum it all up. Mr.. Edi-
tor I will leave It for the public to de-
eide as to whether the statements of
Mr.. Harrison either those already