The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-01-17
Mr.. KENDALL
COMES BACK

| Editor Advertiser: l see by your pa
per of the 4th inst, and by tie Bulle-
tin of the Sd inst, that Supt. C. S. Hol-
| lovay made a very feeble attempt 10
answer some of my charges in regard
to the Hilo armory. He says that !
have failed TO prove my charges. Let
us see whether / have ever failed to
give proof of any charges mat I have
made in this matter. All of my charges
have been made directly to Supt IIol-
loway before they have been made 10
anybody else ana / have made said
charges repeatedly to MIN, and an oil
of them We're under his department,
who else should l prefer the charges
to? Now, l have repeate lily told him
that l would bring proof Of what 1
stated, and have further told MIN that
it was not my purpose - make any
iGle talk, and when anyone prefers
charges to the head of a department,
and offers TO give proof II his charges,
IS it not, may l ask, up to the head cf
HAT department to call for the proof
of the charges made?
Mr.. Holloway has never asked me for
proof. II he had, he w3cld nave got
ii. l further told Assistant Superin-
ter dent Rowland, while he was in Hilo,
that l would give him ample proof.
Did he ask for that proof? No. The
fact of the case is, they 1o1t seem 10
walt the proof.
Supt Holloway further says in his
o. -
that it is a well-known fact that the
firm of Hackfeld e. Co. is not in the
contracting business and that all the
person that he knows in this case is J..
NJ. Whitehouse. I want to say that
there are none so blind as those that
don't want to see. ! want to say fur
Their that L. NJ. Whitehouse is not
known up here in this case at all eX-
cept as figurehead. and to prove
what say in this case that Mr.. White
house is not the only man that is act
ing in the same capacity in putting in
bids for Hackfeld & Co., and they as
the real contractors.
If Mr.. Holloway wishes to find out
whether Hackfeld & Co. are the real
contractors, let him ask the painters,
the sheetmetal workers, the electric
workers, etc, If they do their figuring
for their different work with anybody
else besides Hackfeld's people or their
foreman. Mr.. Rowland could have
found out all about this matter while
he was here II he had wanted to.
Now, as to what he has to say in re-
gard to the citizen labor clause and as
to my charges. 1t must be remember
ed that the first part of that clause
reads as follows: mo Asiatic or Jap
anese labor to be employed on or about
the work or in any manner whatsoever,
either as manufacturers. laborers.
skilled or otherwise, or as suppliers of
Now. in the name of common sense, !
would like to ask If that is not
plain and simple, and it will be remem-
bered that in my charges that I dil |
not simply state Gas Mr.. Holloway
seems to wish ii UNDERSTOOD that the |
Japanese We're dressing lumber for that |
building; but | did state that the Jap
lnese We're manufacturing straight |
out and ouO material for that build |
ing. Mr.. Holloway admits that 1t is !
better not to nail bridging between |
)oists until after the floor is nailed but |
In some cases, he says, the floor is so !
low that they can't nail 1t after the |
floor is laid He had better left that
unsaid, for such talk as that must be !
laughing stock for any mechanic that
reads it. Now to enlighten Mr.. Hollo-
way and his so-called competent IN |
spectors. l would like to ask him and |
them II they can conceive any way TO |
properly nail the bridging except from |
Underneath. Anybody that knows any
hing at all about such work knows
hat is the only way such work can DO
lone. Right here wish to call atten-
ion to the construction of the tie
beams, being put together with "A butt !
ONT in roof over a drill floor The
llans distinctly call for 3-foot splice
eyed together (Which was proper) and
here are many other things that l have
allied Supt. Holloway's attention to
where they We're not living UP to the
'lans and specifications. | also called
Assistant Superintendent Howland's
'ttehuon 10 some of the same things
md he said they We're not doing the
work right and would have to follow
ne specifications. Why, may I ask.
va ne go away and leave the whole
natter In the hands of Mr.. Gere Gan
ntirely incompetent mani? Now, may
ask, Is 1t TO favor these contractors
n because of their ignorance in this {
Inc OF business? II NAV be for both :