Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-01-13
ASK CARTER 70 tAN(tl.
GILMAN SAYS STATEMENT
UNJUST AND UNCALLED FOR
CONTRACTOR WOULD HAVE AsY
LUM CONTRACT VoIDED-ThE
QUESTION OF oUiBBLlNG.
CLAIMS PRESENTED.

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two letters bearing on the Asylum con.
tract matter. One was from several
contractors OF the city and read as fol.
lows:
| Honolulu, Jan. 10th, 1905.
| Hon. George II. Carter. Governor Ter.
ritory Hawaii.
We the undersigned. contractors and
builders. resident in Honolulu. hereby
present for your consideration the fol.
lowing claims, viz:
/. The specifications for the Insane
Asylum. lately advertised for tenders
and awarded TO the Americana Hawai-.
ian Engineering and Construction
Company, Ltd. are so wordcd that IL
is impossible for contractors to bid
! thereon on an equal basis.
,. The specifications for brick and
concrete buildings advertised, are not
for equivalent buildings, those for
brick being for much more elaborate
and stronger building than that for
, concrete, by reason of which It was
impossible for the brick building spec.
flied to compete with the concrete
building specified.
3. That by reason of the foregoing,
the call for an alternative BID for brick
was nullilicd and ii was a forcgone
conclusion that the bid for brick
building would be so much higher than
the bid for the concrete building, that
the bids for the brick building must
, be rejected.
L. That If a brick building fairly
equivalent In strength and water proof
qualities with the concrete were speci.
fled, It Is the belief of the undersign.
ed that 1t would cost less than the
equivalent concrete building
.. That In our opinion II Is wholly
unnecessary to use pressure machines
construction of the Insane Asylum. we
| believing that the standard hand lamp.
ing machines in ordinary use will
make a perfect block for such pur-
pose. III pressure block Is called for.
| II will, II IL Is possible to make IL
at all, make the building cost a mum.
Der of thousand dollars more than will
! otherwise be the case, and will be pro-
hibitive of fair and equal competition.
, b. That we are of the opinion that
| the letting of said contract to the
| American.Hawaiian Construction Com.
pany, Ltd, was upon such speciiica.
| tons and under such circumstances
a. make 1t unfair and inequItable to
other contractors.
| We therefore ask that the said con-
tract may be cancelled; that said
specifications may be SO changed as
to enable the contractors to tender
thereon on an equal basis as between
brick and concrete, and on terms and
conditions which will give all contrac.
tors an equal opportunity to tender for
said building.
We remain,
Respectfully yours.
LUCAS BROTHERS.
By j. Lucas;
JOHN WALKER,
+. II. REDWARD.
l.. NJ. WHITEHOUSE,
FRED HARRISON.
The other letter was from President
Gilman of the American.Hawaiian
Company, and ran as follows:
January ~. 1905.
Hon. Geo. II. Carter, Governor, Terri.
toray of Hawaii.
Sir: | hereby acknowledge the re.
ceipt of yours OF the 18th instant. You
have publicly accused me with quib-
n ha
Asylum contract, and with causing
public interests to suffer for my de.
lay.
l consider that your statements are
unjust and uncalled for.
In good faith the Americana Hawai-.
ian Engineering and Construction Co.
rendered to build the Insane Asylum.
spending much time and thought upon
the same.
The sum bid Is ample to construct q
good and substantial building.
Through no fault of ours, but
through the act of the architect who
represents the government in this mat,
ter, we are advised that we cannot
legally hold said contract.
On December Sth, last at your re.
quest, this company informed you that
II you thought II in the public interest,
we would permit you to cancel said
contract. Such consent still stands.
and ! also again notified you to that
effect yesterday.
also notified you yesterday In def.
mite and explicit language that, for the
reasons therein set forth, this COM
pany was unable to and could not 90
Oh with said contract.
asked further that in Justice not
only to this company, but to all con
tractors, that the specifications be re.
| GRATED so as to he fair and equitable
and to give all an equal opportunity
TO bid, and TO again call for bids.
You say that the public Is suffer.
ing. say that 1t is suffering through
no fault or delay caused by this com
many This comnonV has suffered and