The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-01-30
TO DIVIDE
THE WORK

Contractor Belser of the firm of Lord
and Belser, received information yes
terday from his partner, who, with w.
II. Hoogs, has been in Manila bidding
on various government contracts, to
the effect that the bids on the water
works were so close that, although
Lord and Belser's bid was the lowest.
the engineer board had decided to split
the contract among three bidders. AS
Lord and Belser failed to get the con-
tract for the sewer system, the split
ting-up of the waterworks contract
will not give them much advantage.
The Manila Cablenews Of January 3
contains the following item relative to
the bids on the waterworks:
| Matson, Lord and Belser Com
pany ..,.................. III ,U4U,UuV
Shaw hatcher Company .... 1,066, 900
Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Com
pany LOIS, 900
IJ.IG. White and Company 1902 900
Delmar w. Smith, for three
sections only, and Peabody
and Company for steel pipe
only.
These We're the bids received for the
| construction of Manila's new water
| supply system by the municipal board
| and obened as the clock struck noon.
In anticipation of the opening of the
bids the session hall of the board was
| crowded and everyone listened anxious
ly to hear the figures of the six Of
fers. but no figures were made known
nor could they be obtained either from
the members of the board or the CHIEF
/ on M, ha nitNy anpinaar The fig
ures as given above. while not official
are computations made out by the var
lous bidders and are, in round num-
bers, the sum totals of the bids. Th'
bid of j. G. White and Company con-
tanned a proviso that should the firm
secure the contract for the whole wori
the sum of 100000 would be deducted
from the bid. This would still leave Il
the highest bid of the four who bic
-: the basis of the whole job.
Aimusu AZ tine last moment tine bond
If so 900 demands| WAS AApoSitN3 =,
10 ghII Hat hsI CsnpIfy. ilI fgIi
bciik called 10 MAIlla ~ IA. bA!ai:
OF insular affairs. When the bids haC
been ell opened and their det9ils res
our, p q. Mcdonald novel thaI al
the bids be referred to Major James
Fl. Case, the chief engineer of the nev
water and sewer system, for hi
perusal, examination and report.
1t has not yet been decided whethe
: the whole contract shall be given u
the lowest bidder, 1T being optiona
: with the city to award It in that man
! ner or In sections. should the loves
bidder secure It and the work all b
I undertaken by the one Arm there is n
doubt that the city would be the game
. In the end and there would be no daI
4 | ger OF delays In one contractor gettin
his work completed before the othe
could proceed. 1t would also entaI
less likelihood OF lawsuits between IN
4 parties TO the work OF construction [
decide knotty points OF right an
wrong. What win be done In the mat
I ter viii not be known for several day
e though In all probability the Matso
Q Lord and Belser Company, whose reI
. resentatives have been on the feld fo
I several weeks and have made a yer
p close study OF the matter, and have bi
:. with thorough knowledge OF the sitt
A alton, viii secure the contract
e The Manila Times of December
tells OF the arrival OF Aessrs, Lord an