The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-27
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THE WORK
Mr.. Betser Gets News
About Contracts in
Manila.


and Belser, received information yes
terday from his partner, who, with "
H. Hoogs. has been in Manila bidding
on various government contracts, t.
the effect that the bids on the water
works were so close that, although
Lord and Belser's bid was the loves
the engineer board had decided to spill
the contract among three bidders. A!
tract for the sewer system, the split
ting-up of the waterworks contract
will not give them much advantage
The Manila Cablenews of January ;
contains the following item relative tc
the bids on the waterworks:
| Matson, Lord and Belser Com
pany 100000
hatcher Company ...... 1066, 900
| Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Com
| pdny l,U1S,UUO
j. G. White and Company ], POP, 900
| Delmar w. Smith, for three
| sections only, and Peabody
| and Company for steel pipe
only.
These were the bids received for the
construction of Manila's new water
supply system by the municipal board
and opened 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
~ 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
engineer or the city engineer. The fig
ures as given above, while not official,
are computations made out by the var
ious bidders and are, in round num-
bers, the sum totals of the bids. The
bid of j. G. White and Company con-
tanned a proviso that should the firm
secure the contract for the whole work
the sum of 100000 would be deducted
from the bid. This would still leave it
the highest bid of the four who bid
- the basis of the whole job.
Almost AT tie iast moment the bond
9f $4,000 demanded was deposited by
Ihu HhsH iMb:hoi cniupIIH. liz lsn
bt:iig Gated to MG1ifa ~ tlJ bL:all
of insular affairs. When the bids had
been Ell opened and their details res j
oUr, p G.. McDor aid novel thay all
the bids be referred to Major James
f. Case. the chief engineer of the new
water and sewer system, for his
perusal, examination and report.
1t has not yet been decided whether
the whole contract shall be given to
the lowest bidder, it being optional
with the city to award it in that man
ner or in sections. Should the lowest
bidder secure it and the work all be
NY tal yar Nv IA firm &c M
doubt that the city would De the gamer
in the end and there would be no dan
ger of delays in one contractor getting
his work completed before the other
could proceed. 1t would also entail
less likelihood of lawsuits between the
parties to the work of construction to
decide knotty points of right and
wrong. What will be done in the mat
ter will not be known for several days,
though in all probability the Matson.
Lord and Belser Company, whose rep
resentatives have been on the field for
several weeks and have made a very
close study of the matter and have bid
with a thorough knowledge of the stu
alton, will secure the contract.
The Manila Times of December 81
tells of the arrival of Messrs. Lord and
Hoogs as follows:
A number of contractors are in Ma
Mia at present to bid on the new water
and sewer systems, the bids for which
will be opened on January 2 1906.
The contractors left Manila this af-
ternoon for a trip to the pumping sta
ton at Santolan and will visit Montal-
ban, the site of the new reservoir
They will inspect the grounds in the
:
over the line of the proposed water
way. returning to Manila tomorrow
evening.
The contractors who will visit Mon |
fabian with a view to offering bids on
the work of construction are: Messrs |
Belden and Wilmer, representing J. G.
White and Company; Mr.. Hogs, rep
resenting The Lord and Belser Com
pany; Messrs. Cook and McColIum of
Kansas City, and Messrs. Schmidt and
Jessop, representing the Shaw a tcher
Company of San Francisco
The Lord and Belser Company has |
just completed seventy miles of sewer |
age in the Hawaiian Islands. It's rep
resentatfve, Mr.. Hogs, is a guest at
the Bay View Hotel. The contractors
will be escorted up the Mariquina val |
ley by Major J. F. Case, chief engineer |
in charge of the sewer and waterworks !
construction.
The members of the municipal board |
are encouraged over the present pros
poets of the bids to be offered for the |
sewer and waterworks construction and |
some excellent proposals are expected. !
The number of contractors and repre- |
sentatives in Manila al present seems |
to prove that reliable firms in the |
United States are interested in the |
work and have confidence in the future |
Of the Philippines.