The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-09

/ with Mr.. Smith in his statement that
! with proper specifications he could
| give a proper dam. II we could have
! foreseen what was going to happen we
might have avoided much of the de-
| lay. The contractor has been notified
/ to repair the split core wall.
| To Representative Rice: I know of
! one or two cases where bonds have
/ been proceeded against by US. I think
/ can remember one or two instances.
| SUPERINTENDENT HOLLOWAY.
c. S. Holloway sworn: Am Superin-
tendent OF Public Works and have beer
since November 20, 1903. The loan APP
preparation bill of 1903 carried an item
of $4,000 for the Nuuanu reservoir.
Told Mr.. Rowland what / wanted /;
knew Mr.. Walker; offered him the po-
sition and he accepted. He made pre-
liminary surveys, secured his data and
then left for Boston, where he COM
pleted his work
Mr. Holloway described the method
of investigating the plans and then
final acceptance.
WALKERS ABILITY.
Knew of Walkers reputation but had
not been informed as to his ability
that the gatehouse was unsafe The
foundation of the corewall is entirely
on rock. 1 consider the location of the
original gatehouse equally as safe as
the one selected by Mr.. Kellogg.
consider specific piece of work was
called for under those plans.
To Hughes: I have heard you say
that the specifications did not give
the gov@nment power. You have had
experience in contracting. When you
take a contract for building a steamer
do you tell the man where he shall be-
gin?
Hughes: It's understood
Holloway: So it is with a dam.
Gaughter)
There is 20 per cent of the price for
work done held back in the treasury
for Whitehouse to be paid when the
dam is accepted. Have had conversa-
ton with Mr. Whitehouse relative to
his method of beginning the work. Ad-
vised him to put more money in his
equipment. All work upon which 80
per cent. is paid is considered satisfac-
tory. Do not consider all of Kellogg's
suggestions necessary. Part of them
have resulted in strengthening the
dam. Mr. Rowland and / differed as
to the amount of armor on the pipes
On his return from the States he
agreed with me.
Mr.. Holloway cited a number of
changes suggested by Mr.. Kellogg and
which are being carried out, but which
he did not believe necessary. The mat
ter of rock or earth-fll is purely one of
lot h.
investigated the rock PROPOSE
ton here. Mr.. Keiloggs plans were
adopted by me by direction of the Gov
ernor 1t was in no way essential |
for the experimenting engineer to in
sist upon the contractor starting work |
at certain place.
THE MUSH PILE.
Asked if he thought the investigation |
should have been put off until October, |
he said:
The conditions were peculiar I be- |
ieve it would have been better to have |
had a commission of well-known en-
gineers do the investigating, of what
the papers called the mush pile The
matter of stopping the work by stop
ping payments was carefully consider
I'd and we decided not to take steps
nat "ou4ei LHfOW the Work INTO the +
courts. When the extras are COM
Dleted under our direction the contrac-
-or will received his pay. The inser-
ion of any extras nullifies the con-
-ract as to time of completion. There
s no class of work in the dam that is
lot satisfactory. Have heard it stated
hat the great source of graft in the
lam was in placing the excavated ma
erial mauka instead of makai. To
nave reversed this would have cost
double. Aside from that the changes
made by kellogg affected the wall and
he pipe is six feet higher mauka than
lnder the original plan.
Adjourned