The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-03-22
PATTERSON LEFT
FULL STATEMENT


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SUI 'n" Nuuahn ntini MI, patterson
ihe cause ~ the dinhcultN" was called
70 N"ual ana appeared but once before
me committee beiore hts departure
ne placed the following letter In th'
hands oi Senator thiliingworth Whai
uisposition was made oil the document
by the committee is not known. II
was not made public IN the meeting
ana Is given here for the first time.
Honolulu, March Z, 1907.
Chairman, Senatorial Committee.
Dear Sir. ] wish to reduce to writ
Ing my knowledge OF the Nuuanu dam,
such MS | would testify to IL called be-
fore you the second time. l do not
wish to shirk any duty. but must be
earning living for my family.
have made arrangements to go to Kau-
al tomorrow evening. where / have a
settling tank TO build. This is my rea-
son for writing thus on March 6 inst.
before your honorable body / made a
statement that there was on the plans
and specifications a certain stone wall
| in the inner toe OF the dam known as
rubble WALL but did not state that
this wall was marked on plan with lead
pencil drawing, which i now wish to
correct. In the specifications you will
find this class of work called for under
the head OF Sec. 4. masonry. 1t reads:
All classes of masonry shall be depos-
I ..t.la
and grades established by the engineer
The lines and grades of said wall was
established by the engineer and ac-
cording to the lead pencil drawing, on
our working plan. BY this clause
you will notice that any masonry that
the engineers located is In accordance
with specified reading. Still further in
Sec. 4, you will find in class 6. the work
specified as rubble masonry shall be
composed of clear stone of suitable size.
quality and shape, laid in mortar COM
posed of one part cement to three parts
of sand. Special attention being given
to having the beds and joints full of
mortar. Here is where the debate came
on proportions of cement to be used.
the engineer contending that contrac-
tor must measure the cement in unbro-
ken containers while the contractor
contended he should measure the ce-
ment in loose and broken barrels. On
this point they hung until Mr.. How
land struck out the work.
"Now wish to state to your commit
tee what 1 know about the whole con-
troversy of the dam. / reported to the
Governor about the way the work was
being done and also loaned him a book
on Dam Building, and Causes of Fail
ures of Dams He went over the work
with me and seemed satisfied 1 was
right. He, himself, in conversation
with me, said the wood core wall
should be built out of cedar. also asked
about the way the dirt was being put
in and wanted to know If we wet the
layers or scarified it any way before
placing on another.
II told him we did not, and there was
no place in specifications where it COM
PEELED the contractor to wet the lay
ers. He then said it ought to be done.
saw the Governor few days after
and he told me he would choose COM
mittee of engineers of home people ana
have them go over the work. He ask
ed me if l would be satisfied with what
they reported. / said yes that seemed |
all right to me, but he, too, must be
satisfied, as l thought that he should |
be much interested in having a good |
dam.
"A few days later 1 learned from the
Governor that he wished to send for
Mr.. Kellogg. Later on the city papers
published a statement that Mr.. Hol-
loway was sending for Mr.. Kellogg.
The papers denounced the scheme as
a bad one, to have one man to pass on
the work, and suggested that the Gov
arnor choose some home engineers to
act with Mr.. Kellogg, but no attention
was paid to it by him. A little later
he citizens picked it up, but they got
40 satisfaction. Then came the ex-
pert, but prior to his coming Mr.. Chas.
smith was absent from the dam for
over two weeks under the pretense of
making out the monthly statement, but
learned from good authority that he
was preparing pictorial report for Mr..
Kellogg.
''Afterward l was talking with Mr..
Kellogg about the springs which We're
n the core wall trench, and he told me