The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-26

than existed pficr 90 the Keiloes In.
vestiaation. These conditions prevail.
ihR. tina Governor was moved 10 state
In an Interview prior 10 the opening
~ the present session Of the Leriala-
ture, and 10 Include In his report TO
this Legislature. that he would turn
the whole matter over 10 the Legisla-
ture. The result Of this latter or
second protest from the people, Is your
special committee anu the request TO
Mr.. Schuyler to come here and lnves-
tigate the dam. and finally this report.
Your committee visited the dam, and
found II in a chaotic condition. Wit
nesses, under oath. have been exam
ined. and all stated that the contractor
although the Public Works Depart.
mcnt was aware of this before the
| work started) had neither the tools,
experience, men, nor proper plans and
| specifications to carry on the work as
II should be done. In proof OF this
they point to the length of time al,
ready spent on this work; dt should
have been completed several months
ago., but the end is not yet In sight.
| They testified to the endless friction
between the contractor and officials OF
the Public Works Department, of
charges and counter-charges obnoxious
to all, but particularly so to the people
whose money is being wasted.
one witness, an official of the Public
| Works Department. testified that hs
had no control whatever over the con-
| tractor as to what part of the dam
construction should be carried on. As
a consequence of this, in the portions
| of the dam where construction was
easy and the profits high there the
contractor worked; but in those por-
| lions of the dam where construction
was difficult and profits low, little work
was done. This witness also testified
that If the specifications were properly
| drawn, he could have compelled the
contractor to build proper dam. This
statement comedies with common
sense, and corroborates that of EngI-
neer Kellogg in regard to the speci-
| fcations.
| Taking all things into careful consid-
| Grafton, your committee feels, and
| recommends, that in the interests of
the people the present contract on the
Nuuanu dam be cancelled; that speci-
| fications and estimates be made to
complete the dam in accordance with
the recommendations offered by Engi-
| neer Schuyler; that bids be called for
and contract awarded to responsible
parties, under a heavy bond, and that
a competent and responsible engineer
be placed in charge.
| If the above plan is carried out, your
committee recommends that this Leg
| islature appropriate by new Loan Act
| the amount necessary q called for by
Mr.. Schuyler's plans and specifications.
Mr.. Schuyler's report is herewith sub
mitted and made a part of this report.
Respectfully submitted,
KNUDSEN,
RICE,
WAIWAIOLE,
KALAMA,
HUGHES.
Does not concur:
CHILLINGWORTH.
Of the original contract amount of
$151 ,990.1S, there has been already ex-
pended or reserved 1920, 456.31, leav-
ing balance of only $31 ,553.S7. These
figures are important in view of the
threat to cancel the contract, for if
it should be decided that the present
contractor must be allowed to COM
plete his contract the time will be
short in which this amount will be
spent. The figures of the work to date
are as follows:
Amount reserved for contract
old appropriation .......$ 1890 IS
Amt. reserved for contract
new appropria ton 80. -. $4,000 90
s151,99O IS
Total value of work done to
April 10. 1907 .............. Sis, 692 SO
Amount paid on account of
bills on contract ........... 1,763 3s
s120,4 81
Amount pad on account of
contract ...........S 94,954 30
Amount paid on account of
bills on contract ........... 1,76a 3s
20qo reserve Observation-Disclosures. 23.73S IS
$12O,456 81
RECAPITULATION.
Amount paid and reserved =. ,456 81
s 1888 81
THE MINORITY REPORT.