The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-07
WHITEHOUSE THE
LOWEST BIDDER
Nuuanu Dam Contract viii Go
to Him---Figures Vary
by $4,000.

While nothing authoritative has been
given out by the Department Of Pub
lie Works respecting the successful
bidder on the contract for completing
the Nuuanu dam. the bids for which
were opened yesterday at noon. il may
be taken for granted that L. Ms White
house Is the man. His bid for the
work was over six thousand dollars
fsalow that Of the next lowest OF the
four contractors and nineteen thousand
below that OF the highest The figures
submitted by the bidders were:
L n whitehouse. s123,445; w. H
Hoogs & Co. $1zs.475. Wilson & cha
pin, sl&4,5so, and c. :. Holloway. sl42,-
600.
Two Of these figures are within the
estimate of 49,, coo voted by the last
Legislature for the completion Of the
work, but as matter OF fact the bid
of Whitehouse is the only one that
comes within the amount actually
available for construction work Out
Of the amount voted. $4,000 has already
been spent by the department on the
work on the preparations for the new
contract. while Of the $IS0, 600 balance
al least 5000 viii be required for gov
eminent inspection and Office work
chargeable against the dam.
superintendent Of Public Works
Campbell and his assistant. c. H.
Kiuegei. worked over the figures SUBJ
nitted all yesterday afternoon, for the
bids we're accompanied by the detail
ed estimates on the various portions
Of the work, put in as a basis for de-
auctions and extras. These figures did
not work out to the same totals as the
bids in ali cases. showing that the
contractors had other ideas of the
amounts Of the various kinds of work
than the department.
The Attorney General put in a large
part Of his time yesterday afternoon
also scanning The bids and seeing that
they we're in order In each instance
he found that all the requirements had
been lived up to.
The detailed figures Of the estimates
OF the contractors are:
l.. II. Whitehouse-Entire work.
s12s. AS: entire work win aon@~ete
reyetment complete 9 yd, 81
40: rock c. I'd, s1.73; stone revetment
$. I'd. s1.5S; broken stone or quarry
snderstone $. yd-. S.2S; concrete revet-
rnent complete s. yd-. s2-1S; broken
stone or quarry under concrete c. I'd.
s14. concrete core vail c. y3 sl5-26;
concrete spiIlway :. I'd, s20.41; paving
subway c. yd.. $50; masonry wall
splllway C. I'd. 1872: lumber core walf
1000 IT, S56.32 excavation core wall
trench :. vd., s.54: excavation subway
c. yd, S.35: clearing resv. baS'h pc a.,
s259; clearing dam site, etc, $3.50
Wilson & Chapin-Entire WORK. SlS4,-
$50: entire work with concrete reyet-
nent. 1888, 10; earth c. I'd. s-33, rock
G. yd.. s210; stone revetment c. yd.,
81 50. broken store or quarry under
stone c. yd.. So IL: concrete revet-
ment complete c I'd. s1.85; broken
stone or quarry under concrete c yd.'
s12. concrete core wall c. I'd, 1850;
concrete spillway C. yd-, s19: paving
subway s, yd $3.50; masonry wall
spillway G. yd., $3.50: lumber core wall.
10s1a tt. $3.50: excavation core wall
trench G. yd.. 1882 excavation spillway
2 yd.. $40: clearing resv. basin, per
a. 5000; clearing dam site. $500.
p EGFk.
s12a. as: entire work with concrete re-
xetment. s139. 282: earth c. yd., SIS:
rock c. yd.. $500: stone revetment G.
yd.. 500: broken stone or quarry I'M
derstone c. yd.. s26: concrete revet-
ment complete c. I'd. $3.50: broken
stone or quarry under concrete c. yd..
si1 81. concrete core wall G I'd, so:
concrete spiIlway c. I'd, $i4-34: paving
subway c. I'd. s2.I3: masonry wall
spiliway c. yd.. sS.0e: lumber core wall,
Zoo #. s42.43: excavation core Wa41
trench c. I'd. s.4-. excavation spillway
c. I'd. SAT: clearing resv. basin per
a. s272: clearing dam site, etc. $5s2-
{. s. Holloway-Entire work, $l42.-
500: entire work with concrete reVet-
rr1snt. S146 300. earth c. I'd. sic; rock
g yd-. $3.50: stone revetment c. I'd.
$50: broken stone or quarry under
stone G. I'd, SIS: concrete revetment
complete c. I'd $40: broken stone or
quarry under concrete c. I'd: s.f5: con-
crete core wall c. yd-. $l4: concrete
spfIlway c. I'd. SIS: paving spillway $
I'd. s275: masonry wall spillway c yd-
$50: lumber core wall, 1000 #, S15;
excavation core wall trench c. yd-
SIS: excavation spilIway G. I'd. $50:
clearing revs. basin per q, $3.50; clear
ing dam site etc. Sic.