The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-04-03
bids FOR THE
H|LO BREAKWATER
tFrom Wednesdays Adverziser.)

BIDS for the ss08.0ea Job o. construct
ing the EiIo Breakwa1e- were opened
yesterday, and the contract II awarded
OF these bids, VIII undoubtedly 50 70
either G. H Mayer, with ". Il HOGS
and :. :. Belse- as sureties, OF 70 D. Z.
Netzger Of ELo with Marx Robinson
and B F Dillingham; as su-eues.
Mayer IS the lowest bidder.
There was quite 3 gathering in the
o15cz Of Captain Orwell, the United
States Army Engineer, yesterday 81 =
O'Clock, when the BIDS were opened
There was : grszt deal OF interest
manifested Among those present were
L 4 Thursson- ". Il Hogs, !. J.
Be-ser. c H Smith, c. II Lovsred. B.
r Dillingham;. Walter Dillingham;.
Harold Dillingham;, a W Van VAL
ksnberE, Il c. Piumner and William
Lucas
Before opening the BIDS Captain OF
vel announced that the bids had been
advertised for, for sixty days, 50 that
everyone had had ample opportunity 70
study the conditions OF the advertise
ment and the conditions Of the work.
and therefore 70 BE- prepared 70 comply
fully with tl5 requirements One OF
the requirements Of the advertisement
was that he bidder must ST out the
appliances he intended % use II carry
ing OF the work The requirements q
the advertisement vii b strictly con-
suus5." concluded Captain OIweI =
say this. because OF z previous occa-
sion Z bidder II response 70 this r.
Qui1snsnt q The advertisement said n
his bid that he would put in any ap-
planes I required But an not
consulting engineer for any bidder But
il order 70 consider the bids properly
Il should D. shown what appliances the
bidder proposes % use"
There we're four bids and Captain
Otwe-I proceeded % open them The
first bid vas that Of D. E Metzger, Of
Hilo. who offered 70 90 the work AZ
the rate Of s2ss1-2 Per ton Of 300
pounds stone placed n the b-eakwater,
o. per Ton q stone delivered AZ the
work slSs- The uex- bid opened was
that OF P a Perry OF san Francisco, !
a. the opening q the bids 7.
By Il G Plunns-- His bid vas for
81 Z tOa. stone placed il the break 4
water: OF s253 Per ton, delivered a. .
the work
The third bid opened vas that OF the /
san Francisco Bridge Company who
% put the stone II The break
water Al the rate q s2ss Z ton. but
made 10 offer for delivering The stone
Il The work
The last bid opened was that OF G.
4 Mayer. who offered 70 put the stone
7 the breakwater for $40 z tor. OF
o deliver i a. The work for & 80 ton.
Samples OF stone 70 BE- used were not
submitted By P 4 Perry o. san Fran
iscO. who said IN his bid that ne would
-et his stone from Z quarry Oh the
plantation; nor by the san
Francisco Bridge Company which said
7 its bid that the stone Il would fur
-izh would come from Puma and would
= as Per samples OF Puma stone n
,aptafn Ot~elFs Office
D z Metzger submitted Z large
lumber Of samples Of stone, one SAN
i being heavier than granite and
He'd with olivines- G Il Mayer sub
1ictsd z specimen OF TIE stone ne pro
.ose5 70 use. which c. Il Smith. who
represented him. said would average
bout $50 pounds Per foot the require :
lsnt being that i must weigh not :
- than I'D pounds Per cubic foot :
Captain Orwell said that the Mayer
Il was The lowest II all other COZ
itio1s were compiled with, and that
- notice OF award would b made in :
1e usual way and II the usual course :
business In the meanwhile ne c