The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-04-03

would examine the sureties offered and
the bidders as 10 their experience,
means. and ability 70 complete the con-
tract This he began doing right away.
- as. If possible. TO make his recon-
me1dations il time 10 be sent by the
Alameda today.
The bids are rather higher than I
expected" said Captain Orwell. still
+ this Is new work There has never
been any just like II done here, and
il Is not 10 be expected that bidders
VIII make bids on which they are liable
+ 70 lose money After this WORK has
beer done, and experience has been
gained - that contractors viii know
more exactly what work can be done
FOR. perhaps closer bids would be Re
Quired- Al present i must Be deter
mind whether these bids are reason
able OF not
IT i not 6 question Of whether the
work can be completed within the ap-
preparation al the bids made here to-
day. The entire appropriation is avail
able i part Of II must 90 for super
intsn5encs and Office expenses and the
remainder Is available for the work.
and can be expended as far as It viii
CO.
D E Netzser Is the superintendent
OF the Hilo Railway Company al HiIo
He offered as sureties Mark P. Robin
son. who qualified as being worth slA,
Or and 3. 2. Dillingham;, who quail d
as being worth S250-oeo. As 70 where
he proposed ID get his stone and the
appliances he would use in the work.
Netzger went far more into detail than
any other bidder. His statements IN
this behalf was as follows:
I propose 70 obtain the stons from
Puma district. Island Of Hawaii. al q
point about one and q quarter miles
from the present Puma terminal Of the
lilo Railroad. about twentysix miles
by rail from Eilo. and al q point OF
points along the Puma branch Of the /
Hilo railroad, about ten miles distant 1
from Hilo.''
As 70 his equipment and appliances,
he said: The undersigned VIII use
the tracks and equipment Of the lilo 4
Railroad Company for the transporta-l
ton Of materials from the quarry site
20 the break1zter site The railroad 4
both points as early as the necessary
materials can be secured Sufficient
rolling stock equipment. suitable for
the purpose. 70 transport minimum
Of so tons per day viii be provided.
The EilO Railroad Is Z standard gauge
road. having z rock baIlasted rosdbed
laid with s9-pound steel rails. Il owns
and operates forty-eight miles OF track
L has a. the present time FIVE l0cOmo-I
lives. Two OF which have IS by q CYL
lndsrs and one Is By p cylinders At
the present moment is has twenty 81
l1l-pound capacity fat cars and ten
%. ol0-pound capacity ers- To these
vii be added AZ the earliest possible
moment AZ least thirty more S0sJ00-
7ound capacity fat cars, and an addi-
-ional 7s-ton locomotive If necessary,
md stone viii be blasted out. in most
art. By chamber blasts. the pieces 100
srge 70 handle being block-holed and i
lpIit with powder.
a locomotive crane Of twenty tons {
fling capacity viii be used for load ]
NJ al quarry. and in addition such J
lerricks as may be necessary TO pro-
TX q N1-El@--N- ~ N--- --E'------ Z
I the construction equipment, esti-
mated a. not less than sd tons per +
lay :
IN putting the materials in place I
I the breakwater I viii use z 39-ton
apacity special construction revolving g
locomotive crane. having an estimated ,
apacity Of So tons Z day II. after.
obstruction work is begun, I consider :
: expedient and economical. viii 7
-ithout delay build q staging upon 3
alive hardwood piles. with vents OF Z
xelve 70 eighteen feet apart. and work b
rom this, barring the smaller stones c
4 the cars. il
The value OF machinery plant TO be il
sed- exclusive Of all railroad equip Il
tent. is estimated al $4,000. The value u
railroad tracks and equipment to betc