The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-07-13

/ replied Logan. You are about as slick
as any of u.s.
| The controversy was allowed to drop
at that, however, and the measure pass
| ed its second reading.
Unfairness Charged.
A communication from Emmeluth &
Co., Ltd, was read by the Clerk and
received by the Board with gasp
of astonishment and by Kane with
vigorous protest against what he term
ed its impertinence. The communca-
tion, which reflected in no uncertain
way upon the Board, was as follows:
l}TO the Mayor and Board Of Supervisors,
City and County of Honolulu.
Srs: The undersigned desire to call
your attention to violation of busi-
ness principles and incidentally dis.
elimination by subcommittee of the
Board of Supervisors, which, if permit
ted to go unchallenged, might easily
become the stepping stone to greater
lapses from "a square deal.' We re-
| fer to the action by which the con.
tract for kitchen range and furnishings
for the city and county jail was award.
ed to Messrs. Dimond G. Co. by the Com
mittee on Police and Prison, on their
lump-sum tender, which was about
$62.50 in excess of the sum total of
the lowest tenders. Messrs. Davies G.
CO., Hall G. Son and our firm having
been competitors for furnishing these
supplies.
Arbitrary action of this kind persist
ed in would ultimately results in in
difference on the part of the business
community when requested to submit
tenders for furnishing supplies on the
assumption that they would not receive
the award even when lowest bidder.
The method of award was in itself ir.
regular in that the board ESQ far as we
can learn) never sanctioned the same.
We feel that we owe duty not only
to yourselves but to the public at large
TO cali your attention to this matter
and we hope action will be taken to at
least have the supplies furnished with
in the sum total amount of the lowest
bids. thus squaring the Committee on
/. Police and Prison as well as the Board
and Mayor, with the intent of their
; oath of Office.
Yours truly,
EMMELUTH & CO., LTD.
j. EMMELUTH, Manager.
81 never heard of such an imperti-
nent correspondence, exclaimed Kane
when he had recovered from his as.
tonishment enough to be able to speak.
"T never heard of anything like that
/ in all my life. If he is gentleman,
! he ought to write a gentlemanly letter
+ to the board, not letter like that. l
J don t think the board ought to consider
/ il for a minute.
Notwithstanding Kane's protest,
, however, the letter was referred to the
, Committee ON Police and Prison.
Burial by Contract.
hereafter all the INDECENT dead of the
City and County of Honolulu are to be
! buried by contract, in accordance with
! the recommendation of the Committee
on Sanitation and Health, as follows:
"Your Committee on Sanitation and
= Health hereby recommend the Board
a of Supervisors to instruct the City and
7 County Clerk to advertise for bids fol
a the burial of INDECENT dead from the
q date of contract to the end of the
4 term of the present Mayor and Super
. visors, bids to state the full charge fol-
each burial according to specification:
: TO be furnished by the City and, Coun
ty Clerk"
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