Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-14
KAHULUI R.,R.
IS UNDER'FIRE
Continued from Page u

ding per ton Inc IOrd.NOung Com
pany aud the Morgan Company bid
only on the snbstructurc. while Metz
ger put in an additional bid for the
guperstruoturc.
The figures were as follows:
Lord-Young Engineering Company.
StSi per ton.
u. +. Mctzger. s2GSk per ton sub
structure; s223is supcrstructure.
Morgan DR. dying Company, s2,s5
substructure.
The single bid for the KShului road
submitted by The Kahului Railroad
Company. was SlS5 for rock In the
brcakwatcr. or sl.35 for rock on the
bargcs or at the quarry. giving fig.
urc of fifty cents per ton on the trans
portation. .... '
Major Winsiow made no comment
on the bids or on tho protests. He
stated however that he received this
morning crblegram from Washing
ton informing him that reputable
PHILADELPHIA firm desires to hid on the
breakw Itcr work and wishes for sp3.
obligations. The cablcgram further in.
tiT,Iates that IL the bids opened to.
clay are not satisfactory, the bidding
will he opened again. .f'
Mai Winslow viii transmit the en-.
tire matter. intending the protest to
the chief of engineers at Washington.
| However, the contractors will not be
surprised II both pieces of work are
readvertised for new bids. .r
Letters Of Protest. ..s
The letters submitted in support OF
the LordYoung Engineering Com.
\ pany's protest are three In number.
| The first Is the official protest to
Maj. Winslow. 1t ~ as follows:
October IL. 1910.
| Mai. Il. EvelCth Winslow.
Corps Of Engine RS. U. S. A., B..
| Honolulu.
Sir:--Referring to your advertise
ment of Sept. II inviting proposals for
breakwater construction at Kahulu
we beg to return you herewith spccl.
flcations and blue prints obtained from
your office. We also enclose herewith
one carbon copy of letter dated Oct.
2, 1910. addressed by us To Mr.. II. p.
BALDWIN, president and general man.
ager OF the Kahului Railroad Ltd. and
letter of Kahului Railroad Company
dated October II, referring to our let.
ter OF October he.einabove referred
| to-
| The Kahului Railroad Company l.,
public service corporation and +,
the only means by which the rock
specified by you for the construction
OF the breakwater can be brought
\ thereto. II Is impossible for us to bid
without rate from the railroad com.
pany which owns the only line to
the breakwater and controls the only
suitable rock available for the con.
Reasons for Protest. .. ...r
Because Of the action of the Kahu.
lui Railroad Company in declining to
furnish MS a price per ton for rock
including hauling the same, as set out
In our letter of Oct. 2, 1910. We are
unable to compete with the railroad
company for the work. We therefore
make this our protest against award.
ing a contract for brcakwater con.
struction at Kahulul harbor Maui, T.
H., under specifications In accordance
with your advertisement of Sept. II
J 1910, on the ground that the Kahului
Railroad Company, which will be most
bene fitted by the construction of the
breakwater. and which prior to the
appropriation under which the work
herein referred to Is to be carried on
had for Its own convenience construct.
ed portion OF said breakwatcr, has
declined 10 place the bidding for the
work upon a competitive basis and
seeks to obtain the advertised work
Tor Itself at its own price ,,..t
On the further ground that the Ka.
hului Railroad Company il n railway
corporation and cannot within the U
S. Interstate Commerce. act bid upor
Federal work, which involves carry,
ing stone used In the work over it,
own line. .....-....
LoRD-YOUNG ENGINEERING Co
Letter to Mr.. Baldwin. ra
The second Is the letter to II. +
Baldwin, which Is ms follows: g..
........... October 2, 1910.
Mr.. II. p Baldwin, .r.
! President ard General Manager
Kahulul Railroad Co, Ltd,
Kahului. Maui. ,.g