The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-10-18

Contractor for breakwater to load and
unload cars.
''This rate will he subject to change
should the railroad mpany b. required
to construct new lines or extensions to
existing lines of railway for this espe'
cial purpose.
williams Explanation.
]. N. s. wilnams, superintendent of
the Kahului Railroad Company, was
seen Yesterday afternoon, relative to
the protest of the Lord Young company
concerning the bid of the Kahului Rail
road Company, and its alleged refusal
to give the Lord Young Company
freight rate on rock. He said;
"The Lord Young company did not
ask the Kahului Railroad Company for
n simple freight rate on rock from
given point to another given point.
They asked the railroad company to
give them a bid for furnishing rock; for
hauling the rock so furnished; for fur
nishing and laying track from the pres
ent track of the railroad to a quarry
and for removing certain tracks now at
the breakwater and substituting other
tracks therefor.
"Neither law nor commonsense re-
quires railroad, any more than any
other company, to do all of these things
for would-be contractor, unless the
railroad chooses so to do
"Moreover, the terms of the specifi-
! cations of the breakwater specifically
state that if any bidder is interested
in any way in any other bid, such fact
will disqualify the bidder so interested.
"Now as matter of fact the Lord
Young company wanted the Kahului
Railroad Company to be directly inter
ested in their bid to the amount of
about seventy-fve per cent of the cost
/, , of their work. If we had acquiesced in
,, their request our bid would have been
, disqualified.
HThere is no law prohibiting a rail
,, road company from bidding on a gov
: ernment contract. The Kahului Rail-
road Company happens to be favorably
. situated in order to do this work. That
a is no reason why it should divide the
/ work and enter into partnership with
! some other would-be contractor.
n ''The fact that the Kahului Railroad
h Company has made tender to build
!, the completed breakwater at Kahului
i including heavy rocks weighing many
!. tons each in the superstructure, for
k $I.S5 a ton, while the lowest bid for
o substructure in the Hilo breakwater
Il with maximum weight of only one
ton for the heaviest rock, was $1.S4 a
/. ton, demonstrates the absolute good
Y faith of the Kahulni Railroad Company
Q and that it has taken no advantage of
o its having plant already on the
/. ground and that the government has
k received low bid for the work.
omcial Answer to Protests,
The further answer to the protests
!, of both companies, mace by Williams
d to Major Winslow, which follows, adds
to the foregoing. In his letter he said;
"Referring to protest fled by Lord
!: & Young Engineering Company at the
u opening of the proposals for the CON
Q struction of the extension of the Ka'
9 hului breakwater in your Office this l4th
d day of October, 1910, we would say
n that this company declined to quote in
3 tending bidders rates for quarrying an
y delivery of the necessary rock for the
y following reasons:
II ! "First-Quotation from general in
l. structions for bidders: Reasonable
grounds for supposing that any bidder
. is interested in more than one bid fol
]
~ bids in which he is interested
"The legal adviser to this company
on Maui advised us that this might b'
10 so construed as TO cause the rejection
n. of the bids which this company wa
it then preparing to submit, had we giveI
At the quotations asked for.
7e Second-The Kahului Railroad Com
ig pany, in bidding for the hreakwate
n. construction, desired TO deal direct.
er with the United States government, an,
as those parties who inquired for tn
gs delivery Of stone were evidently inter
u ested only in placing the stone on tn
id breakwater, Il was decided 20 put i
the alternative bid covering price /
ot the United States government Of ston
,r. delivered on ears, thus giving your dc
er partment an opportunity 20 eali for bid
lis on the placing OF the stone alone In th
M, brenkwater, II deemed advisable.
"Thid-We would call attention I
the character OF the inquiries made b
IA parties who claimed they intended I
M bid on this work -
"a Illo Breakwater Bids,
ma According 90 the tenders for the eoi
sifueiioA of ihp lllla breakWafer, Whie
.or Wnre als0 opened yesterday morning
,ts the ofilee pf Major u EYuleth Minsl0y
"A. the Lord Young Engineering t0mpan
on eill pei that much sQnHhtfnf fpFtWf
NJ. / Wqymhg % % awarded 20 the iowe
M bidder
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