The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-06-14
SUPERVISOR SAYS
BRIDE WAS OFFERED


be taken into confidence if there was
any suspicion Of such. He stated that
he would endeavor to have meeting
of the board called at once to inves-
tigate.
Gilman Makes Frank Statement.
J. A.. Gilman had by that time been
convinced of the necessity for publicly
denying the report and make com
plete statement of the status of the
contract and the work done in connec-
ton with it, denying in toto any at
tempt to bride anyone.
Statement Of j. A. Gilman.
al have seen the statement in the
Star that Supervisor Aylett states
that he was offered $1,000 for his vote
in support of the bitulithic pavement
contract said j. A. Gilman in a
formal statement made yesterday af-
} ternoon.
"Several weeks ago Supervisor Cox
; told me that Supervisor AHA had told
him, Cox, that he had been offered
$1,000 to vote for the bitulithic pave
ment contract. 1 met Supervisor AHA
Immediately afterwards on the side
walk in front of the supervisors build
statement to Supervisor Cox. The
only reply that Mr.. AHA made to ME
was Il think too many people talk
loud with their mouth
81 asked him again what authority
he had for making the statement and
he again gave me the same kind of an
answer.
''I then said to him, 'Mr. AHA, 1
want you to distinctly understand that
there has been no such offer made and
that l have authorized nobody to
make any offer of money for vote
on this contract and I never will do
So and that am the only one that
} has anything TO say about this pave
ment.
''The statement was SO utterly pre-
posterous that such sum or any other
sum should be offered for a vote in
/ favor of the contract that the thought
never entered my mind to paw any
more attention to it.
81 want to say in the most positive
u terms that so far as / or the bitulithic
: company are concerned, there is abso-
; lutely no foundation for any statement
: that any money has been offered to
, either Supervisor Aylett or AHA,
either directly or indirectly, to affect
their vote upon this subject.
"I am in position to speak posi-
lively for I alone am in a position to
: take any action concerning the btu
lithic contract here.
. "The status of the matter is as
, follows:
"Some time since l heard such strong
statements made in support of the
bitulithic form of pavement that /
l. concluded it would be a good thing
!, for Honolulu. Being in the States on
other business, | visited the control
ing owners of the pavement and made
. an arrangement with them by which
am the sole representative and the
. only one having authority in connec.
: ton with bitulithic pavement in this
Territory.
Returning to Honolulu l organ.
, lied a company to establish btu.
y lithic pavement plant in Honolulu, the
stockholders of which are as follows:
j. A. Gilman, president and manager;
y j. P. Cooke, vice president; Harold G.
' Dillingham;, secretary; John Water.
house, treasurer, and W. B. Warren
director.
Bishop, f. J. Lowrey, Robert Single
A. NJ. Brown, Walter Dillingham; and
r. ]. Graham. There are no other
stockholders.
: CAN the corporation papers are
. completed but they have not yet been
: filed, awaiting to see if there is any
business TO be done here.
"No money has been paid or prom
o ised to be paid to any of the super
q visors or any other person whomsoevel
to influence the obtaining of an ap
J preparation for bitulithic pavement o.
J. a contract to install bitulithic pave
/, ment here.
81 want to make this statement a,
positive and broad as it is possible tx
y express in words.
u 81 understand that Messrs. Aylet
y and AHA say that they were offered
$ $1,000 apiece by w. H. Crawford
al have not only not authorized
Crawford to make any such offer blu
y have had no negotiations whatsoeve
With him to secure his assistance, di
y rectly or indirectly, in any way what
~ soever in behalf of this contract
81 do not know what he may hav
Y said or done, but nothing that he ha
~ said or done has been with any au
y thority of myself"
1t Many Contradictions
Others who had been mentioned il
connection with the affair were the,
hunted up, with the following results
While scorns Story.
N Crawford denied that he ever dis
cussed the matter of the bitulithi
]. contract with Aylett at all. As t
AHA, he denied ever having offere
:" any money or intimated that an
IN money could be got.
lie "The only conversation had wit
e. AHA on the subject was at the fisl
a. market one afternoon said Cray
he ford. ''We talked loud, in the pre-
TX ence of a number of witnesses VIII
Nv could hear what we said.
NJ "I asked AHA if he was going
v, run for supervisor again, and I tol
n. him that if he wanted another terri
there was a chance for him to make