The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-06

tssl a. Wllson aas iho low bidder ~
fiunid have resolved ihr contract Ihf
0r,uion uh iha street ia ihat NJ any
contract was 40 ha given, The enmmit'
sion dii right IN awarding u ne u had.
ncsldes awarding The contract f0f
The llecia foad, the commission yottef
day appointed y n. Craig ~ architect
10 draw plans for The Kaimuki school
building, which is TO be comtrucied by
loan fund money, and named II. l..
Kerr as architect for Pohnknina school.
Won't Touch Nuuanu.
The commission did not adjourn 20
any specified date, but will be called
together In the near future by Chair
man Adams.
In regard TO the work on Nuuanu
street, Chairman Adams said the com.
mission had settled once that IL would
not do this work, and he saw no reason
to take the matter up again for any
further discussion.
Adams Switched.
As IL happens there was a change
Of front on the part Of Chairman An
drew Adams in the meeting, as at first
he voted with Mayor Fern against Civ.
ing the contract to LOrd.Young
The motion to award the contract TO
Lord.Young was made by Secretary
Petrio of the commission and was Sec
onded by Member Dwight. When IL
came to voting, Campbell, Dwight and
Petrie were on the Affirmative and Ad-
ans and Fern on the negative side of
the question.
Everything was settled by this ma
iority vote of the commission, but after
it was all over and the meeting ad.
iourned. Chairman Adams called the
members together again and asked per
mission to change his vote, casting it
with the majority in favor of the Lord
Young Company. He did not explain
the sudden change of mind that landed
him with the majority, but many
around town are guessing and grinning
Would Not Take Check.
At the close of the meeting yester-
/ day, John Wilson was called in by
Chairman Adams of the board and ten
dered his certified check which was de-
posted with his bid, but Wilson re-
fused to accept it, stating to the chair.
man that he wanted the contract, not
the check.
May Go to Law.
Wilson stated last evening that he
was going to see what he could do to
prevent the award of the contract to
the Lord Young Company, but that it
all lay with his lawyer as to what he
should do in the matter. If the attor.
ney said he could contest the award
he would do so if it took all the money
he had.
1t is known that on next to the last
meeting of the board letter was re-
ceived from the First National Bank
stating that it was responsible for Viii
son to more than the amount of the
contract by considerable.
In regard to his failures on previou.
contracts, Wilson said last evening thai
he had done more than $250,000 wortl
of work for the counties and Territory
and that he had fallen down only OF
the outlet sewer and that was on ac
count of unforeseen conditions.
Make Much Money.
Link McCandless, interviewed las
evening, said that he did not know
much about the award, but that tn
successful bidder would make goo,
bunch of money.
"fWilson figured on $4,000 for buy
ing new equipment and bringing
from the Coast, and at that he stood t
make good profit on the contract owe
all costs. The other contractors VIII
have most of their equipment win max
fat profit on the work." he said.
Asked if he was going to contest tn
award on Wilson's behalf, McCandles
said that he did not know what woult
be done yet. He had just come in from
the country and had not seen Wilson