The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-23

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ffenait ard mail la uaVfihHi ffftf W
ihe fifJmtf last Friday. tifhhr a.
peal % bring pfe.tufc % have ihe 80.
/ pefinicndrnt N ruhlit works 90 adtef.
iite to- bids faf the vofk according 20
TIE estimates 81 En0inetf Houthwofth,
% that the project may be pushed thia
season
"Ii win be recalled that IN the sams
bin an appropriation for $4,000 went
through for a wharf 40 Hnnnioi, Kauai,
which IL t9lng held up by similar tac.
ties. The Hnnalci peopic. We under.
stand, win Institute mAndnmna proceed.
ingh 10 compel Mr.. Campbell 90 build
their wharf. The cost OF this will. OF
course, come ont Of the appropriation,
which Is large enough 10 stand Il while
that for Mahukona 70 not.n
That Iron MOT Made Here.
That those who made tho charge got
on on the wrong scent when they said
that Mr.. Campbell insists that Ger.
tain kind Of steel bar, made by the Ho.
nolulu Iron Works, must DO usod,p Is
shown by Mr.. Hedemann's first state.
ment after he was shown the article
yesterday.
1--WE do not make that IRON" said
he.-''I do not wish to say anything
about the whole case; I know nothing
about the contract / have not heard
Of the matter before. ] have Just re.
turned from a trip to the Orient, and
during the three months / was away
did not read a single Hawaiian news
paper. I never knew that the legisla.
ture had appropriated money for such
wharf. 1t is absolutely new to me.
' We are agents for the Kahn system
Of reinforced concrete which is being
used greatly in all construction here
in this Territory, so far as 1 know. It
rs not at all strange to me that the
superintendent of public works recom-
mends it as it is acknowledged every
where in the East to be one of the best.
y not the best, kind of iron TO be used
IN connection with reinforced concrete.
However, you understand, we do
} not make it,, as he says there; we are
simply agents for the manufacturers
{ and are selling great amount Of it. .
Depends Upon How Used.
! "Would the use of old railroad rails
for reinforcing the concrete be salts.
factory ~ he was asked.
1t depends upon how it was used, ,,
he answered. rim foundation work for
machinery and things of that sort old
rails are very often used, and there is
no reason why they should not be so
used as matter of economy, but they
p can not be used satisfactorily in con
nectiOn with a new building.n
Mr.. Hedemann again stated that he
knew absolutely nothing about any
contract for the wharf and referred the
reporter to other members of the staff
of the iron works for any information
I. on this subject. He did speak, how
ever, on the subject of alleged graft,
and used no uncertain tones in stating
that the Honolulu Iron Works never
has been connected with graft. Said
he:
Knows Nothing About Graft.
! owe do not know anything about
graft; we never have anything of that
kind in our blsiness. We are paying
no commissions to anybody. For the
many years / have known Mr.. Camp
bell l have never, in one single in
stance, known that he has, in any way,
laid himself open to such an accuse
tion as that. / never heard of it be-
fore. .ysl
81 can say with absolute assurance
that noto In our businessthas any such
thing taken place, either with Mr..
Campbell or anybody else. If Mr..
Campbell has recommended that iron it
has been because he considers it the
thing most suitable for the work. I
think the insinuation made is wrong
one entirely" g
No Inducements Held Out.
Strong as is this statement, Mr..
Hedemann made it more SO by adding:
"We have never paid commission
to anybody TO recommend the material
we use of any kind. We have never
paid commissions nor held out certain
inducements to anybody, in our bust
ness, to produce work and procure or
ders through them, by commissions or
graft of any kind. We have not done
it in oar business, and Mr.. Campbell is
the man who, least of all, could be APP
preached
tMr. Campbell used to be in our en-
ploy and know him personally very
we'll think he is a man Of high in.
tegrity. know he is man of great
determination in regard to what he
considers the best. Therefore, If he
has recommended that material, feel
personally convinced that he has done
so because he considers it the most suit
able for the purpose, as so many other
people do. We are selling tons and
/; tons of that material right here in Ho.
nolulu.
at seems to mes concluded Mr.
Hedemann, Hthat it is political move
and slur on a man g character which
is absolutely without foundation