The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-12-22
PRESIDENT TOO
BUSY TO SEE HIM
Kuhlo Calls at White House TO
Oppose Frear-Hawaiian
Notes From Abroad.
BY Emes, @. walker.
AM speeIal % The Aayerilser.,


ment bangles along here at Washington.
1t may be settled before this letter
reaches Honolulu. The fact that the
President fails TO act Is not surprising.
Such cases often hang FIRE for long
time, simply because the President does
not get around to take up the papers.
The impression continues that Governor
Frear will be renominated.
Delegate Kalanianaole said today he
did not know what was going to happen
il this case. 81 went to the White
House the other day." said he, "but
the President was occupied with other
callers and i did not see him. have
been to Secretary Fisher, with whom 1
have filed some additional charges, am
plifying what previously sent to him
about the homestead situation. He has
promised to give me a personal hearing
but / do not know when it will be. -
Kau Bill UP.
This morning the Delegate and John
II. McCrosson had hearing before the
house territories committee on the Kau
Ditch Bill. This is the first formal
step toward getting that measure enact
ed into law at this session of congress.
Similar hearings win be asked in due
season of the senate committee on the
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico. In that
connection it is probable that Senator
Carroll S. Page, of Vermont, will short
ly become chairman of that committed,
because of a new adjustment of char.
manships, now close at hand. Senator
Page is careful and conscientious
legislator and his selection for that
Craftsmanship will be generally salts.
factory to Hawaiian people who have
measures for consideration.
The Delegate cabled to Honolulu the
other day asking that the project for
the resurvey of Hilo Harbor be hasten.
ed so as to be placed before the river
and harbor committee of the house soon.
A ca BILE has been received in reply stat
ing that the project will be sent as
suon as possible and should reach
Washington early in January.
Pearl Harbor Bids.
The navy department has decided to
build forthwith the marine barracks
and officers quarters at Pearl Harbor.
The Spalding Construction Company, of
Portland, Oregon, gets the award at
$l60,675, which is $4,000 for the Off
GERS quarters and $1l6,675 for the bar
racks. Some changes in the plans for
the officers quarters were made, so as
to bring them within the price of the
Spalding bid, as the original price
asked by this company was $46,346 for
the junior officers quarters and $1S,268
for the quarters for commanding Off
GERS. This made total of $4,000 in
excess of the'amount authorized by law.
Tie Spalding bid was the lowest for
the barracks, but William E. Kier of
Colorado Springs had the lowest bid
for the quarters. Mr.. Kier, however,
declined to build the quarters unless
he was alse awarded the contract for
building the barracks.
Lieut.-Col. Charles l.. McCawley, who
has the matter in charge, desired to
have the work undertaken speedily. 1t
seemed for a time as though the bids,
which were opened here December 4,
would lead to no award and that a new
advertisement would be necessary. Col.
McCawley, however, worked out the
plan above described The bids as re-
ceived here were as follows:
Totals for all buildings-W. N. Con-
cannon Company, of San Francisco,
$4,000; Lord-Y Young Engineering
Company, Honolulu, $2l7,400; William
+. Kier, Colorado Springs, Colorado,
$1S1,955; Spalding. Construction Com
pany, of Portland, Oregon, $1s1, ,2S9.
The Sound Construction and Engineer
ing Company, of Seattle, Washington,
submitted bid of $3.50, ,s43 for the bar
racks building, but no other work.
AS divided the bids for the barracks
building were: Concannon Company,
$l63,OO0; Lord Young, $l41, 900; Kier,
$l22,392; Spalding, $116,675; Sound
Construction and Engineering Com
pany, $l30,s43.
For two junior officers quarters
Coneannon, $6l,60O; Ford d-Young, $780,
900; Kier, $43,476; Spalding, SAC, ,346.
For the commanding officers quar-.
ters-Coneannon $22,s00; Lord-Young,
$20,OO0i KieF, $l6,Os7; spalding, $1s,.
PCS.
HOnOlulans at Capital.