The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-10-17
Wilson Tells About Fighting"
Ring and How II Tried TO
Bhbe Him.
SUIT MAY BE FILED TODAY
Some interesting Details in
Regard 10 Methods Of
Making Bids.

hui Of contractors was FORMED 70 get
the belt road contract, but that court
proceedings are nearly ready to start,
and much will be made plain.
Today or tomorrow the next chapter
in the belt road iasCo will be written,
for at that time the papers in the suit
wilisbe fled by attorneys for Johnny
Wilson, the low bidder, to compel the
award of the contract to him by the
continuation.
when the bids were opened it was
found that Wilson was low bidder, at
sgs,S67, while Lord Young Engineering
Company was next with $79,7lo, but
the contract was awarded to Lord
Young after several secret meetings of
the board.
The award was NOT unanimous, how
ever, Mayor Fern and Chairman Adams
OF the board voting against giving it
to IoEd-Yohng. -
~ r'"changes his Vote.
After this was settled and the meet
ing adjourned, Chairman Adams exi-
dently, ShOught that it would not look
right for eths chairman of the board to
be. opposed to the majority, 90 he
asked permission TO change his. vote to
an affirmative, one, which was granted
..tOr several days. thereafter nothing
was done rs, It was rumored that Val
son was going to contest the award,
Nothing came, and 90 when the ten
days were up which the successful bid
ders were allowed in WHICH to sign the
contract, or .foEfeit their. check Of over
four thehsand dollars, they did 80 and
announced that they would commence
wofk at once, ,n. ..fto
At the time the contract, was award,
ed to Lord Young, Wilson was rendered
his check Of deposit which ascoma
panied his bid, but refused : TO accept
it. .a.s,e .oat;.s u st6, ~ $3.50
.,,soa StsVtling Developments. aa'i -
with the fling OF suit today Bring
ing action TO compel the award to Viii
son, some startling developments ae to
the way contracts have been banded
back and forth in Honolulu win likely
be brought out.
information in regard to an alleged
hui of contractors who were bound to-
gether ON, this contract not to submit
bid of less than $4,000 is likely to
develop, and other matters as to the
way the work was to be parceled' out
may. come up.
s Fought Twelve Years.
al have been fighting this ring of
contractors for twelve years., said
Wilson yesterday, land they have
offered me money and jobs to pull out
of contracts and leave it to them.
/ "In only one instance have j any
/ proof of this, and that was on the
sewer outfalI when two men came to
my house on tho work and offered me
$4,000. My wife and an employee OF
mine were within hearing at that time
and heard the conversation.
"At all other times there have been
no. witpesses, and so it is my word
against theirs.
offered Good Job.
III viii say that on the present con
tract representative of these con
trautoFei came to me and then went u
MeCAndiess asking him to have me
stop thinking of bidding on the work
sit was stated 10 him that would
be givsh some money and job at two
hundred and fifty dollars a month, and
would bava to talk with me.
IN bnsw that the job would last
ab0ntgEiN weeks, and so 1 had nothing
10 do with IL but submitted my bid.
Question Of Life.
alt Is not a question of my winning
this contract, but it is a question of 4
small bidder having any chance against
the ring. If lose out on this, ! viii
have been named as irresponsible and
will never be able 10 get another con
tract from the government
'AlsO, IL the ring is sneeessful il
this ease, IL will be the doom OF th'
contractor of moderate means ! hay,
saved the county and territory th0n
sands ~ dollars IN the past by making
the other e0ptfaeiors, bid down TO m,
figures, and below. when they Wantel
10 job sons contract and get the ful
amount appropriated for !,
- am going into this hghf 10 mak'
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