The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-11-10
COMMISSIONERS
ANSWER WILSON
File Papers In Injunction Suit
Attacking Responsibility Of
Contractor.
LION Thnr.anr Q AdvorLInorl

(From Thursday Advortisor)
Il was promised that tho reply TO
J. II. wilson's bill for an injunction
10 restrain the loan fund commissioners
from awarding the contract for the
hocia bolt road to tho Lord-Yoeng En-
cheering Company, would not make
very pleasant reading for Wilson. Tho
answer was filed yesterday, and it
alleges that Wilson lost two contracts
because he could not finish them--ono
on Kauai and one in Honolulu. Accord
ing TO the allegations, Wilson was at
fault in both cases.
The answer fled by Deputy Attorney
General Sutton is on behalf of loan
fund commissioners, Chairman Adams,
Superintendent of Public Works Camp
bell, $. C. Dwight and L. II. Potrie.
After the usual formal admissions the
answer goes on to state that Chairman
Adams sNas deputed to make an investi-
cation regarding tho three lowest bid.
ders--rhoodorS Bauman, the Lord
Young Engineering Company, Ltd, and
J. IL, Wilson.
Adams reported that the records of
Bauman and the Lord-Young company
were good, and he could find nothing to
indicate responsibility.
whsre Wilson Failed.
With regard to Wilson. however,
Adams reported that he had been in.
formed that Wilson had failed to com
plete two contracts that ho had under.
taken, one FOR the county OF Kauai
and the uther for Fho Territory.
The contract ON Kauai was for the
construction Of a portion of the road
from Makaweli to hanapepe In that
instance, Wilson claitaed that the stone
erusher furnished to him by the county
was not delivering the guaranteed
amount of material, AMI, therefore, he
could not perform tic work as rapidly
as he had expected to be able to do.
Adams said that II had been learned
from inquiries by the county engineer
that the crusher hal actually delivered
larger amount Of material than was
guaranteed OF required under the con-
tract. The county officials also claimed
that the machine had not been properly
operated by the contractor. The rock
crusher on Kauai is duplicate OF the
one that the supervisors of Honolulu
had undertaken to lend the loan fund
commissioners for tho use of tho sue
cessful bidder on the number ono Sec
tion of the Oahu belt road.
Wilson Lost Contract. +
Adams had come across the following
report in the public works department;
Completion and extension OF sewer
age, Honolulu: The contract was made
July 5, 1899, with j. II. Wilson under
the firm name of Wilson & Whitehouse,
for the construction Of the outfaIi
I sewer, the same to be completed by
/ July !, 1900, but his progress was so
J slow that at the expiratisp of the time
( specified little had been accomplished
4 beyond laying that part Of the outfaIl
which consists of vitrified pipe, n length
of 1900 feet, in shallow water, and his
methods were so manifestiy Inadequate
for the carrying out Of the work that
on September 10. tho contract was talk
en- away and the work continued by
the government. Tho completion Of his
contract would have entitled MIN to
receive the total amount of something
in excess Of $4,000. The actual pay
mont made TO him undor the contract
amounted to $6656.6O."
Dwight's Contribution.
: Adams stated that Dwight had told
him that he did not consider that VIII
son should get the contract, MS he did
! not think that Wilson had the ability
to carry it out Dwight stated that
Wilson was unsatisfactory as road su-
pervisor.
! OF course it was set out that Wilson
was the lowest responsible bidder. It
was denied TINT Wilson had ever made
any request for hearing with regard
to his responsibility, as alleged in the
petition. 1t was further denied that
Adams had reported to the commission
ers that he was in favor of awarding
the contract to Wilson. Tho commits
sioncrs set out that they had no knowl-
edge that Wilson was worth $4,000.
Auditor Fishers Reply.
A reply on behalf Of Auditor Fisher
was also submitted This was formal
affair, admitting tho usual formal mat
ters 1t stated that the auditor be-
lieyed that after an impartial investiga-
ton of the facts, il was established that
the ord-Young Engineering Co., Ltd,
i WAS the lowest rRaDnusiblo bidder