Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-05-18
BELT ROAD WORK
AGAIN IN fight


The majority members Of the com.
mission declared that only mere
technicality had made necessary the
cancellation of the contract on the
second section, awarded to the Lord.
Young company some months ago, and
that as today the same company was
again the lowest bidder, II would be
Just to award the contract to It again.
Moreover. Chairman Adams, Secretary
Petrie and Marston Campbell seemed
to feel that there is much doubt as to
whether Wilson is entitled to the first
contract even now, and that II was
best to clear off the second contract
which Is easy sailing. and then to take
TAP the problem of the first.
Change Quarters.
The commission first met in its
headquarters at the Young Hotel build
ing, where the bids were received, and
then adjourned to the city hall to give
the public full access to the meeting
The bids were closed at IL o'clock
but It was not until 1925 that the bids
were opened. The commission was
waiting for Marston Campbell. a mem
her, to appear and. as has been the
case a number of times, he showed nj
very late.
The bids were opened before he
came, and with the results above no
ted. There were only two sets of bids
Wilson and the Lord.Young company
bidding on both jobs.
The original bid of the Lord-Younp
, company on the first, or Heeia beach
, section, was $4,000. and on the sec
! ond. or Waialua, section s9S,5O0, SC
that the bids today were almost iden
tical, except, Of course, for the differ
ence in time caused by the delay.
The sum total of the two lowest
bids today is s176,i9S. In briei
| statement to the commission and the
/ public, Chairman Adams said that the
commission has in hand some slS2,
700, and asked the engineer, Mr. John
son. II the difference between that anC
, the sum Of today's contract figures
about $4,000, would cover the commits
sion's expenses. Johnson said he die
not think 1t would.
II was about this time, after tn,
motion to award Section 2 contract
ana clear the way for Section /, thai
I Mayor Fern smelled rat and started
the first series Of hot protests.
Fern impusns Motives.
| He declared that It didn't look goot
to him, that the bids for Section hat
/ been opened first, that It was the log
! ical bid to be awarded first anyway
and moved that Wilson's bid be &C
, cepted. .r.
! Meanwhile Marston Campbell, VIII,
/ had seconded Petries motion to awar,
| the contract on Section 2, withdrew
his second, and for twenty minutes
they argued back and forth. Fer
moved that both contracts be award
ed, each to the lowest bidder. But h,
couldn't get a second, although h
asked each of the other commissioner
In turn to come to his assistance.
Finally, Petrfe renewed his motion
Campbell again voiced his second, an,
also asked roll.call. . Fern was tn
only one to vote no. and Sam Dwigh
for the first time had to express hin
self. He voted yes with the majority
and the contract was FORMALLY award
ed to the Lord,Young Co.
Then Fern moved to award the frs
contract to Wilson, and again h
couldn't get a second. There the maj
1 ter stood when the commission at
journed for lunch and to talk 1t one
with Attorney General Lindsay, pa,
ticularly as to the effect of the ST
preme Court decision a few days age