The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-07-26
ROAD ROLLER IS
CAUSE OF A ROW
Murray Wants TO Know if Anyone
Suspects Graft-Bad Look
About Whole Affair
LFrom Thur.day,s Advertlssr.l


"Steam roller tactics" in the board
Of supervisors meeting yesterday over
the purchase of steam road roller
were blocked by a majority of the
board, particularly after Supervisor
Mcclellan said that he had heard
good deal about steam roller in the
last few days and concluded with the
remark that "the proposition does not
look good to me-"
The statement brought Supervisor
Murray to his feet with demand that
Mr.. Mcclellan explain himself. Muir
ray appeared to be touehy and was in.
sstent that the Democratic member
unburdcn himself, He was insulting in
his anger, alleging that Mcclellan was
''not man enough to reply" Through
all this TRADE Mcclellan sat tight in
his seat, smiling and pulling peacefully
at his Manila. When the smoke of the
conflict blew away the Murray reso.
luton for the purchase of road roll
err from j. p. Lynch was lost.
At the last meeting of the board u
resolution was introduced appropriate
ing 1880 for steam road roller of
ten tons weight. Yesterday at noon
two bids were received One was from
the j. Z. Lynch Company, offering to
sell tenton BulfaloPitts roller for
1880 in fifteen days, and another
| type for $4,000. The Honolulu Iron
Works offered TO sell Kelly-Spring.
field roller for $4,000, thirty days de.
livery.
|
terest in the Lynch bid. A roller was
needed now, he said, and the fact that
one could be brought here from Port
land in fourteen days was n great
pleasure to him. If the opportunity
were not taken up Immediately it
would be lost, he feared. 1t was sug-
gested that the guarantee of others TO
deliver in thirty days should be consid.
cred and anyway there was not so
much need for haste. Murray stated
that he would not believe anyone's
guarantee to deliver in thirty days
it couldn 7 be done-"b but, gentlemen,
we have an offer for n road roller to
be delivered in fifteen days.
Objection was made that the roller
was too light, but Murray waved OBJ
iections aside.
| ne representative Ol Int
Iron Works, III. WaldrOn, arose to speak
about delivery, but was shut Off by
Acting Mayor Low and told to sit down.
A few minutes afterward j. p. Lynch
arose to make statement and was per.
mitted to talk, apparently as much as
he wanted. He stated he had cable.
grams from Portland saying the road
roller in question could be sent here in
do ho hot
Twas some hesitation about accepting
his offer, Mr. Lynch said he would be
willing to take off $l5 per day for all
days over delivery time.
Murray then moved that Lynch's of.
fer be accepted. This brought McClel.
Ian TO his feet with a question as to
why there was so much difference in
the cost between the Lynch roller-and
that submitted by the Honolulu Iron
Works. He believed anyhow, the
board was not in a position to authorize
the acceptance of Mr.. Lynch IS offer as
he was just the agent for one style of
machine. If the board wanted special
roller then it should so state in its APP
plications. The vote was then taken
on Murray's motion and was lost on
the following ballot: Amana, Kruger
and Murray, aye; Low, Arnold, McClel
ian and Dwight, no.
81 am rather surprised to find Mr..
Mcclellan voting on this matter as he
is interested in the company making
the bid,' said Murray.
"There has been considerable talk
about this steam roller in the last few
days, and / don t like the looks of it, y
answered Mcclellan quietly. That
started the fireworks and graft was a
word which was freely used, Murray
got little satisfaction in endeavoring
to pin Mcclellan down TO what was
really intended in the Democrats little
remark.
/ care you getting into the same habit
as The Advertiser in yelling graft?'
demanded Murray.