Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-28
ARMORY PROBE
Continued
BY CORONER
Continued from page one1

ply to the practicability of methods,
or to the safety of the work as II
was finally settled on. That the ete-
ment of safety was involved is plain
" shown by the last two letters OF
the correspondence, one OF when,
from the Honolulu planning Mill to
Ripley & Davis. was published last
Saturday In this letter the contrac'
tors said:
1--WE also desire to ask again If this
steel-work as it now stands IS not
strong enough to be erected with
safety, or by leaving out the knee
braces as suggested by Mr.. Young.
We desire to do everything possible
to facilitate this work and to follow
your instructions and requests as far
as we can reasonably do so, but as
the contract price for this building is
exceedingly low, we do not feel that
we can afford to go to this additional
expense and delay unless we are
granted an extension of time If neces-
sary, and also extra compensation for
the additional expense to which We
will be put"
In answer to this letter the archi-
tects wrote the following letter, in
which the question of safety is plain
July II, 1913.
Honolulu Planning Mill, Ltd.
Honolulu, T. H.
Gentlemen:
Your communication under date Of
July 18th, regarding the erection of
| the steel work of the armory is at
hand and in reply, we would say that
| it is our wish to assist in every way
| possible in the rapid and economical
construction of this building and We
! assure you that we shall not cause
you to go to one dollars expense, that
can be avoided and secure the proper
construction of this building. We fully
/ appreciate your position in regard to
the crew of steel erectors and we wish
to assist you in every way possible.
For your acceptance if you see fit to
| do so we. will agree to the following
method of construction:
i First: We must insist that the steel
columns be made complete, that is,
that the splice be fully riveted just
as was suggested in the ruling OF
Prof Young, whose decision we agreed
| tc adopt in regard to this steel work
/ This should be done ct the expense OF
| the steel company who furnished the
/ steel as they agreed to abide by Prof
Young's decision in this matter.
Second: You will omit the member
i of the truss which forms this brace
tsee sketch HA') and set the trusses
on the columns as indicated by sketch
i "B''.
Third You will brace the columns
j Temporarily as indicated by sketch
"C'.
i Fourth: You will brace the stee
4 work at each column as indicated By
sketch Cd. This temporary wood brac
ing is simply for safety and is only
i what is often used in steel work unit
place and fully riveted.
/ Fifth: You will put in all the brac
ing and tie members which form ;
part of the roof work as fast as the
trusses are in place. We do not ad
nit that this is the proper method d
construction We claim that the prop
er time to put on a roof is when tn,
building is erected up to the roof ant
s to set nearly a hundred tons of stee
fifty feet up in the air upon unsup
Iorted columns is not the correc
method, however, under the circum
stances, We do not wish to cause yol
expense or delay the work by insist
ing upon a method which otherwis,
| would be required.
| You OF course assume all risks il
Il IL +
temporary, bracing, as suggested, w
feel you will be quite safe in this re
spect.
Respectfully yours,
RIPLEY C DAVIS,