The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-05-16

oIlNA IOh Il. AAlb GSI4R
On way to Washington to further can
didacy for Governorship.
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"From what have been able TO size
up OF the situation, the chances of my
canddace for the govornorship look
bright" said Senator ID. T. Metzger, on |
the eve OF his departure for Washing |
ron Yesterday. 81 am not given to
ovcrsanguineness but am on the way |
with what ! consider excellent chances
of boing the gubcrnatorial dark horse.
Of course. after have talRcd with Sec
rotary Lane win probably know more
than l do now.
win Not Establish Camp.
Senator Metagcr was a passenger de.
parting on Tie Lurline. He will 20
straight TO Washington TO SEQ the see
rotary of the interior, and will then
proceed to Philadelphia on business
connected with his work ON the Hilo
| brealiwater.
'I have no intention OF establishing
a camp at the Capital and making any
long stay there he said. Gan that |
have TO do thelc will to done in three
or four days.
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there viii he No Governor named until
September, but he docs not credit the
ruinois that there will be an amendment
TO the Organic Act before that time to
make possible the appointment of n
malihini Governor.
Concerning Senator Metzger's connec-
ton with the Hilo brealwatcr and his
visit to Philadelphia to confer with the
officers of the contracting firm, the cor
respondent of The Advertiser at Ililo
writes under date of May IL:
There Is pilikia about the breakwa-
ter construction. The Philadelphia
Breakwatcr Company, which is working
on the present contract, has virtually
suspended operations, while ID. II. Metz
ger, who is in charge, leaves Honolulu
To-Day Tor philadelpnla nwherc he will
consult with the officers of the COMPANY.
The trouble lies In the quarry. This
is located less than q, mile from the
brcakwatcr, Il short distance from the
old powder hGise.F Here avery cSpcn-
sive plant, with huge air compressors
and air driven derricks and cranes, has
been installed
There Is plenty of rock in sight. hut
tho trouble with it is that it is impos.
sblc to get much of it out in pieces
ms large ms is required by the United
States authorities. The main part of
the present contract consists in super
structure, that is. building froul the
substructure which the Lord Young
Engineering Company built up to with
in twelve feet of the surface, up to the
final height, the same as the already
completed section which ID. Il. Metzgcr
built.
The greater part of this rock required
for the substructure built by the Lord.
Young Company was comparatively
small in size, and that company was
therefore not seriously hampered by
quarry troubles. though it did not Oh.
tirely escape them. The Philadelphia
company is compelled, however, to use
large number of rocks which weigh
no less than three tons each, as well as
goodly lot of rock weighing mini.
mum of eight tons, and it is these large
rocks which it has been found viriu-
ally impossible to secure from the pres
ent quarry. The rock there is found
in which appears to be fine face, but
in taking it out it is generally broken
into pieces too small to be of use in
the breakwater construction. As a con.
sequence the cost of getting out the
VIZ IoNhN ~ UTOflDlIlNt on
account of the great quantities of small
rock which must he handled. and from
which no revenue is received.
While nothing definite can he learned
from those in charge of the operations.
it is plain that work has been almost
suspended. Very little rock is being
dumped on the brcakwater, and visit
to the quarry reveals very little activ,
/ itv Tho nrnaf n plau 4
lies idle, only one of the big sho3els
is working. and The camn which was
some time ago tceming with life, is now
ALMOST deserted.
Some of the rock taken out of the
quarry. which cannot be used on the
breakwatcr, is being used for the build
ing of riprap wall for the Knbio Bay
wharf, which seems to have furnished
= welcom" rick-up, but al appcaranccs
indicate that as far as the actual break
water work is conccrned little is being
done but marking time and doing rs
much as is necessary to keep the or
ganization together.
Trouble Was Predicted.
For some time past waterfront popu-
lation has been predicting trouble for
the Philadelphia Breakwater contrac.
tors. It was very plain that big sums
went into the plant which the company
built, including substantial wharf
two enormous scOws, n fine sea-going
tug and n collection of warehouses
shops, car barns and so forth which
would mike the New York central
terminus look sick. Rerort has it that
the plant has cost the company upwards
of 100000.
1t has been very generally pointed
ont that the outfit with which Metzger
worked on his first contract, which
was his own, and where he could fol
low his own head, was far more sue
cessful and much cheaper to buy and
TO operate than is the present outfit
In the ORIGINAL contract Met7gcr pulled
his rock from the quarry direct TO his
crane right over the completed portion