Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-28
ARMORY PROBE
Continued
BY CORONER
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Y
ply to the practicability of methods,
or to the safety of the work as 1t
was finally settled on. That the ele-
ment Of safety was involved Is plain
" shown by the last two letters OF
the correspondence, one Of which,
from the Honolulu Planning Mill 10
Ripley & Davis, was published last
Saturday In this letter the contrac.
tors said:
I'VE also desire to ask again IL this
steel-work as il 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 II 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:
First: We must insist that the stee
columns be made complete, that is
that the splice be fully riveted JUS
as was suggested in the ruling Of
| Prof. Young, whose decision we agreed
to adopt in regard to this steel work
This should be done at the expense o.
the steel company who furnished ths
steel as they agreed to abide by Prof
Young's decision in this matter
Second: You will omit the membel
of the truss which forms this brac.
(see sketch "A'') and set the trusse.
on the columns as indicated by sketcl
aB',
Third: You will brace the column
temporarily as indicated by sketcl
l.'C".
Fourth: You will brace the stee
work at each column as indicated b.
sketch 3D. This temporary wood brac
| ing is simply for safety and Is onl,
| what is often used in steel work unit
the schole scheme of steel work is il
place and fully riyeted.
Fifth: You will put in all the brac
! ing and tie members which form
part of the roof work as fast as tn,
trusses are in place. We do not ad
init that this is the proper method o
construction. We claim that the prop
er time to put on roof is when TIL
building is erected up to the roof an,
to set nearly a hundred tons of stee
fifty feet UP in the air upon unsur
llorted 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
ling upon a method which otherwisl
would be required.
i You of course assume all risks Il
this method, but il yeu put in tn
Temporary bracing, as suggested, w
feel you will be quite safe in this re
tspect.
Respectfully yours,
RIPLEY G DAVIS,
/ Architects