The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-02-20
SAYS HI[0 Will
GET building
Contractor Lord CONFIDENT Ores
cent city Will Soon Have
~ Federal Structure.

7 - don't think that tEere Is any pos.
Eibility Of Hilo not having her federal
building constructed
This statement was made this week
by contractor Young OF the Lord Young
bhaineering Company who returned re.
Gently from Washinkton where tho Hilo
builling matter was taken no BY him
with the authoritTes,
Young was quite confident that the
ebtife s-OL,UJU appropriation was avail.
Hple Tor the actual construction Of the
eldnee, and That ii was a MISTAKE 20
suppose that out OF this Sum s20,0OO
81 ~ ,UGO had TO be Deducted for pref.
hlnafy expenses, leaving only about
$iis,9JO avhiiaLe 1of application on
the contract. M
"The. advertisement calling for bids
said thIt there was S20OU0U available
for the building, ana thar was enough
Tor me, said Dung. - newer c6,i-
sidered that there could be any qnes-
lion on this point, and did not oven
bother to take IL up In Washington.
p'WhiTe thus the lowest Of tho bids re.
eeived, TINT OF the Campbell building
company, tor $l06,D22, comes within
the appropriation, Rnd while the other
birds arc decidedly above the appropria-
tioh, IL Is BY no means certain that the
sontrsist VIII be to the Campbell
company. AS matter Of fact, an edort
Is being made TO have alternate propo.
sails submitted, which viii reduce the
requirements under the specifications as
they NOW stand. ".
This matter furnished one OF the oh.
jects for foang's visit at the cal tai
lie represented TO the treasury depart.
ment authorities that il wis impossible
tor the Campbell people TO buifd the
Structure Tor the pinodnt of their bid
and added other reasons why the speei.
6eations should be modified. Young
poihts 70 the serious troubles OF the
Philadelphia Breakwatcr Company as
an example OF what are the results
where contractor takes u big contract
under a bid which is fur too low. He
adds that II Is 70 .Hilo's interest 20 SO,
TO II that its federal building Is not sub
Jeeted to tho same kind Of trouble.
Another feature which Young called
the attention Of the Washington author
tiles to, Is that the building as designed
is not earthquake-proof, lie says that
In This respect It is totally unsnited fol
conditions in Hil6, aud that II would
involve considerable risk to erect il
as now designed. On the other hand
| he pointed ont 70 the authorities tina
this defect could be met by slight al
terations 10 the original design.
Y Young contends that the requirements
for the stone work on the bnilsing ar,
limprae tieable! as they make IL impos
sdbie to use Hawaiian stone OF othei
stone which can be secured at rat,
which allows its use and still provides
for the construction Of the ediice with
IN the amount Of the contract,
I The proposition has been made to til,
authorities that they allow the thre'
lowest bidders TO submit alternate pro
posals. These bidders are the Camp
bell Building Company, the Sound Con
stfuetion Company, which bid 1907 ,932
and the LordsY oung Engineering Com
pany, which bid $2STy5O0 and $22S, 7O'
on alternate proposals. W.
4 If this proposition is agreed TO, tn,
three bidders viii submit proposal
which come within the appropriation
at, the same time showing where the.
propose to ent the original requirement
/ III order TO effect savings Several sucl
ciits can be made, says Young, whieI
| will resince materially the expense D
| construction, while at the same tim
they are OF such q nature that the.
Twill NOT detraet from the solidity or tn
good appearance Of the building. =
Young had received a letter from hi
Representative in Washington, date
January "a, in which il was stated tina
nothing had been done by the author
tiles at that time, but that il looke'
as n the proposition OF allowing alter
mite proposals to be made would g