The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-26
Bids Presented" .For Waimea-
Waialee Improvement Reject.
'Ssed-Are Too High i
QUINN WANTS $4,000
n BUT IS, DEFEATED
Other Supervisors Would Give
Contractors Another Chance
To Submit Tenders 4

(From Wednesdays Advertiser.
fllEl Boon! MLzt, zooey
That IS about how most Of the fneetinI
of the board Of supervisors sounded last
light. the Moilin ffawstiSs liid moth
ing on the city fathers wan u ems
to an exhibition Of pyroteshnies, EyefS
,sluDer nat aDJut sixteen iffecfackers II
his pockets and exploded Them during
sne !, ,,,isv VI L"e tIV-GO,.is lLloIl.j ~ %
The Zig blareup came d,ufag the dis
clfsslon relative to the 60 st uetion3 OIL
the Wai6iea Waialee road. fhe firework,
beRah when the roads committee succeed
Ell IN having rejected the bitf Of $36, 500
Submitted III Theodore B,itiIralit and thu
1 BID Of J.H Wilson for So, 800 will
strings attached which the e5.linistee fig
ured would cost $tUUO more. fhe con-
fIitt E secured the IL. cotton Of BIDS 81
the ground that the hgares we're entirely
too nigh. Ia ,ett ~
Quinn Demand ssars Fireworks "
bai efyisor QuiAn, chairman of the road
|eSinnittte, immediately presented b Teso
htion asking for an appropriation Of
$4,000 for, the carrying out Of the pro
pos d improvement; claiming thar Il
could be done for that sum or lesss
That was the signal FOR M f6e acts ne
Roman candies. H0lli1ger eontended thai
the toad could not be built for less thar
$40, eco and wanted the entire subiee'
REFERRED 10 The public Expenditures com
nittee of which he is chairman. @R ~
Quinn stuck by his Eans saying b,
could build the road for less than $50,
900 OF hea'would "eat it.''F He protest
ed against FURTHER delay and 1cfeelatet
that ii he was given the 'ciiance that b,
would have the toad completed IN 81,
months. He pointed ont that practical
ly every automobile which attefnptetf an,
round. the island trip yesterday was stan
ed in this district. -. 'l....-..
Larsen Against sPolitical' Roads
larsen proeiaiined that Quinn was al
tug ther zoo optimistic in regard, to hi.
Abilities as road builder; gave it al
his opinion thai Ne the road was BULL
az Quinn proposed that 1t wotiid he an
other "poliical road such as HonoIdlL
b well aequaiHted with''; obJeeted iArss
last and. all the time TO Erpofitical
roa- ~ that $l6yDV0 lwas too mach motley
.toySote in lump; that Quinn sh6dl
better be allowed to 20 ahead and build
one mil of road al the cost he had ny
,ured out to see h ms could Itmake good. j
Logan suggested that Quinn DC gIyei
$5OUu to begin the work and then add
tioaal funds as the work required and
in this way keep o check ON the cost OF
the work and itsr stability. Quinn r..
piled - Seems / I'M only D Deggar in Thu
board so | will take anything / can get
but you can all put 1t down that the
road win BE- built. anl FOR less than 500,
600. %sH..5.,4A '~
Arnold entered into the discussion with
his belief that the specifications submit,
ted to the Contractors We're TOO eTabor
ate and that they should bsnallowed to
Submit new tenders hhdef modified sreci
fications. u,ETyA.r''
Baumann objects to Criticism 49,.
Fat this poiat Theodore BaunIarfn one
df the contractors who has submitted
bids, was recognized by the mayor and
injected more tire into the heated argu.
ment, deelaringr,
'"l resent tie criticism which has been
heaped 90 the contractors who have sub.
United bids here and the differences that
If orr bids were accepted that the city
would loose $4,000. doubt il any
member Of the. board of supervisors ant.
espt tally the road committee has read
the Apeci6cutions, IL they did read them
| doubt if they understood, doubt ii
they know. the present stains of labor
cost. If the road committee thinks II
can build the proposed road for even
as high as $4,000, let alone $l6,0OO,
under the Specifications submitted to us,
i challenge them to put. up a bond of 81
per cent of the eo6traN amount as we
are required aad 60 ahead and build the
Hornsr Is psacemahsr
Supervisor Horner gained the floor
as psacemaker. and, there followed the
referring of the original resolution fof
the appropriations OF $l6 ono to tia ways
and means committee and the adoption
of motion by Arnold that the engineer
be instructed to prepare modified
specifications for the proposed road and
submit the plans TO the board. Arnold
used as his chief argument that there
was on necessity for twenty .four-foo
road in the district. He believed a
road could be, built at cost of be.
tween $4,000 and $R0, 900 to answer all
pr nHses ..h fs5,s',
Z The question Of sidewalks brought up
another heated discussion when the or
dinance compelling the building of a
fOur.foot cement sidewalk on Kalakaua
avenue, between King, street and John
Ena road, came up for second reading
Boyd Makes Vigorous Protest
James Boyd, registered vigorous pro
test against piekihe out that thorough