The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-20
kUH|B VRARF ROAD
. AGAIN IN DISPUTE

Another ,wrangle in connection with
the building of the road approach
from waiakea to the Kuhio wharf In
Hiio was the subject of considerable dis
cussion at the meeting of the harbor
commission held yesterday. The Ha-
wall supervisors have agreed to spend
$1,000. on the construction or the roaI,
the balance of the cost TO be borne by
the harbor commission, for which pnr.
nose the Legislature appropriated $685.
900. ~ 81 90. .,a-l g r..
) Il appears that q. @, Foss, Jr., who
seeufed the contract ftemt the harbor
commission to build the road, had
agreed to do the county's share for
the agreed figure of $1,000. At least,
this Is the claim of Norman X. Lyman,
secretary to Samuel Kauhane, chair
man and executive officer of the In.
waii board of supervisors.
Foss "Renigs," Claims Lyman
Foss, however, when bids were
called for the county share of the
road bid 5000 over the specified $1,000
which had been appropriated by the
county. He claims he mad never
agreed to do this portion of the WORK
for $1,000. Some one Is wrong. Poss
says he is right. The county officials
say the same thing for themselves.
The matter has been put up to the
harbOr commission.
There is one thing which is not ex'
planned and this is that when Foss bid
5000, two other bidders underbid him
and yet Foss was supposed to have
been awarded the contract for the
work by the Hilo county officials. Jose
Francisco Ferreira's bid was for
S7959.O7, and that of c. II. Wills was
for $S5SO.70. Both were lower, YET
neither secured the contract.
Lyman now writes to the harbor
board that all bids have been rejected
aud that new tenders, based on a
cheaper construction of the road, have
been called for. He asks if the board
would approve the plan and, if not,
whether the harbOr commissioners
would make good the difference Of
5000 demanded by Contractor Foss
Pass Buck Up Temporarily
The whole thing was too knotty for
the three members who were present
at the harbor board meeting yester-
day, who were Acting Chairman Nc
Carthy and COMMISSIONERS Wakefield
and BODICE, Chairman Forbes being
away on Kauai and Commissioner
Church having just arrived in
San Francisco. The board decided to
take the whole pilikia up at n special
meeting, which was called for half
past one clock next Monday after
noon, when Chairman Forbes will be
back in Honolulu and four out of the
five members of the board will be
present and able to wrestle with the
wrangle. ... %. ..41.r
An opinion from the attorney gen,
eral, written at the request of the
board, bearing On the workman's com
pensation act wherein it effects gov
eminent employees, was read. This was
laid on the table 20 be taken up az
q more opportune moment, as Commits,
siOner and Acting Chairman Mccarthy
who is the territorial treasurer, an
nounced that he was calling a inset,
ing of all government heads of depart
ments TO take the subject under con
sideration
Small Damage Reported
In landing roller on the territorial
wharf at Kauai, the Inter Island Steam
| Navigation Company did some damage
10 the wharf. The whar6nger there
sent in bill for the damage, which
had been repaired with n request that
the steamship company foot the bill
II Is a mere song, 50 far AS the fnaner
of the harbor board go, but it will be
taken up with the company in question
Robert r. Craik, foreman in charge
submitted q report on the repairs r.
quired to be made on the Honolulu
piers. This was laid on the table %
await the return of Chairman Forbes
from Kauai. Bills, payrolls and Il
great mass Of correspondence received
the attention of the board.