Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-31
Low Bid GIVEN
ON HILLEBRAND
SURPRISES MANY
Picanco & Comes Offers Less
BY $4,000 Than Any
Other Firm
GOVERNORS LETTER IS
READ DURING MEETING
Puunui Street Discussion Is
Held Again; District to
Be Visited

With an offer lower by practically
$5006 than the lowest estimate of any
engineer on the HilIebrand glen prof.
ect to divert the waters of Maole
stream into Nuuanu Reservoir No. 4,
ana lower by $4,000 than any other
bidder, Picanco & Comes, construct
ing engineers, sprang a distinct sur
prise this morning upon loan fund
commissioners and the three rival
firms that had submitted offers on the
work The exact bid was s1S,535 with
Sc working days
Those present at the loan fund
meeting almost gasped when the offer
was read, and Ed Lord, president OF
the Lord Young Engineering Com
pany, who had been over the ground
but who had not filed any offer, de-
clared after all the bids were opened
that II is rank impossibility for any
contractor to put through the work in
Sc days.
Enolneer Exceeds Estimate
5af1os TExior, cHgineerz1 tire
commission, bid $24,S91.84S, which is
slightly higher than his estimate to
the commission. He would do the
work in 13a days. William Cullen
made a bid of s24,995 and It's working
days, and John Duggan offered $780,
1888, with 120 working days.
There is slight discrepancy in the
offer by Picanco & Comes and its
grand total as summed up for the
work in detail. the latter being great
er by approximately $1.5o than the
other
Relative to the action necessary in
securing permission from the forest
~ board for the work of construction,
some discussion was held today, but
at the end a vote was taken to re-
quest the board for a permit to enter
the land. The bids will be tabulated
by the secretary before any contract
is awarded.
Governor Sends Letter
A letter from Governor Pinkham to
Forestry Superintendent Judd was
read at the meeting, ia part as fol
lows:
.As the loan fund commission has
determined to construct the above
tunnel and ditch, it would be often.
sive to delay them.
Il have desired the bureau of hy-
biography to secure exact measure
ments of the Maole stream. On
wednesday they will have data for
the past five months. | believe it can
be managed to continue these meas.
urements during this work and until
completed, and then the stream be
turned into the tunnel and ditch. By
that time. il the usual rains come, We
shall have the necessary data to COM
pute accurately the flow OF the Maole
stream for 12 years without estimates.
IL have found estimates based on
theories misleading and expensive.
Respectfully,
"LUCIUS E. PINKHAM,
Governor of Hawaii '
Lord and kirchhoff
Ed Lord today voiced vigorous
complaint against the loan funds urg-
ing him to fix up the Puunui streets,
declaring that he has done all in his
power to put them right even to haul.
ing larger and better rock there than
the specifications called for.
Fred Kirchhoff, engineer, reminded
Lord that there had been good days
when the work could have been done,
and said he did not believe the con.
tractor has done his best in the mat,
ter.
what dye mean, good days. Lord
burst out. do you expect me to wait
up there till 3 O'Clock each morning
TO see if the sun is going to come out,
then pick up a gang of men and send
them up there"
Kfrchhoff did not answer the ques-
tion but told the commission that the
roads are in poor condition, especi
ally ON Liliha from Judd to Kauai.
on Wyllie, Puunui avenue and Alewa
street. He said that under present
conditions they might be. better by
Christmas.
Finally after much discussion the
board decided to visit the street and
will leave at 8 O'Clock tomorrow
morning for an inspection.
The bill OF Engineer Taylor for auto
hire. $sS in all, passed as a wolf in
sheep's clothing under the new title
of "upkeep ano maintenance, autos
A. d. Castro making the motion to
nay II.