The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-03-10
WAROqERPAvING
MATERIAL CLOUDS
LUSITANA project
City Engineer and City Attorneys
Office Blame BithuIlthic Folk
-. RI 4. For Trouble
if..... -. - a.,... - "a
LATTER ALSO BEHIND q. "a
FIGHT ON CONCRETE
This and Other Charges Are
Made In Statements BY Mu- i
nicipal Officials

NtsNatsAAs SNtStesfS
The city engineers Office and the
city attorney . Office are both consider
ably worked up over what they term
IN attempt to "throw dust in the eyes
Of the publicn in the matter Of the
paving Of Lusitana Areet, by J. A. Gil
man, representing bitulithic interests,
or his agents in the sidestepping Of the
facts OF the conditions covering the
work. F.s ~
City Engineer Collins and Deputy
City Attorney Christy SO stated yestef-
day afternoon in no indefinite language.
Mr.. Christy said last evening. ~' -
1T appears that a studied attempt
Is being made to get around the real
facts Of the bids made on the work for
/ the paving of Lnsitana street. The pub
lie is, | believe, being lead to think that
II is being done up in the matter of the
cost Of the work. -.
uiimsn Makes No Bid asr
>, A. Gilman says that he has made
! IN offer 20 do the work at q figure UNI
der the estimate of the city engineer.
lie has made no bid for the work and
has said nothing that the city could
hold hi i ON. He was offered the OPP
| portunity with the other contractors to
bid on the work. He did not do so. At
ter the bids were opened he came into
the board with an offer which was not
q bid.
"ln all Of the roadwork attempted
10 be done under the present board
there have been protests from the prop
eTty holders that the work as specified
by the city would not be consented TO-,
unl At the specifications were changed
so that instead Of concrete, bitulithiG
Or WI ranite was used; then the prop
erty owners would entertain the I ToPo
sition III the Improvement but not 9th
eiwise
Gilnsn Pack Of Protests ..,-. (.
, i. @t;il,nan has been Mt the back of. all
If This and has delayed the projects as
much as any other factor in the work.
las for the statement that Superin.
tendent Of Public Works Forbes will
not pay for the work in Lusitana street
if the Territory is charged any more
. the bid and the engineer specified
cost, all l have to say Is that the Ter
ritory will not be charged one cent more
than the seventeen thousand dollars
that the Governor, Forbes and the com
missioner of public lands have bound
the Territory to pay. ! do mt think
that where an agreement haa, been made
that they will care to use this money
for anything else. ~ Y s. u AZ /
Only Road srrfa' ing Job.
I city EtEhGc%r Collins made the fol
lOwinr stat enfent last night: go
THE statement made by Gilman that
he win do the work for less than the
sum mentioned in the specifications may
mean one thing and it may mean an
+. other. The proposition made by Gil,
man in writing, which is on file, was
to use as much Of the present road sur
face and existing material now on the
street as possible, thereby preventing
the tearing up Of what is now sound
material and using entirely new road
metal without any material gain, but
,increas. lg the cost to the city, the Ter
I'ritOry and the property owners.
"This would be only a road suffac
ing job and not considered permanent
Under his guarantee he, gets out bt
having his work inspected as 20 the
material used and the manner of mix
ing. BY putting up a bond for thn
guarantee, which, by the way, the city
would have to pay for, Gilman could
give us work that would last the re
auirod FIVE years and afterwards the
city could whistle. @sE- -
Would Not Have Specifications
1.-THE statement that Gilman rar
Produce as permanent construction
with warrenite as provided for in tn.
present specifications for concrete Il
worry questionable. would rathel
throw up my position shat submit to
the specifications proposed bv Gilman
, which were rejected by Forbes anC
myself" ~ 100. ~ -. a..
Tn the mattet of the bids submittet
to the board by the Lord Young En-
Pineering Comnany, the SpaldiBg Con-
struetiOn Company and the +, r, Rit
chic Company, all the bidders exeep
the last named cot under the estimate
made bv the city engineer for grading
They all got under the estimate 70
: eurbipg. One Get under the, es,'mat'
10" rPs"ttino curhs snd the Lord IYohni
Company and sralding CONSTRUCTION
, Company ea"h beat the specification
Nv severa hundred dollars on the paw
ing. F'.'.' ..' .
why Sewer Pids Were High
On tn" storm sewers the sperifca
tiona w." nver"dcd by the bidders
) This wHs hoconse y w"s estimated the
tho StOrm sW"rs and drains could b.
rarcd for $SOo. After the big. rniu
! OF thd pp,s' ft,Hs 90 -Jt'wsfs seAh tbnt t.,
B cap9ct| u ~ ytcym sewe,l spscifo'
whs entirely ''fti@al,Ste " there wsr'
= TO be moe "ai"s' IKE thpse had becn
and thci~ Cd ally WIS Increased in tn
7 speclRcati"rs ste figure aeeeptnd b,
3 the properly holders could not b.
, chan"ed w'tLp''' another notice an
, meeting 80 ", were not changed b
save time y . made the di7e'enr
, and the city he assumed the addition