The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-04
MAUI LOAN FUND
! BOARD IS ACTIVE
Contract Awarded For Kihei
Road lob and For Furnishing
Sanitarium Materials

1t now looks as though the Maui
Loan Fund Commission will soon have
some actual construction work under
way. After five months of preparation
and various departmental delays, the
board, at its last meeting, awarded the
contract for the construction of the
Kihei homestead road to Hugh Howell
and Paul +. Lada, at their bid Of
1894, the work to be completed in
seventy days. The contractors announce
that they will begin work at once.
The commission also accepted the
tender of the Kahuiui Railroad Com.
pany for furnishing the materials for
the kitchen and dining room, and the
ice and refrigerating plant for the Knla
Sanitarium, at its bid Of $s4ao, Dolly
cred nj Paia, within the next ninety
days; and accepted With thanks the
offer Of the Maui Agricultural Com.
pany TO deliver this paterial ut the
sanitarium' free of charge. =, r a,ei !a.5,
Watsrworks BIDS Called gniciS t1i
= Besides this the board, called for
tenders for the. furnishing of ma
ltefials and construction of the new
Wailnk u Kahului waterworks. These
bids will be opened on February 4. a.
The other tenders for, the Kihei road
| job were-J.' G. Foss, Jr., $484S, 100
tdays; J. A. Aheong, $4567, 100 days;
and William Cullen, $4,000, seventy Aye
days. Cullen was the contractor ia
whom the bid was awarded the first
| time tenders were called for, ut his
bid Of $4350, time seventy days, bu,
who forfeited his. five per cent deposit
after he had taken look at the job
The specifications were later modified
to bring the work within the approprl
alton. -
1t was decided that the work Of con
structing the oinda reservoir shall b,
let in two contracts, the first ;,
cover the excavation, eorewht, ant
piping under the dam; and the othei
to cover the lining and fnishing. Il
was considered necessary to do NOR
testing of the materials under the dan
site, and a core-drill was ordered from
Honolulu for the purpose Of makinI
these tests. ~. I'd"
Kuiaha Merchandising Still Pending
Although the commission, at its pre-
vious meeting had ordered the prepar
alton of plans and specifications TO
the macadamizing of the Kuiah
homestead main road, this had not bee
done, because Engineer Balch stated b
believed that a water bound maeRdaIr
of the type proposed, would not an
swer the purpose in that district. Afte
discussion, however, the board was 0
the opinion that this was the best typ
to be built, and the engineer was agai
instructed to prepare the plans, to
acted upon at the next meeting. I
The county is to be asked to ct
operate with the loan fund board I
the construction of the Kahakuloa roal
to the extent of building several hui
dred feet, for which the funds are nc
available, and without which the roa
win be of no use. If the county wi
consent to do tits, the work will prol
ably be proceeded with at once. ".,'
Helping Sanitarium
It is understood that the Kahull
Railroad 3 bid for the sanitarium mi
teTials, Is at bare cost. and that II
contract was taken on this basis for II
9 purpose of helping the sanitarium
Q get alf\it may for the money avai
D able This was the reason also thu
. the Mauf>Agricultural Company 10
do the hauling for nothing. "
secretary, RIA, Wadsworth, the pu
chasing Of the refrigerating maehinel
, for the sanitarium. ~
All of the members of the boar
with the exception Of s. E. Kalam
o who is i'll, were present, including Az
= ing Superintendent of Public Works
Q c. Wheeler. The board showed a strol
i tendency to impatience at the lack
o progress they have been able to mai
3 and indications are that thin
u will be crowded TO the limit from II
a time on. Superintendent Wheeler
u dicated his desire to cooperate throa
g his Office to this end. in the fulle
measure,