Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-26
HARBOR BOARD
HOLDS UP JOB
AT NAWILIWILI
Concrete Piles Never Cracked,
Only Checked. is Lords
Reply to Furer
TO WAIT 10 DAYS
SINCE NOT Needed LONG
Inspector, LoWrie Ordered Men
to Wait After Three of
Piers Were Driven

Because the concrete piles 10 be
used as foundation work for the new
wharf. at Nawiliwili, Kauai, show
cracks or checks" which are de-
clared by Assistant Engineer William
Furer to render them imperfect. and
because. Ed Lord of the I-ord-Young
Engineering Company absolutely re-
fuses to follow the remedy outlined
for him to make them better a near
crisis was precipitated today at a
special meeting of the harbor board.
In the course of the meeting 1t de-
veloped that the contractors had been
ordered to cease driving piles on Oc-
tober II by Inspector R. H. Lowrie,
there being only three driven at that
time, and that the order was not car
ried out but that all 12 of the piles
were driven following it and caps
put upon them. 1t was stated today
that the pile driver is now removed
from the site. .~
After considerable discussion in
which Furer and Ed Lord had the
leading parts, Commissioner Tom
Church moved that the superinten-
dent Of public works be authorized to
make detailed plans for correcting the
imperfections, that the work be stop
ped at once, and that the contractor
be called upon to carry out the sug-
gestions made.
Forbes plans will probably be the
placing of a four-inch concrete shell
about the piles, after they have been
wound with No. WIRE
nrl ,af,,cac ~ fhnnn out
and he refused verbally today, the
board will order the work to proceed
under the territory and at the expense
of the contractor. Lord declared to-
day that the suggestions outlined are
impossible, though this statement was
not borne out by Furer or Forbes. The
contractor objects strenuously to put
ting cases down into the gravel of the
harbor bottom He said the cases
might be put into the sand, but that
it was unreasonable to try to go deep
er than this.
Just why Lord authorized his men
to proceed with the work after the
order to stop had been issued was not
made clear today, though the contract
or stated twice that Forbes had told
him to go ahead with the driving This
statement Forbes neither admitted
nor denied.
Furer's visit to Kauai at >the same
time with Lord was made TO study the
piles He said today that they show
numerous cracks which run around
them at intervals for the entire length.
He did not attempt to say how the
e., ,x.hn r.. n.
nolulu, on the boat, or in unloading.
While not affecting the strength of
the piles appreciably they would al
low water to seen in faster and cor
rode the reinforcing metal, he said.
III the piles were not already driven
the matter of casing them in concrete
would be comparatively simple. II was
brought out, but the work of wrap
ping them will now require the ser
vices of diver. They are planted too
solid to pull out. u.
Lord declared that the socalled
cracks are nothing more than checks.
and disavowed any fault of the work
manship He seid they had been
treated with every care and could
have no deep cracks. He thought the
hair lines" were caused by contrac-
ton. He also made the offer to go
$3.50 with the board in fixing up the
Job. stating that I'VE are both at
fault" . -. .,<....-..
|: Late in the meeting the commits
sioners voted to make minor change
in the harbor regulations regarding
demurrage. which was overlooked
when the rules were adopted.