Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-28
LOAN FUND BODY
PUTS engineers
BILLS ON TABLE

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the loan fund and the city waite, de-
| partment, was allowed the remaining
] $1,000 an the $1,000 Manoa water
scheme for installing the pipes that
have already been purchased. The
work is to be done at day labor
1t Was Lively meeting, as predict
ed yesterday afternoon in the Star.
Bulletin, and as a climax to the en-.
thusiasm which had been prevalent
| throughout. came once more before
the commission the old subject of
Puunui streets and the Lord Young
contract for finishing them. This was
! in the last moments of. the meeting.
Two letters from Fred Kirchhoff as
| to the condition of the streets at his
last inspection gave the members in.
spiratian and they voted as a whole
to have the contractors informed
forthwith that the commission would
proceed with the work at the com
pany's expense. 49, f.. g.. -.
In beginning the business session,
Chairman C. r. Forbes took up at
once the subject of the five engineer
bills, giving his report in verbal form
and reading q series of notes on the
subject from Will Wayne, then secre.
tary of the commission.
Forbes statement as we'll as the
notes themselves bore out the con-
tention Of the commission that the
engineers were to do the work free of
charge. -...~ !.
Il have heard today" said Forbes,
that 1t is Marston Campbell who has
been urging the Others to stand OUT
for pay B. F. Rowland, Ed Lord and
James T. Taylor we're all present at
the meeting and agreed to do 1t gratis.
That was the general understanding
even If nothing as to that was said in
the letter. Later Taylor informed US
he was too busy to serve and so Camp
bell was put Oh. Rowland had pre-.
viously made statement as to his
part in the construction of the dam,
and standing before us that day said
he would serve without pay" ND
The chairman designated with his
finger today where the three engin.
GERS at the meeting on May had sat
trie declared that he believes all the
engineers began with the idea of nom
payment e. ID H. vii.
There is no doubt in my mind that
all understood" he said. "You can't
tell me they would have gone into the
work without something being under
stood between them as to pay, and /
believe the majority were inclined to
do the work for nothing They speak
of being professional engineers, but it
isn't especially professional to take
UP work for pay without an agreement
as to how much the pay shall be-"
E. @. Duisenterg and Castro, COM
missfoners, though not saying much,
nodded their heads in approval and
the vote taken was unanimous to table
the bills.
Whether or not the work of laying
water pipes in Manoa should be done
by contract or by hired labor stimu-
lated probably as much discussion as
any portion OF the meeting. Both
Forbes and Petrie came out emphati-
cally against the hired labor system
for public work.
f. R. Richie, Manoa contractor, was
present at the meeting and also sug-
gested to the board that the contract
plan Is the best for them to choose
ON the Manoa job. Finally Attorney A.
G. Smith was called down for an opin-
ion, stating that up to $1,000, hired la
Dor could be secured. In accordance
with the opinion the vote to let the
waterWorks engineer take charge OF
the job was passed, Petrie alone vot-
ing against 1t.
Kirchhoff stated to the commission
that his reason for the request is
that the conditions in Manoa in re-
gard to service attachments and other |
things practically require a gang OF
men on the job from the waterworks
while the street work is going on. He
said the city will pay all over $1,000 /
that the pipe-laying costs.
Acting on a request from the Ha-
waiian Electric Company dated Sep
TENDER IL, an extension of Is days
time was given for the delivery OF
the motor for Kakaako sewer plant.