The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-22

constructing piers 8, and w, VIM
occasionally flaring upon into mo
warfare yesterday at the regular
commissioners. The lie was pas
seemed probable for a while that
Forbes, tramping excitedly up
Lord, You're a - 49, liar. y
you've been lying to me all y
Actual hostilities were averted
and lam1s Wakefield, who told t
ting nowhere with their counter
Calls Plans Faulty
The trouble started when Ed Lord
charged that the plans for the new
piers, which were drawn by Forbes,
were faulty and, il followed ont, would
eventually result in serious damage to
the wharves and heavy Pecuniary
loss TO tho Territory.
Lord wanted the board to permit Ger
tain alterations in the plans and spPci-
fcations, particularly with regard to
the retaining wall, which he said was
not, according to the plans and sP"ci.
featiens, properly anchored and would
bome day 60 out.
Forbes exploded. "You're crazy,
man, he shouted.
Sim not crazy, not on your tin
type,n retorted Lord. He went on to
explain why he thought the plans
drawn by Forbes were bad
els anybody taking advantage Of
youf" demanded the chairman of the
board. #ErE.
Lord Gets Angry Also
"By 49,, you we been taking ad-
vantage OF me oil year." snapped the
contractor.
Forbes declared the board had the
right, II il wished to exercise it, to
force the contractor to put his concrete
piers down forty feet.
Not on your tintype you can't, -
replied Lord, mot under the specifca-
TONS
TITS up to this board to dictate
this proposition, not to the contrac.
tor" declared, Forbes. q"
l'It's up to this board to live up
to its plans and specifications" was
Lord y retort.
f.You figured on this job, didn't
you'll demanded the chairman. t..
Yes, l figured on this job, but l
didn I figure on what you had in your
brad, {" replied I'd Lord.
Then reverting to the subject under
diaenssion, Lord commended that u cur
tairswall is hung, not set upon fOun
dntion.
"It's not" yelled Forbes.
Lord, calming down, explained that
he didn't want the wall TO go out to
sea and he didn't thlnA the DJaru dIu,
either, but declared that unless the
plans were changed, it would do that
very thing.
Mccarthy Takes Hand
"This looks to me like a serious
proposition, interjeeted Commissioner
Mccarthy. "lh tho interest of the
Territory think the contractor should
put hrs statement into writing and that
We should have u thorough investiga.
z ti0n Of the matter. We are spending a
lot OF the public s money on these
wharyes. If the chairman . plans are
right, he ought to be Nindicatrd. II
they're not right, we ought 10 know
81 before we spend any more money"
Lord replied that he would put his
statement into writing, and added that
Forbes plans were all wrong.
!" You re - - liar" yelled
Forbes, advancing toward Lord.
y You we been lying to me all sum.
mes retorted Lord hotly and refus.
ing 20 give ground,
commissioners Wakefield aud Me.
earthly rebuked the two belhgerents,
while the lady stenographer tried to
look as u she hadn = heard the Ian
gnage.
Forbes Hot Under Collar
- II the members OF this board are
going to- let the contractor make such
chHrges Ms he has made and are going
"a stand by him and not stand by their
own Inspector they are not standing
by their chairman" declared Forbes
heatedly,
III aon't think you have any right
fd make such a charge" said McCar.
tllyis The contractor says the plans
drawn by you for the piers are no;
right, IL he IL right, 81 is a matter
which eertainly sh0hld be rectifed. n
y dine you to have Il thorough investi
CATION made.
81 court investigation, replied
Forbes
4 "A" You've gPde tbeaey flhA" HoE,
tinned MeCarthy e. Foi THE sake Of
younfoWn reputation it is advisable that
IN inyesriuation be made by outside
people. II your nlanS are right we II
stand by you. II they re not right
they should be changed before We
spend any more MONEY"
30 action was taken on Commits
sioper Mccarthy motion, but the gen.
eral attitude of the board seemed TO be
that thorough investigation must be
made by competent outside engineers to
determine whether or not the engineer,
ing plans under which th" Territory is
fTanding p"nrN- s"nO.Onn for new
whatves on the Honolulu waterfront are
good or bad