Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-09
NO OBSTACLET To
LUSlTANA WORK
SEENBY CRISTY
Gilman Reiterates Terms of His
Offer Quite Fair; No Good
to City, Says Attorney

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Lusitana street Improvement will
proceed without interference, a. NJ.
crfsty. first deputy city attorney, de-
clared today.
Il can see no legal or other OBJ
stacies in the way or the city, des-
pite numerous declarations to the con-
trary,' he said The territory Is
bound by an agreement to pay its
share Of the cost, some $1,000, and
as long as the city bears the addition
ahbmden of about $500 made neces-
sary by the difference between the en-
gineer's estimate and the bid on the
work. there is no one who can object
He added that the agreement to
pay the difference between the esti.
mate and the bid from the permanent
Improvement fund is perfectly legal,
dnasmueh as Lusitana street has been
declared a main thoroughfare.
City Engineer George NJ Collins
backed up Cristy's statement with an
other declaring that his office Is going
a4Iead with preparations for the i'm.
pfoyement work.
What is Fuss Aboutf
Il don't see what all this fuss is
about ). A. Gilman made an offer to
the board to put down warrenite for
less money than the successful con.
crete bidders contract VIII call for, II
Is true. but suppose another contractor
had come In and offered TO lay asphalt
macadam for $20,000--would that be a
bid? Would II be fair to the success
full biddere,
Collins and Cristy both deny that
they informed Gilman that it was use.
less Tor him TO bid under the concrete
specifications unless he could come
under the engineers estimate, as al
legged by Gilman in statement made
to the Star-BuIletin this morning.
.Gllman's statements are mislead-
ing and apt TO cause trouble, declared
Cristy.
OF No Use to CITY.
His offer to lay warrenite for less
than the bid for concrete is of no.
more use to the city than II F. r. RIFT.
chic; who bid $4,000 on the job, had
come in with an offer to do 1t for $780,
600. Why ask for closed bids II OF.
fers made after their opening can be
accepted! q
Mr. Gilman gave a lengthy state
Aent 70 the Star Bulletin this mbfnihgsl
going into his bids on, the Lusitana
impTQseme9ts and sthe discussion they
have evoked. ltsf0li6ws: -
SO faIias am concerned. the facts
relating 70 the dlssitana patihk con-
tract Is simple proposition.
The original proposition snbmjttedl
to the Board of Supervisors was tol
pave Lusitana street with warrenite
pavement.
AZ the public hearing II was decid-
ed that the cost for warrenife was
too high. and they could not AFFORD
to pay the price.
Afterwards II was deemed adyis.l
able by the Board OF Supervisors to !
substitute concrete road in place OIL
warrenffe. The engin6ef,s estimate |
for tfe cost of impioyink TNsHaua |
street was $3f.S47ssg.
It was my intention to bid on this
work. but after carefully going overl
my figures I found that il was impos-l
sible 70 build the road under the planai
and Specifications submitted for the |
above price I was informed by the
CITY and county attorney and also the
bids would have to come within the
engineers estimate
rInasmuch as knew that the road
could not be built for less than s36,000l
Irdid not submit a bid for this work.
When the bids were opened and | I
found that fte lowest hid was more
man &Sk00D Or a1brbf ih1ately $500 /
above TIE estimate. i decided to make
"a written offer TO lay a warrenite
payenenf ineluding the adnitional
wcrk a. called for In the bids for coz
CREE for $34 500 ] can't see why ] /
Should be criticized for making this /
'oI|ef t,tlIe race Of the faet that wars
lftI'te Ms ofIgiIlally 4 elected on &C.
count (f excessive cost Referring toll
the criticism that ny offer N writing.
was not binding Cz1n simply say that
all Of the WoE1 done b. me originated |
by letter similar to the one submitted
70 the board for paving Lusitania
street.
Il was fully aware that before the
contract could be awarded public /
bids would have to be called for, and
in accordance with my letter. was
prepared and am now ready 20 enter
into Z contract for doing the above
work for paving Lusitana street with
W6Frenite for $4,000.
Regarding the specifications under
which this work was to be perfornied
J VIII Say that Lusitana street was
carefully Inspected BY Mr.. c. o. War
rem add Mr. Bostic, both gentlemen :
ing representatives of Warren Broth
ers Company. Il was decided that ihl
The line Of economy and good Frac-l
tise there was q large part Of /
the present road surface which couldd
on which warrenite surface could be
laid.
This method of construction has