The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-31
SETS
! ASIDE CONTRACT
FOR BREkKWRTER
American Surety Company 0rdef-
ID To Proceed With ccnstfdt-
ton Of Big Undertaking
NEW SUITS PRESSED
AGAINST MARSHALL
September Warrant Attachad Ii
Washington Adds 70 GEN
erai Mlxup

The American Surety Company,
surety for George r. Marshal, has
been ordered to eohplete the contract
held by MarsEail for the buildias Oh
the Hilo Bteakwater and the United
States Government has cancelled and
annulled its contract with Marshall.
News Of this eject was received
here yesterday from Washington This
is the result Of considerable litigation
in Hawaiian and Washington courts
between the American Surety Cofd-
papy and other creditors OF the con
tractor on one hand and Marshall on
the other. M.
Brig. Gen. Z. X. Evans, in command
sof Uncle Sam e troops in, Hawaii, re-
ceiyed yesterday the following cable
gram from Washington, d, g.; M,
" Proceed per cable Of October 10 10
annul contract and permit surety com.
pany to proceed Withhold payment
Of September earnings, pending the
outcome Of the injunction proceedings,
insfituted here. Mccain. - -,
Annnlment Notification
This cablegram means that, Lieut.
Col r. R. Raymond OF the Engipeor
Corps and stationed here, has been
notified Of the annnlment Of the exist
ing contract between the government
and Marshall This informstion was
'giveh immediately to Marshall at Hilo
and Richard Deniing, this latter. being
the vice.president Of the American
Surety Company, and now in HonolUlu.
Several suits for alleged debts have
been instituted here by the American
Surety, Company, the Associated Oil
Company and Frederick g. Mead. TAT.
tachments were issued against Mar.
.shslPs working plant at jfjlo and Wal
pio. ~
The Temporary injunction ana at
taehment in the earlier case of the
American surety Company AGAINST
Marshall were dissolved last week ny
Judge Ashford Of the local circuit
eonrt, and Che apPoiBtasat Of Judge
George g. Curry as receiver was set
aside. The surety company, However,
came back with q new suit for the col.
lection Of two $4,000 notes and again
was the Marshall plant on the Big Isl.
and attached. n,
Litigation Brought To A Head
The latest cases have not reached
the stage where one may know what
the outcome may be, but the action
taken by the government brings the
matter to a head in a rather pro.
nouneed manner.
Marshall . &23, 900 warrant, for work
performed during September, last, has
been attached in Washington
Z Bearing on this Breakwater litiaa-
tion the following was received yea
terday from the Hilo correspondent Of
The Advertiser; u
. Before the news that Judge Ash.
ford in the first circuit court had
vacated the orders he had formerly
made for q receiver for George e.
Marshall, breakwater contractor, for
the American Surety Companyts at.
tachment, and the injunction prevent.
ing Marshall to receive d warrant from
the United States government for q
sum in the neighborhood Of $4,000,
had been received here, another at.
tachment was plastered upon the tools
and property here Of Contractor Mar
shall. *
This last attachment arrived III the
mail brought by the Mauna Kea
Thursday morning and waE placed il
the hands Of Deputy Sheriff Henry *.
Martin, who proceeded at once TO
serve the papers on Mr. Marshall ct
his home and to attach the property
OF the contractor al. the breakMateR
and at the Waipio quarry.
A Horse OF Another Color