The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-05-04

how many yards Of rock one roller
could take care Of then arose With
Ritchie IN the minority and Al other
tne,neera present aeainst bin.
Next the Fireworks
Albion Clark, manager Of Hmtaeei
Peek Y Co., was the next on the moor
and injected the fireworks which fho
meeting had hitherto been avoiding
He started out by saying that the
question summed down 70 whether the
contractor was the contractor Of
| the city engineer was the contractor
He claimed that the city engineer y
constant ordering Of the contractor
4 from one place to another 90 hindered
/ the delivery Of rock that the hauling
company was unable 70 follow the
operations quickly enough.
| He was permitted TO place himseif
on record on number Of points when
| the city officials and Mnnoa repre-
sentatives jumped him IN body
1 Gritty asked him 10 specify the
draypge capacity of bis firm and he
refused pointblank after number OF
unsuccessful cyasions. The Manoa peo-
pie then attacked him and he was
wavering when Supervisor Larsen
spfang up and told him not TO specify
Jumps On Company
This feature OF the meeting wnt
brought TO climax by Hoogs, wha
nccused the company Of deliberately
trying to bamboozle the contractors by
begging of FROM their agreement IN
order to handle other work, in short
that they were making goats out Of
i the Richie company. He inserted that
he Charles H. Atherton the proprietor
Of the Hustacc, Peck Company, knew
the real facts Of the case he wouldn'l
gtand for the way things were being
cnrried on.
i Larsen then stood up and put his foot
in il, admitting, to the extreme merri
ment of all present, Just what Hoogi
had claimed, that is, that his company
was taking care Of outside work at thu
lexpense Of their contract. Whet
II Arnold called his attention 70 this, h
| picked up his HIT and walked out.
| After that the only question remain
ing to be answered was who was thu
contractor for the rock, as the hauling
company had put in the defense tina
Il was unable to get the necessary roel
from the John Wilson quarry. Wilson
admitted that he was the rock con
tractor, but that the hauling compan.
at frequent intervals left him hung al
with crushed rock in his bunkers, AM
| that on one occasion he had 70 put o.
cams to help Richie get the rock h
needed.
I Fling At Engineer
He also took q fling out Of the cit
engineer for debating on the job. Fac
lime this statement was made land
was made in defense by every part
having something to EXPLAIN the Mi
aoa representatives called attention I
the fact that up to February 20 N
= contractor had devised no plan Of wor
II 1t all and that the plan the city eng
|, Deer then insisted upon was offered .
desperate attempt to get the wor
completed Richie admitted that
had never made working plan .
: he job.
\ i. J. Balser, the manager Of the HI
9 nnlulu Construction and Draying Con
pany spoke last and stated that whe
Z Richie had appohled TO him for hel
h he had volunfeefed il in 10 far as
( ,ould. He had bid on this hauling col
Q tract he. said, but his competitor ha
y rot 1t and since that time he ha
2 taken on so much other work that !
4 VAS unable 70 step in now and tai
I she whole thing. When Hustace-Pec
then thfeatened to pull ont if Bells
!. lid any part Of the work Richie vi
& Up against II.
!. Belser continued, stating that he hi
d made the remark also that II Alberto