The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-01-05
Greger and Forbes Must Have
Been informed Of Conditions
Insists Contractor
BELIEVES SUPERINTENDENT
MADE MORGAN SCApEGoAT
governmental Circles Hear Re.
port Mr.. Forbes May Not
Come Back To Honolulu

The now famous bulge in the wall Of
Pier ., which has led to an iuyestiga
ton Of the whole pier work by boarc
Of outside engineers was known to
Charles r. Forbes, chairman of the
harbor board, and to William Greger
chief inspector on the job for the
board, and they tried TO cover it up
and, when they found the truth was
bound to come out, Induced J. G. Nor.
gan, assistant engineer Of the board,
90 be the CONT and fake the blame
according to the emphatically express.
ed opinion of Ed. Lord, the contractor
who is constructing Piers s, 0 and 10.
"why, everybody connected with tn,
job, from the chief inspector to the
water boy, knew of that bulge" said
lord yesterday, reiterating a previou,
statement. It's ridiculous TO say tina,
Gregcr didn I know Of it. Even lay
man could tell at n casual glance thai
the wall was out. How could he hell,
4 when II bulged five inches in heighr
Of only four and half feeti 4. .
They. may put that stuff over on
the harbor board, but they can't get
away with il anywhere else. IL Bill
ureger couldn't see bulge like that
we might just as well have built tn,
wharf up town where il would nav,
been more convenient, aud he wouldn =
have known the difference. u-r..' p"
a Forbes was down ON the lob al
t.II a n !.
be that he didn T. know Of the bulge.
sin my opinion, when they found
out that the truth about the bulge was
bound 70 come out, Forbes got Norge
60 shoulder the blame and he the goat
and promised him that he would be
kept on the payroll on some other
job ay,s
Regarding the pumping Of soft FIJI
In behind the wall, which eansed it 70
bulge, Lord says Forbes knew all about
IL all the time and that the specified.
tons provided that il should be done
II was not, however, until the bulge IL
the wall had occurred that Forbes or
dered dredging and pumping stopped
FORBES absence from the Territor,
just at this time, when the truth con
corning the construction work is he
ginning to be known, and the fact that
he left Immediately after Morgan w-o,..
hts letter Of confession, stating that
he had lied when he told the board
that the wall OF Pier 9 had not bulged
are causing all sorts Of rumors about
the streets and in governmental cir.
eles. Bets have even been made that
10 viii not return to Hawaii at all, but
there 10, so far as known. no other foun.
dalton. than surmise for these state
ments. ..E.@. tva.E a.
The absence of the chairman. how
ever is proving embarrassing to the
other members of the board at the
present juncture, particularly SO in
view Of the fact that none of them is
an engineer and there are grave en-.
giueering problems involved which
must be Strengthened out before the
wnrk can proceed much further In.
deed, II Is now held up entirely, pend
ing The report Of the board of eSamin
ing experts, who are making an iuves
tigation of the work that has been
done and an examination Of the phus
and specifications Of that which is MOI
xet completed. 49,. o.. |a.a4,..