The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-23
DEFENDS
'HIS'bl56Sf0R
AOu(tOEU PIERS
Declares hat he Is Now Con-
l|d,ni Thai the Structure
u hight ,,.s
HAS NO CRITICISM For
sotR9 of lNyFsTIesToRs



board of harbor commissioners, made q
lengthy statement at special meeting
Of the board last night in which he de
Tended the plans for the construction
Of Piers 8, Q and 10 and the work done
under those plans. g 4
~ am absolutely positive" said
Forbes, THAT the structure is all
right
Forbes attitude and tone wets ehar,
aeterzed by moderation and apparent
fairness, and he INDUCED in no crit
cism of the board of engineers who
were employed by the board during his
absence to investigate the piers, and
with whom during the past few days Ne
has exchanged verbal left-handed con-
pliments.
In fact, Forbes announced that Ne
had laid aside criticism, with which ne
admitted that he had started out
Tim not criticising the board Of en-.
gineers,o he said. "I did start onf
that way. but Pm stopping that. I'm
not criticizing any more" 49,
The atmosphere of the board was not
cordial one There was a feeling Of
tension, almost Of hostility, on the part
Of some Of the members Of the board
but there was no open outbreak and
the commissioners listened attentively
and apparently appreciatively TO Their
chairman's announcement Of his new
policy ard to his defense of his work
and administration.
Church Opposes Move m
The meeting began with a request
from Forbes that q test of the deck
slab and the cylinders be made. Nc.
Carthy made motion to this effect
which Church opposed, telling Forbes
fatty that the latter's idea in making
the offer was to confuse the issue
Fopbes appealed to Engineer L, p
Bigelow, whom he has employed to
cheek up the reports made by the board
Of investigating engineers. Bigelow
said the test could do no harm. IL
would merely show whether Vt not the
floor was stable.
Wakefield thought no harm would be
done by making the test. The motion
carried, with Church voting by himself
in the negative a@
Bigelow submitted figures made b.
himself of the estimated cost of tbs
various anchorage systems proposed
According to his figures, the system
. proposed by the board Of engineers and
that proposed by the engineers of the
barbor hoard would he about the same
,yhan ali no;nts were taken into con.
s;aorat;on R,t no considered the Man
t1s,,,o.ad II, itha bay mo- hoar I'd enoinee+s
Z r. s,,,,a.;o- ~ that nronosa5 Nv tke
= ~ a'..l 80 4, IT'S
forpes wants Espcl. ho..a b :. y
rorpes wanteu uu IL ~ ,,:i;ts,
- M waiIS2 This was onnosed by
Cbnrch and WakeSeid. who contended
that. there was no use in spending any
moro money along that line, partich.
IarIy as nobody had said that the wall
had moved since the original bulge.
Regarding the Ill back of the, wall
Of pier o, Forbes made the statement
that the plans did not contemplate
putting in fill until the wall was
completed, but the contractor, Ed
Lord, wanted to put in a plant there
and needed enough of fill so he could
operate II, so he was permitted TO put
it in. But the superstructure WASH =
built as fast as the MI was put IN.
Lord was present ana MADE IN,
statement that instead tne wai,
bniglng out mercy IN QUE PnaSe' ~ n1 ~
bulged along IT'S entire length OF ~
4. feet, though more IN inc oen .a ' La5
elsewhere, ING Mnl' n sa az f'
nnlgea gu, Just nAe uoH, -. t,oI
Forpes haa iong s'as oI - rros]
some snginoelhg iepo' 80. y 81
nut s mlI, ~ =, 'a 40 na .ant
Tbea Torhes tooL The floor TO max,
i. formaI statamsnt In his own az.
Tense - - - -
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vi t any woIh, p,s or nt.le, - -
saiu, - u,wnys neeessaly " s" ~
sone extras auring tno sours1 VI W
struet.oh' nhdeeu ~ Is geheraiiy necey
+. ivy " enahge lne assign. aon
haa o", -, =, ny Wo,Neon ,Mn,on