Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-26
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Strong DEFENSE
BY CONTRACTOR


Starting calmly and quietly enough
yesterday afternoon. first with ad-
journment for lack of a quorum and
later with a recall when Supervisor
Arnold appeared to save the day. the
supervisors meeting waXed warmer
as 1t progressed.
The chief business Of the day was
to receive and consider bids for about
$4,000 worth of improvements on
Hotel street, from Nuuanu avenue to
Bishop street; but inasmuch as not 3
single bid had been submitted little
time was lost here. 1t was suggested
and unanimously approved to let the
matter stand over.
Enough other matters came before
the board, however, in half an hour 5
time to suffice
Contractor Makes Answer
First rather long but Comprehen-
sive letter from F. H. Richie. the
ManOa contractor. was read in answer
to the boards ultimatum regarding
delays. Arnold was so impressed
with the letter, evidently. that he
served notice he might ask for an eX-
tension OF time for the contractor, al
though he declined to do so until the
matter had been studied thoroughly.
The letter was referred to the road
committee.
Then the matter Of the city's OPP
tiOns on Atkinson and pauOa parks
came up and a resolution introduced
by Supervisor Logan to exercise Op-
tions from the trustees of the Bishop
Estate was carried. 1t seems that
the trustees have had some attractive
offers for the property and are rather
dissatisfied that taxes for the proper
ty had not been RENTED when it was
used by the public.
Another matter was a report from
the city and county attorneys office
that the claim Of Joe Eierra of Alewa
heights for damages against the city
was not legal. Vierra held that his
horse had been struck and injured By
city employe, Henry Stewart, driv-
ing a city truck, but the legal depart
ment declafed Stewart was not work
ing under authority of the city at the
time Of the accident, but rather was
on an unauthorized Joy ride
insisted that rains and storms have
caused ungovernable delays and at
tached striking photographs OF dam
age done to substantiate his claims.
He stated that he could not lay min
imum Of 300 cubic yards a day if he
was unable to obtain that much ma
terial, and asked to be allowed to
use material which the city and coun-
ty obtains from the H. c. & D. Co.
Richie says his equipment is large
enough to handle all the material he is
getting and can be increased if he
gets more.
He also went on to say that the
elimination OF Filipino labor by a de-
cision Of the court that they could not
become American citizens, also en-
barrassed him and his work consider
ably. Qbeying orders Of the city and
county engineer against his own bet
ter advice and Judgment is also a
cause given by Richie for delay, for
he says Collins whipped them around
all over the district
Richie says strikes interfered with
the work and also ayerred that a re-
port had been circulated that his bond
did not offer sufficient security, and
as a consequence he had been quoted
prices by material men Cash in ad-
vance"
Residents on Kaalawai road drew
attention Of the board to the condition
of that highway and asked for relief.
The communication was referred to
tho mad cOmmiftao