The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-11-15
County Accepts Cars
Sold 1t by Holt &
Locey Over Protest

-Four Hupmobiles sold to the Coun.
ty by Holt & Locey were accented
by the board of supervisors Saturday
afternoon. The objections to accent.
ance offered by Royal Hawaiian Sales
Company through d. H. Case, its at
torney, did not prevail nor was it's re-
quest for time to produce substantial
tion of it's claims that the cars were
not according to specification, were
not new" cars and were not stand
ard in equipment granted :.
Interest in the morning session of
the board centered largely about the
automobile controversy. d. H. Case.
as attorney for Royal Hawaiian Sales
Company, had been granted a hear
ing and Alexander d .Lalnach, who
had come over from Honolulu to rep
resent Holt & Locey, presented their
side.
Attorney Case produced telegraphic
messages to show that the cars were
bought in San Francisco by four diff
ferent individuals, October IS, and 10.
sold by them to Schuman and by him
to Holt & Locey. He contended that
change of ownership from a dealer
to an individual made a car Second
hand" though car used by a dealer
for demonstration would still be a new
car. He presented book of instruc-
tions to dealers to prove that the tire
equipment was changed in October
and that the cars delivered to the coun-
ty were not in accordance with such
book of instructions. Further he
brought out the point that since the
bids were opened and the contract
let the price of the cars had declined
S275 and said his client would have
given the county the benefit of the
drop had its bid been accepted, said
his client had told the board after
bids were opened that the County
would get the benefit of any drop
after the contract and before delivery
Larnach secuted that idea.
For Holt & Locey Attorney Larnach
admitted the points as to four indi-
vidual purchasers, denies use by such
purchasers, said it was the only way
the cars could have been obtained by
them, commended his clients for
showing the county that cars could be
bought at prices lower than offered
by Island agents and said the effort
to prevent acceptance was an attempt
ing to break in. He finally produced
the contract that was signed by the
County and Holt & Locey in answer
to the point in regard to tire equip
ment in connection with the catalog
from which the advertisement for bids
and the contract were prepared
1t was nearly noon when the argu-
ment were ended and the board said
it would make an announcement at
the afternoon session. Immediately
on reconvening it voted to accept the
cars and ordered payment thereof
The warrant issued to Holt & Locey
before o'clock Saturday afternoon
and was deposited in the Baldwin
Bank that evening and none too soon
for Monday morning the Royal Ha-
waiian Sales Company applied for an
injunction to restrain issuance and
payment of the warrant, the applica-
ton being made in Honolulu accord
ing to advices received in Maui yester
day.
Shortly before noon yesterday the
county attorney received a wireless
from Honolulu that an injunction had
been asked and was issuing and ask
ing him to advise the county officers
not to issue the warrant. Another
message sent to Baldwin Bank asking
that institution not to cash the wal
rant pending the issuance of the in
junction which had been asked, but
the court proceedings were too late
to accomplish their purpose,
Had Judge Burr been at home it
might have been different for appli-
cation for a restraining order could
have been made to him at once and if
he had granted temporary writ, pay
ment or issuance might have been
stopped on Saturday.
What il any, course the Royal Ha-
v,a,:ah Sales Company may next take
has net been revealed.