In 1908, five men put together the sum of $15,000 in capital to establish Honolulu Construction and Draying Co., Ltd. The founders were: William H. Hoogs (pictured above), a contractor and the company’s first president; John J. Belser, a quarry owner; Captain William R. Foster, a Honolulu harbormaster; John Walker, a contractor; and G. H. Mayer.