The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-03-19

For those who have neither time nor in
clination to study the whole correspond
cncc between Mr. Wm Flowerdew on the
one hand and the successive occupiers Of
the Interior chink of the kaleidoscope on
the other. concerning certain rail or tram
ways proposed to be constructed in or
upon the streets or roadways of Honolulu
and its suburbs the following abstracts
may help to explain the merits of the case.
freed from legal and other technicalities
First Mr. f.. gentleman with means
and Leisure at his disposal, thinks he sees a
way Of employing both in such way as
may prove beneficial to the community
and at the same time prove a fair invest
ment FOR himself. He accordingly pro
pounds an outline of his scheme. in a
friendly conversation in his rooms at the
hotel to. Of course. the Premier Mr. Bush
the ostensible Minister of Interior being
absent The Premier and the influential
personages present are enchanted. most
delighted. Will. when "Ostensible Interior
reappears. recommend Mr. F's plan for
favorable consideration.
2nd .-Ostcnsiblc Interior returns. list
ems. approves. receives and cntertains
formal application from Mr. f. Further.
officially grants and secures TO Mr.. L.
necessary rights. franchises. etc. for the
prosecution Of his scheme, carefully lin
tied 10y the requirements Of law.
3rd Mr. F. fortified and one might
think justified by the hand and seal of
''Ostensiblc Interior goes on straightway
to San Francisco. there engages expert
enced engineers, contracts for rails. cars.
etc. and returns. not without heavy cxpen
diture, to put into practice his approved
plans for street railways. etc
4th-A twist of some ones wrist. former
Ostensible Interior disappears into chaos
of Kaleidoscope. Premier and other in
fluential personages begin to think that
the terms granted by former Ostcnsible
Interior" are too indefinite and elastic.
and that the shortest way ont of the diff
Guilty is reputation.
Next Mr. F. still relying on the official
document in his pocket, sealed. signed
and delivered by Ostensible Interior. un-
aware a. yet, of the Kaleidoscope tenure
OF office. gives notice that he is about to
work. but objects to a too com
prchensivc list of free passengers pro
pounded 10y new Ostensible Interior. who
thereupon applies for and obtains an inter
im valuable phrase injunction to restrain
Mr.. F.'s engineer and all others from he
ginning the undertaking. SO warmly
patroniscd in words, by the Premier and
other influential personages, and by Off
cial document. signed by former Kaleido-
scUpic Ostensiblc Interior.
Finally Mr. f. appeal against kO.L
first and second. decision that second is to
De maintained. seeing that first. with
Premier and other distinguished person
age behind him. had exceeded his legiti.
mate power
Total Mr. Flowerdew considerably
damaged. street railways in the dim dis
tance. former 0stensible Interior con
yicted Of not knowing the extent of his
functions. Premier. present Ostensible
Interior and influential personages rub
bing their nuckles and chuckling over
the preparation of a decidedly smart
trick at the expense of mere foreigner
Moral. for would-be investors. Put not
yUur trust in Ministers OF influential per
though their word may he, as in
this case. as good as their bond