The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-07-26
Mr.. HINES REPLY TO MR. Dill
L.Nal!AH.


Excuse my request again for
space in your paper for further dis
cussion of the railway problem.
Mr.. Dillingham; is mistaken If he
infers that think / am voicing the
the country in these letters in your
paper. l am sorry TO find that he
has a majority or bis side and that
generally there is not much stock
taken in what | advance; but be-
lieving that | am right in my esti-
mate of these matters, and that the
public are concerned in having a
view Of both sides Of the question, i
hope generally to be pardoncd for
appearing in print.
am not satisfied with Mr. Dill
lingham's answer TO Why railways
should he specially assisted by the
state. He does not 10 NY mind give
any reasons at all Why they should
be so aided here. more than steam
boats or tage-coaelleg. The state
nent made that railway bonds qua
canteed by the government will
make safe investment for the PEG
pie no enc will deny, but l would
ask is there not q. remote possibility
of those bonds heing some day held
by people not i'll this country, and
that the Hawaiian government may
have TO pay them the ) per cent.
interest.
Tbe barren lands referred to in
my last letter on the route OF the
proposed western extension of TIE
Oahu Railway ara not as Mr. Dill
iimghsm describes. They are uncnI-
tivatable being composed of coral
rock and sand. | hope the company
Will duly account Tor these wastes.
deducting same from the thousands
of acres the railway will open up.
If the railway is built | want it 10
pay and hope there will be no slip
up through miscaloltlations in these
matters.
II is common to speak OF this
couutry as new, hut 1t does not
strike me that way. The sugar
plantation of judd X Wilder, on this
island was abanGouod over - Years
ago, not on account OF a lack OF
transportation faciI ties, but because
they found they did not have the
soil TO sustain the plant, and fol
E; anything we know there may bt
j some proportion CT the land intend
t ed to be opened up OF the same
kind.
:, My reference 10 the Kohala. Rail
way, Mr.. Dillingham; says, proves
= nothing. But beg to differ from
d him, and think that investors in hi
d railways here would consider it O,
G more Interest than railway on the
f.. Sacramento River.
The KohGla Railway has proved {
=, loss to the owners of over 5000, 600
and in my opinion was assessed las
= year above its actual value. Thu
II Kohaia Railway is not benefit Il
Y the people, nor has been. AM
II there is no reason to look for nm,
better results from the Hilo Road
y The Kohala people. wanted road
and were told the country could no
" afford il. The country subsidies
l. a railway in their district whic
3 they did not ask FOR, because it wa
II wanted TO build up the business o
p private firm.
The Legislature is asked TO
= more subsidies and even this tim
for guarantees OF interest. Can tn
: country bear the burden? A grea
y many say it can, and many dout
d it very much, and from where an
D. WHOM is the request for all thi
r from the government! Is it sui
re fering district that has had som
- run OF disasters? No, it is froi
;, three men that seem inspired wit
: the idea that those railways must b
. built at once, and by them, in orde
Il to save the country, and in district
the most prosperous in the king
IL dom.
NJ The figures presented Ivy III
" Dillingham;, showing the pros
= pects of the Eiio and Hsmaku
= Railway, lock very nice, and I
r some people are considered dea
g, certainty. The came figures wer
~ seen by come monied men