The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-02
IAN ACT OF REPUTATION"
That is What BOndholders Representing 100000
of Bonds Say of the Governments Course.
Strong Petition Presented to the Senate April 14th BY
Those Directly Interested in the Rail
roads Harbor Rights.

Alter the usual prennaries in April 18th Senator
Brown presented the following petition:
a~To the LEGISLATURE of the Republic OF Hawaii:
The undersigned holding for themselves and in trust for
OTHERS 81 600 900 in the bonds the Oahu Railway Land
onanv which bonds are secured by OF covering
all of its property including all OF its fee simple property front
ing Honolulu harbor respectfully protest to the Legislature
of this Republic against any possible proposition looking to the
shutting out of the Oahu Railway and Land Company from the
ownership in Honolulu harbor and submit in
view OF the general Railroad of 1873 and the special Act of
1885, Oahu Railway & Land Company call
ed into existence the private made by the Government
railroad company OF said special Act and
charter OF Incorporation granted to said company that
would be reputation by the Government OF It's contract
obligations resulting in the serious impairment OF It's credit Tor
it to attempt to take such step
And petitioners further that the action protested
against if taken would without fault the part OF the road or
your petitioners dprecae every bond held by them and impair
their value collateral or tor selling purposes Doh mere anu
abroad; the right acquire and own the wharf room III
question greatly the value OF mile OF SAID road and
enhances very apprecaby chances of placing bonds
to complete road around the Island 10 destroy this right
directly indirectly would long way towards preventing
negotiation OF loan here or abroad Tor local enterprises
depending and assurances
given obligations entered into by the Government tor such
action carry with it the damaging suggestion that what
the Government once do it would be likely to repeat
again. in reference to OF its Obligations
"Al of which is respectfully submitted (0lgned):
w F. Frear T. w. Hebron, trustees under deed OF trust
for all the bondhoders.
D. B. Bond by his attorney, J. B. Anterior.
Mary A. Richards by J. B. Atherton
Charles H Atherton.
Henry Holmes, by his attorney in G. ]. Waller.
w. w. Hall, trustee
Western and Hawaiian Investment Company by W. W. Hail.
manager. -
w. w. Hail.
H .vo Holt.
H. M. Holt, trustee.
H. M. Holt agent.
D. B. Smith, trustee
J.. T. Dowsett.
Victoria Ward by H. Wodehouse her attorney in fact
T. M. Starkey = -
Estate of S. Roth per H P. Roth
fOrF o. T. Hebron
A. ]. Campbell
B. F Dillingham;.
H HacEfed & Company Limited per J. F Hackfeld, vice
president.
Frank Hustace.
Wilson & Whitehouse per John H. Wilson.
Allen Robinson
deceased.
E F. Bishop, trustee.
California Feed Company by 7. J. King, manager.
George P Castle, by W. A. Bowen his attorney in fact
Kahuku Plantation Company by its treasurer G. Bote
Theo Davies Company Limited F. M Swanzy director
Mark P. Robinson.
George w. Smith.
Mrs A. S. Parke by w. c. Parke.
F. A. Schaeer & Company.
Charles NJ Hyde.
George ]. Campbell.
Mary Castle by w. R Castle
w. R. Castle.
lanes B. Castle by W. R. Castle his attorney in fact
w F Allen.
Bruce Cartwright, trustee
Castle & Cooke, Limited by William A. Bowen.
T. B. Atherton.
F. w. McChesney.
c. P. Iaukea
T. May, trustee
7. May.
H. A Widemann, trustee.
E A. Nott-Smth, trustee per r. Heron
Union Feed Company by F. w. Macfarlane
T. H. Fisher.
Nettie P Fisher
S. s. Robertson.
J. ]. Egan.
lula A. Patty by E. A. NIott-Smith
The petition referred the Special committee consisting
OF Senators Baldwin, McCandess and N1coN Which mas the
matter under consideration
The above petitioners their contentious upon the follow