The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-16
The Territory a Competitor.


the longer people think about the
trouble with Charley Peterson the
more they are beginning to think that
his removal was for the purpose Of
trying to put the Spreckels tug Fear
less out of business. The general i'm
preston along the wharfs is that this
is so. On Monday the Eleu was mott
fed exclusively that there were two
vessels of Diamond Head. The first
one reported was the barkentine John
Smith. The lieu went TO her and
brought her in. The next was the
schooner A. NJ. Baxter. and the Eleu
got the news OF the sighting OF the
vessel in time to get to the bell buoy
before the tug Fearless had heard f
the approaching vessel and started for
her.
Yesterday the bark Mohican was OF
the Head ana the harbormaster went
to the tug Fearless and notified the
mate that she was outside. AS the
Fearless does all the towing for the
company to which the Mohican be
longs. il would have been waste pf
coal for the Eleu TO have gone out
Captain Fuller simply notified the
Fearless OF the approach of the Mohi
can out of the goodness OF his heart
Those in authority seem to take un-
kindly 10 the statement in The Repub
lican that the pilots and harbormas-
ters are the only ones who hear from
the signal station at Diamond Head
that a vessel has been sighted. But
these officials deny this Ii has been
stated that not only is this so but that
positive orders have been given to the
lookout at Diamond Head TO notify 10
one but the Offices mentioned.
Whether this is so or not it is
positive fact that since the new man
has been in charge at the signal sta
tion no one has been notified of the
approach of vessels as heretofore II /
has been the practise for years for the /
lookout at the Head TO notify the pilots /
and narbormaster and the central of 1
fee Of the Mutual Telephone when
vessels were sighted Now il is i'm
possible TO get any information from
central as to the whereabouts of YES.
sells and the merchants who have been
in the habit OF being rung up and noti.
ied are beginning to feel pretty sore
over the way the board of public works
is acting in the matter
At the next meeting of the chamber
of commerce the action of the super
of public works in supplant
ing the capable lookout at Diamond
Head with a man who is proven to be
unfit for the position and cutting III
entirely the reports previously sent
TO the merchants of the incoming YES
sells. will be inquired into and an at
tempt made to remedy the matter 20
the satisfaction OF those most interest
ed in the coming and going OF yes
sells.
Diamond Head Charley and the three
whistles announcing the coming OF
mail steamer have been important fac
tors in the shipping history of Homo
lulu for years The lookout station
was first established at haimuki many
years ago by s. C. Wilder. From the
station telephone line was run into
own This was a private line. When
he regular telephone system was in
stalled here the station was connected
with II and vessels We're announced
Is they We're sighted. After several
Fears at Keimuki the station was re
moved 10 its present location on Dia. ,
nond Head and the government was ,
lsked 10 support it. A law was pass J
o establishing the station and speci, l
wing that il was for the convenience
4 the whole community. II
That The man al the station is not /
ttending TO the work as he should is :