The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-03-16

Nuuanu stream was secured at a rent |
al of $25. The income from that Nuu- |
anu stream mooring has not amounted |
to what it cost US. We pay S25 a |
month rental, but the collections |
amounted to only SIS. l have not for
this reason gone to any expense yet of |
putting in stakes for the boats to moor |
to, but 1 have charged the men for
mooring their boats in that water as 1 !
contend that l have the right to do so
under the permission for the use of the
place secured from the Superintendent
of Public Works. 1 hold that nobody
has a right to moor their boats i'm our
waters without our permission"
According to superintendent Hollo-
way however Edmunds has not been
given any lease or right to use the Nuu-
anu stream mornings. Mr.. Holloway
stated that he had agreed to give him
the permission, but the lease had not
been made out and Edmunds had not
paid the rental for that mooring. al
though a rental for one month for the
mooring on the Eva side Of the harbor
by the Rotten Row had been paid bv
Edmunds.
The statement" continued Edmunds.
by the japanese that 1 have forcibly
taken their oars away from them are
false. I have done nothing of the sort
You see when this company was first
organized the Japanese agreed to go in
with us and give us all of their fish
| When the proposition was first made ia
them they said they would go in if we
| would provide them with a suitabIa
| mooring place where they would not
have trouble from storms. They said
that the place by the Quarantine wharf
would be the best. I secured permits
sion for our boats to tie up in those
waters. We piped fresh water along to
the various tying-up places, we have
built little piers for the convenience of
the fishermen, have a Waterman en-
! ployed at night, have electric light in
stalled and also paint their boats at
cost. The rates to be charged were So.
81 and 81 at the mooring place at Ka-
kaako according to the size of the boat
and IS, SO and $3.50 for boats in Nuuanu
stream.
Some times the japanese would get
behind in their payments. would ask
them when they would pay, they would
say the next day or so, then when we
would go after them they might post
pone the payment. Finally would say
to them that they must pay and 1 would
ask them what security they would
give. They would voluntarily give up
their oars or rudders which would be
kept until they paid the rental"
In confederation of this fact Mr. Ed
munds pointed to a large number Of
oars which he stated had been taken
as security to protect his company.
THE purpose" said Edmunds, "of
driving the stakes and establishing the
mornings was that our boats belong
ms to the members of our company
would have places to tie up. l had a
conference with the Japanese fishermen
recently when l offered to charge 81 a
month for boats whose owners gave us
their entire catch of fish, a rate of SO,
80 and 81 to the boats giving us half the
catch and double rates for those boats
that did not give us any of their catch.
We would rather that the latter class
Of boats would not remain at our moor
ings, but if they wished to we would
let them remain on the payment of a
higher rate.
"At Kakaako we simply charge for
our work in providing conveniences and
assistance to the members of the COM
pany or association. We do not charge
for the use of the sea water as an an
chorage place Any body is free to
come in here but he can not tie up to
our stakes or wharves and he must not
interfere with any other boats tied up
here There is a considerable space
at the upper end that we did not take
and that is being used by the natives
land others who are not in our COM
pany. With the Rotten Row and Nuu-
anu stream moorings l contend the
conditions are different and we have
the right to charge for allowing a boat
to lie in our waters.
"Originally we were assured that We
would have about 100 to 12O boats in
with US but there is not such a large
number at this time. The receipts
from the place at KakaakO fall short Of
the expenses, for we take in only $l75
and spend $3.50 a month"
Admiral Terry the commandant of
the Naval Station was asked regard
ing the matter. mo complaint a
gainst Edmunds or the live fish COM
pany has been lodged here with me"
said the Admiral "All that l know
about it Is what 1 have seen in, the
newspapers therefore, can have no
case under consideration.
Permission was granted to this man
to moor the boats of his company in
the naval waters by the Quarantine
wharf. l granted such permission for
1 thought that it would be an excel
lent thing for the community to have
live fish sold here. l supposed that
he would act in good faith for he was
told that he was not to interfere with
any people who were then in the habit
o flying up their boats in those wa
tiers. He was given to understand that
the first cause of trouble, If the Jap
anese made complaint against him or
the police began to make arrests there
ne would be ordered off of the place.