The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-17

Piehs teaulhg out TO the moorine
STAKES SO the Japs won't have In WEI
thelr feet; We put in water mains with
FAUCETS for their use; installed two "a
cahdIe-poWer lights and have proba blv
put IN about 900 feet of water n;ne
Ihey also have the use of wire enclosed
, siins Tor the keeping of live fish
oIousF in by them. They get the
Dei,eii' OF our watchman's services who
IONS a-ter their nets, boats and other
mise who are not members of
lhe ssoSlation,' we left some snaca
,iie' oAes 1"2lch is between the ri1nvavs
tLonl anu 20 the Channel wharf en-
we're they are at liberty tn
Noats. In this space the
| are left. to themselves.
IN ms siio ing We Went ahead and
pus =. o-' .ags. For these moor
na1,,r,a5a+;as,9 charge for the ac-
80, 49, 49, 20 80. - charge IS for the
20 sS 80 oolt 80 :. Aoi MAILER ones. and 81
in about s175 per mons :, ms brings
At this section of the
| hundred sampans are a"o ABOUT a
This gave Edmunds and - lated TED |
| control of that portion OF any
mornings and the daily cat haroor
which have TO pass through tt u iish
| In the latter part of Febrt. haIlus.
Edmunds began reaching out + Mr'
| 'moorings" and the EVA end liiore
harbor' became his plan of COM ehe
The EVA end of the harbor' was sGst-
thing of a blanket privilege, but to t
end he wrote to Superintendent Hol
loway, referring to Rotten Row as
one of the places he desired, and also
the space in Nuuanu stream near King
street, agreeing to pay a monthly rem
tai for the privilege. Superintendent
Holloway replied:
In reply to your letter of the Goth
ult., in which you make application for
certain lands at the Eva end of the
harbor' for the nooring of fishing boats,
I am agreeable to your request on the
payment of a monthly rental of S25, as
a tenant at will, with the understanding
that you vacate the premises on thirty
days notice from this department.
Il will arrange to have your permit
for occupation of the mooring land To-
Gated near Rotten Row
A receipt dated March s, 1904, week
ago, signed by c. NJ. White, chief clerk
of the Public Works Department, shows
! that S25 for one month to April 1. 1904,
had been paid by Edmunds. Rotten
Row is understood to be where the
hulks of several demolished vessels still
| lie in the mud, Eva of the Naval Row.
Armed with this receipt, which, ac-
lcording to Superintendent Holloway s
provision, permitted Mr.. Edmunds to
use Rotten Row" for ''nloorings," the
manager proceeded to the place gen
orally used by fishermen for mooring,
which is at the mouth of the Nuuanu
stream. They were urged to join the
association Some did and We're then
assessed rentals from SO down, although
no mooring stakes have been installed.
Mr.. Edmunds stated that those who did
not wish to join the association We're
told to vacate the mornings which up
to this time they had pe1ceably en-
| joyed
The fish company promoter said that
| in talking over the ''moorings' ques
ton with Superintendent Holloway he
had intimated that the government was
receiving nothing for the use of the
places mentioned and that it was worth
something to the government Mr.. Hol-
| loway is reported to have rejoined that
at least $50 a month could be taken
in in this manner, but with the cost of
collection, etc, he was willing to accede
to Edmunds' proposition for a rental of
$25 per month. He did not believe that
Mr.. Edmunds would have possession
for long, as the government might be-
gin dredging out the places and using
them.s However, even for a very short
period Mr.. Edmunds said he was will
ing to take over the ''mooring"
grounds.
Owing to the fact that nearly all the
boats in the Waikiki end of the har-
Dor We're under Edmunds' control,
| thereby giving him, in a measure, con-
troll of the market, it was desirable that
he obtain control of the Eva end and
| by forcing the ignorant Japs into his
association he would be in a position
to dictate terms.
Il do not own a single sampan," re-
piled Mr.. Edmunds in response to a
question.
In the correspondence with officials
Mr.. Edmunds refers to our boats, as
| if the company was one which had been
compelled to seek mornings for its own
boats. The privileges which Mr.. Ed
munds has obtained both from the
Federal and the Territorial govern
ments are therefore in the nature of a
speculation. The steamer Talula is
owned by the company.
Il do not see any reason why the Jap
me- said the promoter. unless some
one is jealous and is trying to break
up our combination. These Japanese at
the Eva end had conference with me
and wanted to turn over only one-half
of their catch to US. the other half to
go to Chinese marketmen. 1 told them
that we wanted all of it, and if not we
would charge higher rates for moor
ings. If we got all we would reduce
the charges. They asked what would
be done in case they would not agree
at all and 1 told them they would have
to take their boats somewhere else"
There is no written agreement be-
tween any of the fishermen and Ed
munds. 1t was an oral agreement he
claims but thoroughly understood by
both parties. In accordance with this
the company is said to have spent
about $1,000
1t is Edmunds' claim that this AS