The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-04-01
HAWAIIAN FRANCHISES
BEFORE COMMITTEES
The Bills More or Less Involved in Political
Tansle..-Report Of Representatives
Robinson and Powers.

June /, 1902. the gross receipts from
June /, 1901, to June l. 1902, were Sl31,-
5S1.16; the royalty paid to the Terri
torial government through the Superin-
tendent OF Public works was S3,2S9.59.
other taxes paid by the company FOR
the year amounted TO So'osi'5s' OF total
vi S''ooo''', pelis supsta''.,al va, re'ili-
"utioil 10 tiie soEeliliI'ent' ,t Ine coiIl-
r. 80 ' "a y.'..,,,,a,s,
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a.. -. 80. l., z,,,,
hat,,lr a5,,,,ls, t,,. ,tr tt,,,.atIo,, E,Ioatri,
,,a,,,,t',,, I i,,,i.s1N ana 80 ,,,,,,,,,,
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r-.,, rs,
clus,va, franchise this fact beinp mar
ticuIarIv ca evnressed in the act.
",rh. Tarritorial povernment onarotas
al, o,ao,rio Iiob+ o,,d ,ou,o,. s,,eto,, for
tbe nurnosa of lighting the territorial
buiIdinqs and al, nuhIic streets except
7O arc lights in the outlvInp districts
which bv contract with tho TarritoriaI
government are furnished nv the COM
nonv tn the Government The govern
mont of tho Tarritorv doae mn corner-
cioi ligbtirg Tho nreserce OF tho gov
arnuent svstem in the community
wouId nravent an arbitrary or unfair
treatment nv tho ahova-named COM
many if throupb q chanpe of rnanape
mont or otbarvise sucb a noIicv sbo,,ld
bo attauntod
"or No,erhe, =, toOe tbo comnanv
rurnisbad Iipbts to / ESQ consumers
with q tot,I connected load of 90 67t
1G-candIenower Iamns AT the same
tirna T. was eunnlving no,ver to 80 mo
tors of n total canocitv Of 47elh horse-
noxver to dirfarert inaustria., t., Homo
lulu, as elevators electric fans. to dem
lists, and to n conveyor of goods on the
wharf
",rbo ,arrito,.,, f., r,bicb tbo Hawaiian
E,Ioctric Common, ororates cornrises
tho district of Honolulu the nomination
of which &c % 9Oe No accurate infor-
mation is ohtoirable showing the ner-
centogo a.. u.bot ru,her of tho nonu-
ro,ion co,s,sts or o,ion,ols natives or
whites II &c ostiuated that from 5000
tn of 70 whites "
o,us,,,,o 90 portrouoso Eigb+y-aro nor
cent of the husfness of this comnanv
is done witb these 5000 to 5000 whites
The business done should he comnared
with n like business in citv or town
IN the Irnited states NJ not mora than
II. 600 Inhabitants. The committee com
narad tba rates and tbe onerotions of
This companv with twenty companies
in the state of Massachusetts the fig
ures for comnarison beinp taken from
tho annual renort Of the Roard of Gas
and Electric Light commissioners of
tho S,ota Of >Ioss,cbusatts puh,ic
Document No "a. nublished in Roston
in 1903
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