Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-04-13

empteu them from a Discrimination
tax.
Standard Owes Hawaii.
Mr.. Mclnerny said the Standard OF
Company under the law owed the Ter
ritory $4,000, $4,000 for 1903. ant
$4,000 for 1904. He said 1t was q
question whether or not the Territor,
should go after 1t.
President Smith said the matter
would be sent to the Committee on
Public Affairs.
Automatic Telephone.
Robert Cation reported as follows on
the Automatic Telephone Bill: That
the committee favored the resolution
granting the franchise to the Standard
Telephone Company, thinking Il was to
the best interests of the Territory, sub.
hitting ehis as a majority report.
Mr.. Emmeluth, for Mr.. Hudson,
made verbal minority report to the
effect that the minority committee is
averse to granting the franchise as in
the original bill, and offers substitute
I bill
e'S'o'y iieht Ttuu tHe substitute
bill, which extends the conduit system
and prohibits amalgamation with any
ether company, making the time.limit
for completion two years.
On discussion, Emmeluth said the
Automatic people did not make bust.
hesslike statement of their PROPOSE.
ton. He said that the company's prop,
osition would show working expense
account greater than realized profits.
and this did not warrant the approval
OF the Association. He favored the in.
stallation of conduits by the Govern.
ment, not by private enterprises, since
the latter interfered with all future
competitors. He said the bill favored
by the majority gave "cinch" fran.
lhise.
No Selling Out.
E. A. Paris said he was in favor of
granting franchise, but approved the
minority substitute bill in several par.
ticulars. notably that preventing the
company from selling out at any price
the competitor wished to pay.
+. j. Lowrey said he saw good points
In both bills. He thought a combina.
ton Of the two could be satisfactorily
made.
ii. +. Wichman said he was not Old.
posed to granting any franchise. as
some thought, but did not favor the old
bill. because, for one thing, II gave the
company eminent domain, something
not essential in telephone construction.
Ii the conduit system was extended as
provided for in the substitute bill, no
would be better satisfied.
F. l.. Waldron favored the original
bill, since no company would want to
operate franchise under the sub |
stitute bill.
f. w. Macfarlane-Of Mr.. Wichman's I
opinion concerning eminent domain.
He would like to see better service
than the present. Did not wholly ia.
Nor the substitute bill, rather COM
of the old and the new. He
thought quick action was necessary.
Robert Catton-What we want Is a
Letter telephone service. The substi.
tute bill would absolutely disbar tele- /
phone companies.
He then moved that the majority re.
port be accepted. +. W. Macfarlane
seconded the motion, urging quick nc.
lion in getting the bill to the Legisla.
lure. He did not lay much importance
On the ''amalgamation bugaboo," since
The matter lay In the hands of the
stockholders here in Honolulu, largely
he Merchants Association.
f. A. Mclnerny-If there are any
'cinch" features about this franchise.
would not support it.
Secretary X. II. Trent-Favored q
franchise to the automatic people, but
,elt that another bill might be better
iTawn to safeguard the public.
,oper Defends.
Col. J. H. Soper defended the pro.
isions of the bill. He said the right
II eminent domain was to be eliminat-
ID by Senate amendment to the bill.
favored incorporating this recommen.
iation In the resolution to the Senate.
Thought that the Department OF Pub
lie Works would look after anything
in the construction. Did
lot believe that amalgamation should
lightly be prohibited. This was I'M