Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-10-17
sign AVERAGE BOND
MERCHANTS IN MEETING
DISCUSS ALAMEDA FREIGHT
LEGAL OPINION TO BE GIVEN FOR
THE UNINSURED BERG'S
LETTER SHEDS MUCH
LIGHT.


LETTER SHEDS MUCH
LIGHT.
Honolulu consignees, in the matter
of the Alameda's freight, who have
their goods insured, have decided to
sign the required bonds with the steam.
ship agents, w. @. Irwin & Co., to have
their goods delivered and consignees
not insured will be advised as to their
course of action by A. G. NJ. Robertson,
legal advisor of the Merchants Asso-
citation. This much was determined
yesterday afternoon at special meet
Ing of the Merchants Association In
the Young building headquarters, call
ed for the purpose Of ascertaining the
relative positions of consignees, under
writer's and steamship company agents
While, at the meeting, there wa'
much confusion of ideas, A. Berg, Ho
nolulu representative Of the Marine Tn
derwriters, read letter from a San
Francisco correspondent, throwing con
siderable light on the situation, the fol
lowing bsing an extract from the com
munication:
II occurs to us to say something to
you with respect to the Alameda's car'
90 so that you may understand the
position when the bearer Of this letter.
the s. s. Nevadan. arrives. as consid"
cradle of the Alameda cargo goes for.
ward by the Nevadan. The case has
been very we'll handled and there
should be no difficulty. But we desire
to put you in possession of all the
facts as to what has been done at this
end so that you may be fully inform
cd.
The cargo discharged from the Ala
media has been carefully examined by
the representatives of the owners and
underwriters and all sound cargo for
warded by the Nevadan. Wherever
damaged cargo was found 1t has been
put to one side and the shippers and
underwriters, II they can be found, no
titled to take charge of the goods. We
feel reasonably certain, in view oil
this, that the cargo which will be do
l.vered from the Nevadan will be In
good condition, and naturally must be
accepted by the consignees whether the
entire shipment is delivered or not. II
Is not unlikely that in some instances
the consignees will find only portion
Of their shipments on board the Neva
dan. This will, of course, take care
OF itself and If the remainder Is lost
the underwriters will consider the
claim in the light Of their policy con
ditions. The cargo is being Forwarded
naturally by the owners of the Alameda
and consigned to their Honolulu agenti
J who will take the usual general aver
age bond and In some cases deposit
The discussion began on whether tn
, consignees should sign the geners
! average bond required by the steam
) ship company before freight deliverie
: would be made.
: Some were for signing the bond, do
1 claring there was nothing else to do
3 Others feared that In signing the bon
they might be signing away any RICH
4 Of subsequent claims against the steam
ship company.
Geo. w. Smith, president Of the Al
) ISOLATION, presided. Theo. Lansin
= acted as secretary. From the remark
made by different members at the opeI
! Ing of the session there seemed littl
3 knowledge OF the subject under discus
; sion and several expressed their igno
: ance of the matters to be settled, d.
claring that they were present to obtai
light, not to talk
Z Mr.. LANCE was of the opinion tina
9 1.-THE wreck OF the Alameda was due
y the carelessness of the ships Officers
y In this event would It be wise to sig
the general average bond? Would tn
insurance companies stand back q
those insured who signed the bond?
Mr.. Lucas, of May 4 Co., said he ha
had no experience in such matters. IL
had been advised by some not to r.
move from the wharf any OF the All
media goods arriving by the Nevadai
Then others had told him to take tn
goods and trust to the insurers. Cha
Crane said that in the case OF tn
Henry Willard his company had signe
general average bond and the insu
ers had adjusted the matter. Mr.. Lisl
man, Of Macfarlane 4 Co., stated thf
his companys goods were insured
the other end, in San Francisco; a dul
licate shipment had been received
the Nevadan.
In regard to what few Of the con
pany's Alameda goods shipped by Il
Nevadan, said Lishman, the people
the other end could fight 1t out.
his insurance had been at this end
might have signed general ayerat
bond. He did not think 1t fair thi
any man should have to pay pro raj
en- other peoples goods.
Mr.. McInerny of the shoe compar