Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-06
MUTUAL DIRECTORS
and BOARD confer
Continued from PAGE u

or other structures or places OF the
Telephone Company for the wires OF
the fire alarm system was, under
this agreement, to be without charge
to the Territory of Hawaii. and the
only expense that the Territory was
to bear, In case of the altering or
replacing of, the wires. poles or 9TH
er structures of the Telephone Com
pany, was the cost of the removal,
shifting or alteration of the wires,
etc. of the fire alarm system.
Subsequent TO the execution OF
this agreement, and evidently rely
ing upon the rights and privileges OF
the Territory of Hawaii under It,
large sums of money were expended
by the Territory of Hawaii for the
installation of what is known as
the Gamewell Fire Alarm and Police
Telegraph System. large number
of the wires constituting such sys-
TEN being strung upon the poles OF
the Telephone Company under the
agreement referred to.
The recent plans of the Telephone
Company for the placing of part OF
its system underground provide, as |
understand It. for the abandonment
and tearing down of between $50
and 400 OF its poles within the Dis
trict of Honolulu. On large num-
Der of these poles the wires of the
police and fire alarm system are
strung under the agreement of Aug,
ust 1st. 1901. In providing for the
installation of its underground sys-
TEN the Telephone Company made
absolutely no provision for the wires
of the police and fire alarm system
now upon its poles. The changes
planned by the Telephone Company
involved approximately 10000 lineal
feet of the police and fire alarm sys-
tenn. The proposition of the Tele-
phone Company now is to furnish
] alarm system for the number of feet
! required, to-wit. approximately 49,
| 600 feet, at fifteen cents per duct
D foot, a total of $500. The cost OF
three-inch fibre duct, such as would
be required for the police and fire
alarm wires delivered In Honolulu,
Is approximately seven eenS per
foot, and the fifteen cents per duct
foot referred to in the communica-
ton of the Telephone Company in
sludes not only the cost OF the duct,
but also such other additional en-
penses. such as the Telephone COM
pany would be put to in installing
the duct. In addition to this amount,
the City and County, of course, In
changing its wires, would be under
the necessity of bearing the cost ol
shifting Its wires from the poles to
he duct, which, understand, would
involve the expenditure OF several
thousand dollars. This Is a charge
nat the City and County of Homo.
lulu, as the successor of the Terri
it's police and fire alarm system.
would have to bear under the con-
tract of August list, 1901, but / do
not believe, under the construction
of that contract, that the City and
county Is liable for any part of the
Expense OF furnishing the ducts OF
other facilities made necessary to
be constructed, In order to provide
or the police and fire alarm wires.
In the matter of the permit fees
or the breaking up of the public
streets and highways. the ordinance
which recently passed first reading
provides that anx person desiring tC
Freak up or disturb any public high
way shall obtain permit from the
City and County Clerk to do so, and
further provides that before any per
init shall be issued the applicant
therefor shall pay TO the City ant
County Clerk, to cover the cost OF In
,pection and the issuance OF suci
permit, a permit fee of the sum o
hfty cents. 1t Is made the duty o
he City and County Engineer by thu
ordinance. and the respective roa'
)verseers to oversee and inspect al
excavations and other disturbance
or which permit has been granted
liannce are general in their terms
applying alike to all persons, firm
md corporations desiring to exca
sate streets and highways OF the Cit
and County. and, In my opinion
such provisions would be prope
exercise by the City and County o
he police powers granted to 1t by 1t
/ charter.
Z In addition to the payment by tn
4 City and County OF the sum of al
proximately $500 to the Mutua
Telephone Company for the facilities
which undeh the agreement of Aue
u ust LIST. 1909, believe the City an
County Is entitled to free of charge
the Telephone Company desires tn
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