The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-10-22
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and IT has to be pubnshed ten times
before it becomes law.
Neither is the request of the mer-
chants association for hearing on
the telephone controversy to be allow
ed to interfere with the progress of the
work. The company is going ahead as
fas as possiple to give Honolulu new
and satisfactory service and to install
its proposed new system. Explanations
are now thing of the past. They
will be accorded to whomever wants
them, but they will not be allowed to
interfere with the work.
Yesterday the merchants associa
ton, acting on suggestion of its
to George r. Carter of the Mutual
Telephone Company and to Mayor
Fern, asking that hearing be granted
its representatives on the telephone
question. 1t was stated in the letter
that the merchants would like to be-
come acquainted with the details of the
proposed agreement between the com
pany and the supervisors.
Decision Is Final.
Mr.. Carter has replied to the letter
with communication, in which he
states on behalf of the company that
the telephone people have accepted the
action of the supervisors in refusing to
agree to the contract as final and the
company is going ahead with its work.
In the meantime the company will be
glad to afford to the merchants any in
formation that may be desired. But it
is too late for arbitration. The super
visors have turned down the contract,
and it is now their next move.
A Few Questions.
What is to be done with the fire and
police telephone wires is question
that is liable to become a burning one
SO far as the supervisors are concern
ed before the work of putting the Mu-
tual Telephone Company's wires under
ground has progressed very far. Even
if the contention of the county attor-
ney and his deputy is correct, that the
telephone company, on account of it's
old agreement with the county, can not
remove its poles throughout the city,
the question still remains a serious one.
Granting that the company may not re-
move its poles, who is going to main
tain theml And who is going to main
tain the police and fire wires that are
strung to theml Also, who is going to
hold up the poles when the company s
wires are removed-for it is a fact well
known to those who are familiar with
such matters that telephone poles are
largely maintained in their upright po-
sition by the wires that are strung to
them--and two or three little police
and fire wires are not going to hold up
fiftyfoot poles. 1t can not be expect
ed that the telephone company, after
it has removed its own wires, is going
to any trouble and expense to main
tain the poles for the city and county
or to renew the city and county, fire
and police wires that rust out or break.
Still another question will confront
the supervisors: Are they in any event
going to keep fiftyfoot poles standing
in various parts of the city to main
tain a single wire, or even two or three
wiresl There are several questions
that the supervisors are going to have
to answer before they are done with
the business.
Who Is Behind Aylett7
Another question, the answer to
which would be interesting, though per-
haps not important, is, "Who is behind
Supervisor Aylett; who is writing the
letters in correct English that have
been published lately over the name of
Supervisor Aylett7' 1t looks like a
political job, but who is doing iti How
ever, that is a question the answer to
which is bound to come out sooner or
later, so it makes little difference at
present.
One of these letters appeared in the
Bulletin last night, and in it Supervisor
Ayett % Gays: ~ have underlined
the particular clauses in the agree,
ment which in my opinion will deprive
the people of their rights and priv,
leges." (Sic)
A Strange Omission.
The editor of the Bulletin takes oc-
casion to make the editorial statement
that his paper is not in a position to
speak as to whether or not Mr.. Ay
lett IS criticism of the agreement is
justified, Gas the copy of the docu.
ment was brought into the office at a
late hour in the forenoon That be
ing the case, it can not, of course, havs
been the editor of the Bulletin who
dropped out of the published copy OF
the agreement n very important line
the absence of which completely
changes the meaning of one of the
clauses which Supervisor Aylett con
tends is liable to deprive the people OF
their rights and privileges. Below ap
pears the doctored agreement as pub
lished in the Bulletin, with the word:
omitted by the Bulletin-but which are
in the agreement-in large letters:
The company further covenants
and agrees with the city and
county that if the company at any
time hereafter shall construct an
extension of its present contem
plated underground system, the
company will construct and install
duet in the same trench or
trenches for the use of the city
and county, and at the same time
that the company is installing such
extension work for its own use,
one duet NJ cost, said cost, how
ever, not to include cost OF Elk.
CAYATION, AND WILL ALSO,