Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-11-17
We ARE WASTING
time SAYS Fern
Question Is
Again Brought
Up

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by the special COMMITTEES of Superyis.
Ors which prec.pitated general and
rather acrimonious free for ali discus.
sion over the fiuchly cursed and dis.
cussed telephone agreement at last
nights meeting OF the Cit aud county
solons.
A COMMITTEES. including Supervisors
Aylett. AHA. Cox. Kane. Mcclellan and
Mayor Fern. brought in report con.
corning their negotiations or rather
failure to negotiate with the hello PEG.
pie regarding an alteration of the old
agreement as It pertains to the carry
ing of city wires underground.
At the close Of the report the com.
mittee recommended that under the
circumstances the telephone question
be not submitted again TO the Mutual
Company for arbitration and further
that all negotiations with the tela.
phone people relative to the matter
be terminated.
In the adoption OF this report Super.
visor Logan protested to smell some.
thing that suggested gag law" He
fared mp and told His Honor the May.
or that he strongly objected to being
sat upon in such a manner rs had
been attempted by the introduction of
the report. Both Logan and Quinn
wanted the board to defer action in the
matter. They claimed that should the
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further consideration of n newer and
better agreement would be forever
eliminated.
II appeared that the lone minority
faction of the Board had won Over Il
couple of achievements for when the
vote was finally taken after much heat
ed discussion. the report of the com.
mittee was tabled for reconsideration
at the next meeting of the Board. 1t
will then be taken up together with a
new agreement which has been sub.
mitted by the local hello company.
The present status of the telephone
matter as far as the board is con
cerned is this:
The Board refuses to have further To
do with the old agreement submitted
by the company. BY vote of -four to
| three the solons have tabled the Ie.
| port submitted by special committee
| which endeayored to carry through a
reconciliation or compromise between
the Supervisors and the telephone CON.
pany. The Mutual people thruaglr
supervisor Logan have presented 4
rev agreement. which Is said has in.
corporated some OF the recommends.
lions offered by Mcclellan. The new
document also shows that some of tho
objectionable features contained in the
old agreement have been eliminated.
This new agreement Is 10 be consid.
cred ut the next regular meeting Of
the Supervisors. II Is now being
picked Ia pieces and given thorough
examination for flaws and imperfec.
lions by County Attorney Milverton.
| The telephone question was the III.
tie spark that kindled considerable or
atoiical fireworks. II caused Mayor
Fern to arise and declare that the
board was simply wasting valuable
time In AN apparent useless squabbic
over the old agreement.
Supervisor Logan also took n flInr
in the heated debate aud h. said 81
viii not be gagged In this hlgh.hande,
manner. Talk about gag rule. This
exhibition presented here tonight
makes me tired"
Kane believed that the telephone
company had not treated the board
with courtesy ,and that was why b;
wanted 10 see the adoption OF the 10
port and ut the same time administer
n slap on the wrist to the telephon,
people.
Cox smilingly contended for square
deal and he voted to lay the report on
the table. Aylett also went over u,
the. side OF n hitherto minority.
THE policy of the telephone com
pany In this matter has been one o
delay and obstruction" abscryed May
or Fern in stating his position in re
gard to the matter. 'If the telephon,
company wants further considerable,
OF the old agreement or an amende,
one let them come to us. II IL up /,
them TO make oycrtureS to the board
, This body has right along done tn,
square thing with the company.
The Mayor did not approve of IN,
telephone company handing the new
proposition to an individual membe
OF the Board. He believed that suol
matters should go through the regua
channels and he submitted to the Ma,
or for presentation.
This remark caused an instant flu
ry In the conversation bee then 4
progress and Logan, to whom the ne,
agreement had been handed, bccam
temporarily rlled over the common
1t would appear at the present tim
as IT Logan and Quinn, with the COZ
currence of Aylett and Cox would b
able to carry the new agreement no,
submitted by the telephone compan
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