The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-11-05
WHAT THE CITY
FATHERS WANT
DEFINITE PROPOSALS MADE
SupervisoriaI Committee Submits
Four Propositions to the
Telephone Company.
CFrOm Wednesday Advertiser,

hS hNS eupeINieuIs WHO nave DUCK
ed the telephone agreement between
the city and the Mutual Telephonei
Company last night dug a hole by \,
which they might get out of the ratherfI
embarrassing position they hold in thel
eyes of those of the citizens who are
IN hurry for an adequate telephonAeI
system. an
They have drawn up "what they
want from the telephone company" as!
requested to at conference earlieH
in the afternoon, and in the eveningSl
presented four propositions they are,
willing the city should consider. This f
is what they are:
First-The board to pay the com
pany $l36 per annum for the term OF
the charter (twenty seven years) al
rental on a basis of $4,000 feet, renty
to be waived by the company for one
year and fees to be waived by the city
for one year.
Second-The board to pay fifteen
cents per duct foot to the company for
the use of its conduits. and the CONN.,
pany not to be exempt from the in.N
spection fees.
Third-The company to furnish free
ducts to the city and county, and inI
return to be exempt from all inspec-
ton fees for the space of twenty.seven
years, the term of its charter.
Fourth-The board to pay the com
pany ten cents per lineal foot, the
company to be exempt from all inspec-
ton fees for the term of one year.
The merchants association has be-
come the arbitrator between the dead
locked parties, and on its success de-
ponds the hopes of Honolulu for a
decent system within a reasonable
time. These four propositions are the
result of the conference held in tn.
afternoon between the board and d
committee from the merchants associ-y
alton, consisting of George w. Smith
and Richard II. Trent.
After general discussion of they
status of the case at present, it was
decided on motion of Quinn that theI
five supervisors, Aylett, Kane, Cox, Mct
Clellan and AHA, should be named asI
committee with the Mayor to present.
their idea of satisfactory compromise
When this was presented last night
AHA voted no on the introduction of
the four proposals as he did not knowI
he had been named on the special com.
mittee and was not willing to vote with
his fellow malcontents under the Girl
cumstances.
1t was some time before the proposals.
actually came to the question, vague|
arguments being advanced pro and con,
in which everybody got mixed up. When
1t finally came to a vote, Logan pasAed
the buck and waited to see what the
Others said. He stated that he had}
nothing against the proposals but he|
didn't see any particular advantageI
that they had over the original propo-
sitiOn.
Quinn got up in peculiar frame of
mind that supplied the comedy for thel
evening. When he was half way up he)
said faye" when he was all the way
up he started to say "no" but with!
drew it. He finally voted "no" OF
the question and Logan followed him
making the board three to three on thel
submissal of the proposals.
/ The Mayor requested to know wheth-
er he didn't come in and was assured
by Logan that he did. Thereupon he
voted Eyes, and carried the motion.
However, as Logan had doubts as to
whether this was legal the latter chang
ed his vote to "aye" and made the
proposals authoritative The special,
committee will meet the committed
from the merchant IS association who
will submit them to the telephone COM
pany and attempt to secure the adop-
ton of one of them.
At the conference in the afternoon,
Smith said: "The merchants associa.
tion desires as soon as possible an
adequate telephone system for Homo
lulu. We desire to see, if it is pos
sible, the county and the telephone
company come to an understanding. We
have come to see what the board of
supervisors expect from the Mutual
Telephone Company and TO see what
the telephone company expects from
the board of supervisor.
Logan rose to say that he would like
to hear what the president of the as
ISOLATION had to say on the old COM
promise and Smith explained that the
stand of the association was that of
IA disinterested person and wanted to
see if the board could not yield few
points TO bring about harmonious con.
dition. lie said they doubted that they
could force the company or any com.
pany to place the city's wires under.
ground; that II was n question whether
any company could be forced to main.
tain poles,
At this point Quinn moved that the
five be appointed committee, but
Mcclellan talked the motion down and
several times later, when Quinn urged
H. The Mayor helped Mcclellan out
aud they did not evidently want the
committee appointed aud the cards fore,
ed II was not until the departure
? Of the merchants association commit
tee that Quinn's motion got 10 a vote
aud Was carried
H. d. hulletin.- Marshal DaTTaeh