Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-10

| "''N nOl IeBuldlcu ny tht new ih-
terstate commerce act. Scott an
swered that he was not familiar with
this act, and went on to recite from
the terms of the license the charges
to which freight was liable.
You can not tell where this Is
going to end" he continued. 81 be.
llcve that for giving such valuable
concessions to the railroad company
the public should receive such small
compensation as public approach
to the railroad wharf. ! must speak
In admiration of the class OF work
which the company has been doing
on Its extension. The very perma.
noncy OF this will save II much In
cost OF maintenance IN the future.
From the policy thus shown by the
company ! Judge that 1t will put In
the same kind of an approach to the
wharf, and In such case 1t would be
very small matter to widen 1t
about twenty feet so as to provide
| for n carriage way" Here Scott
went into fgures.) 1T is not going
to be such a serious thing for the
railroad to provide proper APP
proach. Mr., ThurstOn told me that
II they had to build the approach.
they would not be able to build the
wharf. DO you believe that?
don't believe II for a moment. The
only way they will be able to handle
the freight they expect to get from
the extension Is to build wharf,
and do you think they are going to
refuse building 1t on account of ri.
teen or twenty thousand dollars ex.
ira? approve of the wharf, but !
am against II unless proper APP
proach Is provided"
Labor Union Resolution.
County Attorney Beers next took
hand IN the scrap. He appeared
as chairman of committee which
had been selected at a meeting or
the Hilo Labor Union, the previous
evening, to represent 1t at the meet
ing. The members of the committee
were Beers, Deputy County Attorney
Heen, Supervisor Kalaiwaa, David
Ewallko and Joe Vierra. AS chair
man of this committee, Beers said
that he was opposed to the motion
offered by Mckay, as 1t practically
passed the matter back to the Gov
ernor and the Superintendent of Pub
lie Works. lie then offered the res
olution which was finally adopted,
and copy of which appears at the
head OF this article.
Beers added that he was heartily
in favor of the suggested wharf. He
had proposed to Thurston that the
railroad build the approach, and that
a wharfage tax of ten cents a ton
he charged until a sufficient sum ha,
been collected to pay for II, when
the tax could be reduced to five
cents.
II am fully in accord with MIR.
Scott and Mr.. Mckay" said J. T.
Molr. 1T is the proper thing to
build the wharf, but the public
should he able to get its freight
therefrom in any way 1t pleases. II
is only right that the public should
have It's approach in return for the
con 'essions it granted. II is abso-
lutely necessary that the public Is
safeguarded in this way"
Here Beers stated that he had
offered his resolution in the way ~
an amendment to the Mckay mo-
ton. whereupon Wears seconded the
amendment, making the following
remarks:
Il am in favor of, and will vote
for, any resolution supporting the Is.
suance of a license to any individ'
ual, firm or corporation to erect a
wharf or as many wharves as they
may wish on terms submitted by the
Hilo Railroad Company and those In
terested with them, provided they
are the best terms obtainable. The
building of a wharf is a big stride
In Hilo's progress and should be en-
Outraged by every means, especially
when the terms are liberal and there
are no exclusive privileges asked for.
The people of Hilo should consider
themselves fortunate that parties are
voluntarily Offering to make these
vast improvements without any sac
riice or financial aid from the people
themselves. The people of Hild
should welcome such progress In the
most substantial manner possible.
want to see these people, who have
two or three hundred thousand dol
lars and the disposition to spend
them In Hilo, in action as soon as
possible.
AS | understand the situation
the Hilo Railroad Company, with
other important factors In Hawaii's
commerce, have applied for license
to construct wharf at Reeds Bay,
Objections to the terms of the II
Il2ense have been lodged with the
Governor of the Territory by some
Honolulu concerns. The Governor
with due regard to the rights OF
! Hilo in the matter. has deferred "a
ton until he has had an opportunity
! to learn of HilO'S Views.