The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-02
Nnuld Mean Progress.

favored the granting VI t1N -
which. be said. would mean marvellous
r,-ogre.s on Hawaii. 1.-The leglsla-
-ure. be said. "meets next February
and can take the wharf over even De
fore il 5 completed, If Il wants 70.
The wharf can not possibly ne com
pIerea under a year: the legislature
can. therefore. easily appropriate money
for an approach 70 the wharf.
Referring 20 the matter OF wharfage
charges. Mr. Campbell said that every
where else in the world where there are
wharves wharfage charges are IN
/ rosed. Z rery State goes on he pm
I ciple that il has a right 70 collect
wharfage charges. dock tolls and rents
Just enough for the maintenance and
construction OF sea wharves. The charge
Of FIVE cents ton proposed n The
license s legitimate and proper
Paxton Makes Statement.
| FF Paxton. OF Alexander & Bald,
win. Ltd. strongly urged the granting
/ Of the license. He said:
| 81 wish 70 explain why I attended
| this meeting. and 10 state the inter
es+S which I represent. ] am not here
as representing the rallT0ad r2mpauF
or TO discuss the terms on which
rhe proposed license Is 70 be granted
7 am here solely in the interests Of
/ Alexander & Baldwin. Ltd, and by
authority Of It's board Of directors,
who represent the shipment o. some
| 126.000 tons Of sugar annually. nearly
| All OF which goes from the ports OF
/ Kahului and Port Allen. When the pro-
nosa3 license was submitted 70 our firm
/ ? few DAYS ago we read II over and
/ found II almost identical with the Il
/ cense which had been granted 10 the
Kahului Railroad Company some
months ago No objection. so far as
we know. has ever been made 20 that
| license Messrs. Brewer Il Co. Ltd,
who are interested al Kahulul, made
no protest. neither did the In Island
steamship company In fact we had 7ust
| negotiated a contract with my good
friend Kennedy for docking his yes
sells at the new wharf Just construct
ed and all is very satisfactory. We
/ therefore. saw no objection 70 signing
the petition as we have great in.
/ direct interest in better facilities be
/ ing established at Hilo which | viii
not try TO explain.
Gas you know two-thirls e he So
gar production Of these Islands is
shipped By the Observation-Disclosures
Tehuantepec steamers. Each one Of
those steamers must call al four out Of
FIVE ports in the Islands. They are
now running on twelve-day schedule
and will probably be reduced 70 a ten
dav service next season. On the At
| lantic side similar service is maintain
ed with smaller steamers making week
" trips 10 Puerto. Mexico. Il is self
/ evident that these steamers must run
| like clOckwork. or chaos would result
in shipping circles. Each steamer must
arrive and depart from the Islands on
schedule time and under no considera,
ton viii the steamship company delay
the dispatch Of these steamers.
"The situation. then. is this: Al Ho-
| n0lulu excellent loading facilities are
provided. Our friends. Messrs. Castle
* Cooke, who are protesting against
this license, have an easy time of it,
as every pound Of their sugar is shipped
from Honolulu. The same applies, IN a
greater or less degree, TO most of the
other firms. Alexander & Baldwin, Linn
| tied, have. at an expenditure Of some
100000, provided thoroughly good IA
| ciGties at kahului, and when the fed
]
prepared to spend that much more in
establishing docks, as your Excellency
very well knows, a contract having been
made with the government TO that end
| Many thousands of dollars have been
! spent at Port Allen in facilities for
| giving as good dispatch for vessels as
can be given without wharves. Hilo Is
/ the weak link in the chain. | have here
IN nv 1p,o -lc go. -
| written TO our agents, the kahului Rail
road Company, imploring them TO work
overtime and Sundays in order that the
steamers may be dispatched so that our
/ friends in Hilo can have about twice
/ the time TO load the same amount of
! sugar. The result IS we are ground be-
/ tween the upper and the neither mill
stones, HlIo being the last port Of call.
| iMr. Paxton here read several ex-
! tracts showing conclusivelv the truth of
! the above statements.1
This situation is growing more Sc
rlous with the increasing commerce at
the several ports. What we want is
/ better wharf facilities at the port of
| Hlio, or something done to relieve the
! situation, It matters not what. As be.
fore stated, our firm has spent large
sums 10 Iacllltate shipments at kahului,
! but so far as | know not one cent has
been spent by the interests who are
| mere protesting against the granting of
/ TINS license toward facilities for storms
/ and handling Of sugar at Hilo. Hilo is
| the only port of call for large steamers
| where but small portion Of the sugar
snlpPed IS stored awaiting the arrival
| OF vessels The Matson Nayipation
| company claim their steamers receive
good dispatch at Hilo This NAV he
true; / do not know. nor do I care. as
We handle no sugar at that port. | do
know, however, that the American Ha.
"aIlan Steamship Company require as
rule twice as long at Hilo for hand
ing sugar as they a1lot our companv
at hahulni or Port Allen. have every
reason to believe they do the very hest
they can. They state that the delav
could be remedied by the building of
wharf, which they are willing should he
hulIt, and will probably contribute
Innds therefor. I can only saw on be-
half of the firm which 7 represent that
II, as the result Of haggling over minor
'eta!lS, this license is not granted and