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

hOi VI HO tNCIuhlNt UIlNlltktb dle
granted that would permanently ere
ate monopoly or stiHe competition.
BY the granting of this license we
do not create monopoly any more
than is done by granting a chartcf
to an association for the purpose or
dealing in general merchandise. IL
! the corporation selling merchandise
does not give good service, or If Its
charges are excessive, competitor
who will give good service and rea-
sonable values will soon be In the
field. So with regard to the rail-
road company. II they use their
privilege without due regard to all
concerned the Matson Navigation
Company will probably apply for q
license, when we should, of course,
give Our support; then the Inter
Island Steam Navigation Company
may become disgruntled and II may
apply for license. when our duty
will again prompt us to kokua, and
so on until all the wharves are built
that we have room for. Again, II
the railroad company's charges are
excessive, we will not be any worse
off than we are now, for we can
have our freight lightered as we are
doing now.
"As a citizen OF Hilo would ia
vor the Hllo Railroad Company from
a spirit of loyalty to our own institu.
tions. This company during It's ex-
istence expended hundreds OF thou
sands of dollars In Hilo and yicin-
ity, and there ls probably not man
here who has not enjoyed some OF
the profit of this vast expenditure.
The railroad company has had hard
struggle for many years, while we
have all been enjoying the benefit
of its activity. feel It as pleas
ure to have an opportunity to boost
it's project along, and hope that the
wharf. II they CONSTRUCT II, VIII be
profitable proposition to them, and
will assist with its other enter
prises, to fully recompense the COM
pany for its siege OF hard plodding."
Representative Alfonso offered an
amendment to the amendment, to the
effect that only citizen labor should
be employed on the construction OF
the wharf. His argument was that
since II might some day become gov
eminent property, II should be con.
structed in the same manner as II
the government were building 1t In
the first place.
Chairman Richards said that he
would not put this amendment unless
he were overruled by the house.
There was no opposition to this rul-
ing. .....
| Thurston said that there were
some points on which misapprehen
sion had been shown, and which he
would like to explain. Scott's point
In regard to the Kahului railroad
was based on mistake. There the
company had built out from its own
waterfront and the Governor had
asked for right of way, which had
been granted.
Scott was right in his surmise as
to the method which would be en-
, ployed In building the wharf. It
was proposed TO build rock MI,
and this the railroad could do more
cheaply than anyone else, on ac'
count of its control OF the quarry and
the cinder hill. II the railroad built
its approach, the Territory could
build its approach right next to 1t,
and this would be much cheaper than
II 1t built independently. ThurstoH
had said, to Scott, and he did say
that the railroad did not have the
$250,0O0 more needed to build the
wharf, and II did not have the money
for carriage road. II was willing
to do its share, and to act as promo
ter without cost to get. the money
The matter was taken up with Man
ager Dearborn of the American. ia'
waiian company and with Captain
Matson when they were here IN
April. and Matson had said to Dill
bingham that now he was talking
business, though he did not say
whether he would put up coin or not
Dearborn had said that his company
would put up a substantial contribu'
ton. Davies & Co., Olaa and Other
concerns had promised to take Il
} nanCial interest. Brewer & Co. had
said that 1t was not interested.
As to the argument that the com
pany should be willing to build the
carriage road in return for a valu
able franchise, .Thurston pointed tC
the fact that Marston Campbell had
wanted to offer a license on the
same terms as that Of the KahuluI
Railroad Company. Campbell had
drafted the franchise, and 1t had
J originally provided for wharfage
toll of twenty cents a ton for all
freight passing over the wharf-in
addition to the twO-cent wharfage
charge. Thurston had told Camp
bell that this was more than was
needed to pay for the maintenance
of the wharf, and that II might stir
up opposition In Hilo, which should
nv all means he aVOidpd ThurStOn