The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-11-03
ASK WHAT TERMS
THEY CAN MAKE
Harbor Commissioners Want 10
Know What Parties at Odds
Want as Compromise.

IL q Row up TO the vAS0us corpora
lions interested in the building Of the
Ihlo wharf to get together and draw
M a form Of agreement for submission
to the board Of harbor commissions 30
that the board may have something
tangible TO work upon in arriving Al
decision as to how tho wharf shall be
used and operated for the benefit Of
railroad ahd shipping interests. The
board at its meeting at two O'Clock
yesterday passed a motion authorizing
Chairman Campbell to notify the Hilo
Railroad Company, American. Hawaiian
company, Matsop Navigation Company,
Inter Island company, the Volcano
Stables company and others interested
that they consult together and submit
to the board an agreed-upon method
as to use and operation of the wharf,
and the board in its letter will ask
chat the representatives. OF the various
interests give the matter Immediate at
tention.
There was considerable discussion by
Messrs. Campbell, Mccarthy and Nc
stOcker at yesterdays meeting over
the wharf matter. Mr.. Mccarthy is
stili of the same opinion that he first
expressed that no special privileges be
granted by written contract to the rail-
road company, although he wants def
mite assurance from the company that
it will build its tracks to- the wharf,
whereupOn the wharf will he built.
Otherwise, no wharf will be buiit. Mr..
McStocker was still inclined to the be-
lief that a written agreement giving
assurance to the Hilo Railroad Com
,pany that its deliveries would be made
to vessels which will be certain of a
berth, should be adopted
II was shown ut the meeting that
, the harbor commission will have as full
say in the. operations of the Hilo wharf
as on any other in the Territory, as
the operation and use is always under
the control of the commission and its
official representatives. 4
There was some talk about the ap-
proachesf being 30 graded that there
would be- no difficulty of any class of
vehicles having easy access and exit,
but all were unalterably opposed to the
road was extended to the wharf.
Colonel Mccarthy stated that he was
favorably impressed by the plans for
the wharf as drawn up by the Hilo
Railroad Company. In, fact he could
hardly see how they could be improved
upon. ~.
i r~ Kahulu Project
3. The board passed upon the Rpplica-
~. = Z Do. -
for the tide lands at certain part of
the Shore line for filing in. Upon the
afilledsin space they win build ware
HOUSE and build tracks. The license is
for twenty years and can be terminated
by year IS notice, the tracks and
buildings to revert to the railroad com
pany. The attorney general win be
asked for an opinion as to the made
land, it being the belief that this would
revert 10 the Territory, but the com
missicners want to know it in advance.
Question Of Demurrage
A question of demurrage was brought
up before the commission both by Allen
& Robinson, lumber dealers, and Cap
tain Foster, harbormaster, over large
quantity of lumber discharged recently
from the bark S. G. Allen on the Els
planade near the Fort street wharf
The harbormaster stated that he mott
fed the company three days before de-
murrage was asked, thereby giving the
lumber people an opportunity to take
the stuff away. The company states, or
the other hand that the lumber wal
not on the wharf, or at least not al
of it, and they could see no reason why
the lumber ON the Esplanade should be
penalized Colonel Mccarthy question
ed whether the lumber on the lanC
could be DECLARED demurFageable mas
much as the board had referred hereto
fore in its rules concerning lumber OF
4 the wharves proper. The commissioner
visited the location in the Afternoon
and win decide later what they believe
should be done in such cases.
Maui Wants Wharf QniclZ,
A letter, enclosing copy Of reso
luton passed by the Maui ehambe
of commerce, favorin9 the building o.
a wharf and shed at or near Kibei
but on government ground, and tina
the $1,000 available be used now. in tn
building Of a wharf, was read. Tn,
Maui people want a safe wharf at Ki
hei and want It quick
Captain b. o. Nelson Of the Helen
filed an application for the position
of pilot, whenever there should be
vacancy. John Dick made simila
application.