The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-11-28
COMPANY WILL
NOT BLOCK PLAN
Hllo Railroad WIN Cooperate in
Every Way to Secure Wharf
for Hllo Harbor.

"The Hio Railroad Company d
prepared to cooperate heartily with
tho hurbor commission upon any plans
or location Of wharf which give reason.
able assurance of enabling the business
Of the port Of lIilo to be transacted
with efficiency and economy. Ill. A.
Thurston, general manager, Hilo Rail.
road Company.
The Hilo Railroad Company, which
has been notified by the harbor com.
mission that in six months the com.
mission would take over any wharf
constructed by the company in Hilo
1 Bay is ready to have the Territory act
at once, and If there il anything pur.
chasablo at present, to take it over.
When the railroad company received
n notice asking those interested In
] harhor improvement in Hilo to get to-
1 gether on some sort of an agreement,
/ the officials announced that they
would be glad to meet each and all of
tho other Interested ones at any time
or place. So far, the railroad company
has not received any suggestions of
| plan or form of agreement or contract
from any of the others. The company
has been informed by the Inter Island
company that it is preparing new
plans for a wharf to be submitted at an
early date. The railroad company
hopes to secure early action by those
interested.
IL the company does not soon receive
some suggestions from others, it win
ask the commission to proceed on its
own account without waiting for
further suggestions, as it is not only
to the interest of the railroad com.
pany, but OF all concerned in business
at Hilo, to have wharf constructed
now.
Although the railroad company has
spent much time, and money planning
what it believes to be the best type Of
wharf, not only from railroad stand.
point, but from that OF shipping and
shippers in general, it does not assume
the attitude of demanding that it's
plans be used to the exclusion of others,
and is prepared to cooperate heartily
with the commission in using any other
plans that may be submitted.
lss Asked as to what the effect Of the
six months notice given by the com
mission of its intention to proceed
with the construction of wharf, would
have upon the railroad, Mr.. Thurston
says that such notice was simply a
carrying out, under the terms of the
license, of the provision in the license
that the government should give six
months notice of it's desire to pur-
chase. He states that the railroad is
ready to take up the matter Immediate
ly, without waiting for the six months
to expire.
An mter-Island Slan.
There has been considerable work
done along the lines of preparing
form Of agreement in regard to the
Hilo wharf, in response to the request
of the board of harbor commissioners,
but IL seems likely that it will be Mt
least three or four weeks before any
thing definite in that matter win be
accomplished, says the Hawaii Herald.
The following form of agreement has
been prepared by the Inter Island
Steam Navigation Company and sub
mitted to those directly interested in
the matter
tFirst: That in consideration Of
the construction of a wharf as herein
after agreed the railroad company
J hereby covenants and agrees with the
i Territory of Hawaii that it will, as
! soon as the precise site of said wharf
is selected forthwith proceed to extend
its railroad to said wharf and there
} after to maintain the same and operate
} its rolling stock over the same to said
, wharf as a common carrier for the term
! of ten years from the date of the COM
pletion Of said wharf.
"Second: That in consideration Of
! the agreements hereinbefore made by
the railroad company, the Territory
does hereby agree that as soon as
practicable it viii proceed to erect a
wharf at such exact site in Hilo harbor
as may hereafter be selected by the
board Of harbor commissioners and in
accordance with such plan as said
board may hereafter determine upon,
and which said wharf and the use there.
of shall thereafter be and remain under
the full control Of the board of harbor
commissioners, and that the Hilo Rail.
road Company will thereafter be per.
mitted to use said wharf and its appli-
; anees for the handling of it's business as
other carriers are permitted to SO use
said wharf and its appliances, and
without discrimination or preference as
between said railroad company and any
J other carrier or carriers"