The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-12-19
CAMPBELL MAKES
HILO MAD AGAIN
Poor Choice OF a Word Stirs the
Crescent City Up and
Things Are Said.
(FrOm sunday q Advcriiser.j

(From sundays Advcrtiser.)
II took only one littlo word to create
some more Misunderstanding over The
Hilo wharf matter, and was sufficient to
bring D. E. Metzgcr, representative Of
the Hilo board Of trade, TO Honolulu,
as fast as the steamer Mauna Kea could
bring him. It was all because Chair.
man Campbell of the board of harbor
commissioners sent wireless explain.
ing how matters had progressed here
between the harbor commission and the
Hilo Railroad Company, in which he
used the word "rescind. -
That caused rumpus and Hilo is
generally supposed to be spelling for
fight. The message from Chairman
Campbell read:
Board IS action reseinded. Agree
ment still open. Meeting Monday
l.. A. Thurston, when he heard of the
misunderstanding stated that it was
merely q tempest in teapot and that
the word Mr.. Campbell might have used
with more effect would have been SIRE.
considered" instead Of "rescinded. -
The use of that word would indicate
what had been accomplished by the
board. Chairman Campbell in explain
alton, says:
''phis wireless message was due TO
4 the rather embarrassing action of the
board in adopting the resolution and
! thus uneonsciously adopting the sim
i pie form of agreement. To explain It
more fully, at the Hilo meeting ] at.
tended we agreed TO hold hearing here
next Monday. When the board adopt
ed the agreement it put me in an en-
barrassing position inasmuch as we had
arranged this meeting to hear from the
Ililo people. So at our meeting last
| Wednesday l brought the matter up
and the board reconsidered its action
and held the agreement open for dis
cussion Monday / had previously writ
ten letter to Hio informing the PEG.
pie there of the boards earlier action,
/ so I followed it with this wireless to
assure them the matter was still OPEN
should not have used the word
'rescind.' Reconsider is the better
term. The whole matter is still open,
consider, and viii be thrashed out
Monday
Hilo Was Angry.
HILO, December 15.-If the board of
trade members were peeved when the
harbor commission took final action
without waiting for the Hilo board 3
say, as had been promised, they were
downright mad through and through
when they received, Thursday after
noon, the following wireless;
doctor Elliott: Board 3 action re.
scinded matter agreement still open
meeting Monday-Campbell"
\ As there have been two agreements
involved, the one which the railroad
and the other parties involved agreed
on at meeting with the board of trade
committee some time ago, and the one
which the commission "fnallyu adopt
ed some days later, the meaning of the
wireless was somewhat cryptic, and no
one, except Filler, claimed to quite UNI
derstand just what it meant.
Metzger said, at a special meeting
which was Immediately called, that the
information was inadequate for intel
iigent discussion.
1--WE are completely in the dark as
to what the commission is doing,' said
Scott. cat is useless to take action
when they adopt one thing today and
rescind it tomorrow. 1t is rather a sim
gular condition, and the board would
not be justified in taking action on
either agreement"
discussion followed in which
Doctor Elliott pointed out that the
ten-year clause applied to the Op-
Grafton of railway tracks to the
wharf only and mot ito the other
clauses Of the Sgreement, which is
, therefore practically the same as a per.
: petual grant. This was a new point
/ which was received with much interest.
: Filler assured those present that the
/ railroad had no hidden purpose, and
that such wording must be accidental.
} Want Delay.
Campbell moved that the board re.
solve TO ask that the commission take
no final action until after any PROPOSE.
ton they might have before them had
been submitted to the board of trade,
and that the board send a representa-.
tive TO H@4JldIu.
Campbell rehearsed the experience
which the trade board had had at the
hands Of Campbell and the commission.
How can they expect us to do any.
thingg" ne said. % AS matter of fact,
do not bBlieve they really expect us
to do anything"
> Doctor Elliott added that he did not
think the commission would postpone
its meeting.
Scott moved as an amendment that
! the board endorse the agreement Il
. finally adopted and then threw ont
again
~ assure you that the railroad ear
not go near the wharf on any such
agreement as the harbor commission
adODted - said Filler ffIs IL anfi,al,