The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-10-31

fN HH NNNH lN Oh Iui ~ IINiNhi 1908
ar hffNrtn q ahl thH fhip tt ne
ahali wallinr fof chat freight
'ii Il proposed 70 tie np he faii
read company fof Zen yuart and compel
n 10 10 10 ihe wharf Why a n un.
fair % ash thai ~ ihe rhllfaad j. 10 be-
compelled % 10 there, W fhall b. un.
hampsred u doing ~ butinsFs when y
gets therpf
shipper PAN tne Freight
Gan ,haa a preference right amounts
20 Il che assurance Of IN opportunity
70 promptly load and unload freight,
which ia certainly more Ia the interest
Of the shipper than Of the railroad. for
In the last analysiH &c n the shipper
who IL benefited by prompt service,
more than the railroad, Ms the latter
owns no freight; Il Ia simply the con-
duit pipe through which the property
Of the community gets 20 and from
market. If service Is speedy and eco
nomical, It will tend TO lower tho
freight rate; II it Is the contrary, the
tendency viii be TO increase freight
rates, aud the shipper pays tho
freight"
The plans Of the proposed wharf and
their evolution were explained in de-
tail, as well as how the output of
freight would be doubled under the
terms of the contract.
Many questions were put to Mr..
Thurston and answered.
At noon the meeting adjourned until
two clock and at the latter hour, at
the request Of the Hilo delegation, the
-.
o clock tomorrow morning.
Among Others, the following named
persons were present Mt the meeting:
w. o. Smith, Governor Frear, Treas
urer COnkling, b. F. Dillingham;, r. M.
Swanzy, t. Give Davies, L. NJ. White
house, Ed Lord, Will Lucas, L. L. Nc
Candless, A. Lewis Jr., Fred l.. Wal
dron, w. II. Waldron, F. M. Hatch,
s. M. Damon, Cecil Brown, James L,
Mclean, G. P. Morse, Engineer Wal
lace, C. G.. Ballentyne, Land Commits.
sioner Judd, H. NJ. Won Holt Frank
/ Dodge, Richard Ivers, Clarence Cooke
T. II. Petrie, H. F. Dillingham;, w. F,
Dillingham;, A. w. Van Valkenburg,
! a. w. T. Bottomley, w. H. Hogs
Charles Bon, Professor Gilmore, Nor.
man Watkins, Eben Low, w. E. Rowell
w. Pfotenhauer, j. II. Drew, w. A.
Kinney, r. H. Trent, DIR. Pratt, and
! the delegation from Hilo, comprising
| President Elliott of the board of trade
Manager Wright of the Volcano Stables
company w. s. Wise and D. E. Metz.
! ger.
The Railroad Brief.
The brief read by Mr.. Thurston was:
conference.-the last legislature
made an appropriation for wharf at
Hilo, conditioned upon an agreement
being entered into between the harboI
commissioners and the Hilo Railroad
! Company, wheEeby the company shall
undertake to extend its tracks to the
proposed wharf, and operate the same
/ as common carrier, for n term of
not less than ten years
By resolution duly adopted by your
honorable board, the attorney was re-
quested to submit form of contract
/! in compliance with the terms of the
statute above referred to. In accord
ance with such request, the attorney,
general in consultation with the super
/ intendent of public works and repre-
/ sentatives of the Hilo Railroad Com.
| pany, has drafted tentative form OF
the required contract, which he has
| presented to You for your eonsidera
ton. For the better understanding OF
the subject matter of the contract, the
/ Hilo Railroad Company hereby submits
for your consideration, a resume of the
law and facts involved; and also q
/ statement of the problems to be met
! and how it is proposed to meet them
These points are discussed under the
following heads, viz:
l. The law relating to the subject
2. The facts involved.
3. Reasons why the wharf is re-
quired.
! 4. The problem to be solved-Ob-
jeets to be attained.
| The Law
The Hawaiian Legislature of 1911
included in the Public Improvement
Appropriation Bill, Oct 1856, item 5
Laws of 1911, the following item, viz;
- Wharf and Harbor Improve
ments: (1o be expended under the
direction of the Harbor Commits
sion.)
5. Hilo: On condition that
the Hilo hailroad Company enters
into an agreement satisfactory to
the Harbor Commission to extend
its railroad TO such wharf and
thereafter operate 1T to such wharf
as common carrier for term
not less than ten years, 100000.
The Fact Involved,
''Hilo Bay is an open roadstead, par.
tally protected by projecting points
and an encircling rect, with fair pro.
lection aud wharf accommodation for
interisland vessels and the smaller deep
sea shipping; but with neither wharf
facilities for large ships nor natural
protection for either ships or wharyes
if the latter are built.
'Under these conditions an appeal
was made to congress by the territorial
government, the commercial bodies OF
the Territory and the principal owners
of shipping freqnenting and freight
handled at and near HIlo, to construct
breakwater protecting Hilo Bay, the
assurance being given that II such q
l break water were constructed, WhafveE