The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-12-15
NEW AGREEMENT
For HILB WHARF.
"details Practically Decided on
and Contract and Plans
Submitted.

Ilng yesterday afternoon, as q result Of
which Substantial progress was made
toward arriving at On agroement and
form 81 contract with tbo Hilo Rail.
road Company concerning the Hilo
wharf W
Early In the mestingat appeared, for
awhile, au though the parties were fur.
Their apart than ever, by reason Of the
fOrm Of the resolution pabhed by the
board az. iip llasts meeting in, which il
waS stated sthaS n certain fsrm Of cen
\ tract with the .,raaroad company had
been .adepted;s BY the board; from
which it appeared .thatgtbe attitude of
the board was IAN attempt "a. dictatp
terms on a "taIxe Il Or leave it - basis.
III turned out, however, that the
board didsnot moan it in this sense, but
had intended to submit q form for CON
sideratiOn,sh by the. railroad company.
The reholution YVES amended to convey
i this meaning Af-& 49, ~
= The new form Of contract submitted
by the railroad company covered con
siderable detail while the form submit
ted by the board. was. exceedingly mea-
l.gerp it having been intimated that
tho details covered by the railroad
form, were most Of them proper sub
! jeets for an understanding, but that
they should rather be in the rules gov
eTning the wharf than in tine. contract.
4 & A communication from the board to
the railroad did not, however, submit
faHy form of proposed rules nor y did
either the communication or the pro-
posed contract set forth the number
and arrangement of tracks; the number
or location of sheds, nor arrangement
of loading machinery, in sufficient de-
tail TO suit the railroad.
For More Detail.
\ The railroad company, therefore, ask
ed the commission to include in the
contractsu more detailed description of
the number and location of tracks; the
arrangement of sheds and of type and
location of mechanical freight han
oilers, and also to submit to the railroad
Ecompany a form of the rules and reg
uiations which the board proposed that
the railroad would have to operate un-
der, upon the wharf.
After a considerable discussion it
was discovered that the opinions of the
board and the desires of the railroad
company as to the type Of wharf and
arrangements of the tracks, sheds, pow
err machinery and other details, were
practically the same; and It was mu-
| tually agreed that the form of con-
(: tract should be amended to conform
to this mutual understanding.
yailrnssa-.e company asked that
lamong the rules to be adopted there
| be included rules governing the segre.
cation of incoming and outgoing
freight; the granting of preference
rights to deep sea schedule steamers;
! the operation of cars making direct de-
ilivery thereto; and that direetlagree-
ment be now entered into as to the
ways, means and method of handling
the sugar handling machinery.
It was agreed by the board that the
! request of the railroad for copy of
proposed rules and regulations, before
| the contract was agreed to, was rea-
spnable one, and the same are to be
,drawn mp and submitted to the railroad
company.
Meanwhile, it was mutually agreed
that that the drafting of plans fos the wharf
should proceed, on the general lines
heretofore advocated by the railroad
company, with the amendment that the
| wharf should be 900 feet wide and
/ 400 feet long, instead of $50 feet wide
and 1000 feet long, as was originally
Isuggested by the railroad company.
/ This increase in size provides two
deep sea berths and one for inter-island
steamers thereby relieving the friction
1 which arose early in the discussion of
this matter, by reason of there not be-
ing enough herths provided to meet the
desires of all three steamship com
panies calling at Hllo.
/ Those preference Rights.
4 Attorney Hemenway and Vice Presi
dent Mclean of the Inter Island steam
lship company, and T. H. Petrie, repre-
lsenting the Matson Navigation Com
pany, were present at the meeting, but
took no part in the discussion. They
will be heard from later, however, al
will also other steamship representa-
tiyes on the subject raised by the ap
plieation of the American Hawaiian
Steamship Company for "preferencs
berth at the proposed Hilo wharf.
q. p. Morse, general agent of the
i American Hawaiian. line, made forma
application for a preference berth, ant
, asked the harbor commission for {
statement of policy. by the board IL
order that hiB company might mak'
early arrangements for its future oper
ations at Hiio, as itB business absolute
" requires speedier handling Of snga
cargoea.
All. Application.
! Tho local representative Of the Amer
! lean. Hawaiian, IN his written applica
ton, Eaidi
"As yon are aware, the above NAMED
s company Is operating a line Of steamer
: from the Hawaiian Islands 70 The 18th
! mus Of Tehnanteper, the prineipa
: freight, sugar, being thence tFansp0Fsol
! across the iathmus 70 steamers EunninI
from tie lathmns 10 the Atlantic sea
{ board.
1.-THE large amount 81 freight iny0lg
: "a requires ~ exact Heheduls % enabi
; she fso sets ~ steamers y make clos
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