The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-09-29
HARBOR BOARD IS
PLAIN SPOKEN
Doing What Members Believe
Best and Not Reversing Action
With Every Protest.
lFrom Thrreday,s Advertiser.l

]
harbor commissioners and on Sunday
morning will assume charge of the Of
fee, vice Captain Trip, who has been
relieved of his position. Captain Fos-
ter was before the harbor commission
yesterday and stated positively that be
proposed to take hold Of mis- Job on
October /, and never had any intention
of resigning the job since it vas Of
ficially offered to him.
Furthermore, he stated that it was
agreeable to him that Harry Swinton
continue to act as the assistant to the
harbormaster and he was satisfied from
what he had seen of Swinton s work
that he would be competent official.
Mr.. Swinton will therefore receive his
commission to continue on duty.
Both Commissioner McStocker and w.
Fl. Hoogs, whose names were freely
banded about by the masters and pilots
association in their charge against the
board members, in which they repeated
rumors and suspicious and statements
concerning the appointment Of Captain
Foster, made statements to the board
yesterday which absolutely refuted all
the charges made. First of all Mr..
HOOgs stated that he had never stated
he wanted to get rid of Captain Foster
from his employ but that to the con.
trary, on learning that Foster had been
offered the harbormastership, had pro.
/ knI 10 nd .
day told him he had better quit and
stay with the Honolulu Construction and
Drawing Company, and that he was will
ing to keep Foster now or whenever he
wanted to come back.
Much CackIe, No Egg.
Mr. McStocker, before the commits
sion was called to order, and later, when
the boaru was in session, made some
pertinent replies to his critics and made
particular reference to the masters and
pilots association.
"There is a game that is sometimes
played in which the players sit around
and pass from one to the other the ques.
ton, Does she cackle, - said Mr.. Nc
Stocker ''Ihe response comes from
the other end, Yes, she cackles, : and
the game passes on. Now there was
2 tremendous amount of cackling going
, on in the afternoon papers and along
the waterfront about this harbormaster
= business. There were excerpts from the
Maui News, etc, and people probably
, thought they had found fresh egg,
, but on examination they would have
found that the egg was spoiled.
d Now in regard to some of the state
ments that were made to the effect that
Mr. Hogs and myself had put up this
! Job, | want to say, and it can be verified
, by Mr.. Foster that did not know that
: Mr.. Foster was available for the posi-
) ton OF harbormaster until after Mr..
3 Wakefield had asked Mr.. Foster if he
r would accept the position were it Of
= fered to him. Therefore, | did not
! know Of Mr.. Fosters availability until
? after lie had been approached by Mr..
} Wakefield. | have no knowledge of
Mr. HOog's knowing about the position
being offered Mr.. Foster until | spoke
to him (AIr. Hoogs) abcut it, This
statement can also be verified by Mr..
Foster Mr.. Hogs has made the state
ment that if Mr. Foster should for any
reason not accept the position as har-
bormaster he can continue in the SER
vice of the Honolulu Construction and
Draying Co. That does not look as if
, Mr.. Hoogs considered Mr.. Foster dead
{ wood and wanted to get rid of him, as
, has been said.
g Foster as Best Man.
D 'fI want to say that l voted for Mr..
I Foster as harbormaster because
b thought he was the right man for the
. place. and | want to say that Mr.. Eos
r Ter will retain my vote as long as he
s chooses to stay in the field. AS l said
+ before, the reason / voted for Mr.. Eos
ter was with the idea of getting more
+ efficient administration than under Cai-
+ tain TIipp, and think that in Mr.. Eos
, ter we have found it.
:" AS the matter stands today, / I'M
derstand that Mr.. Foster has not made
J any change in his acceptance of the
: position, 20 far as / can learn.
In regard to the statements made
Of my speaking TO Captain Nicholson
= and Mr.. Larsen in regard TO accepting
+ the position. / would say, that having
D been Informed from what | thought was
. an authoritative source. but not from
J Mr. Foster himself, that there was a
y great probability of his not standing By
y his acceptance Of the position, / took
IL upon myself to try 10 find an alterna
tive name To submit 10 the board. But
! made 90 promises of any kind 10 those
| approached stating fully that these
names would only be submitted IN case
, Mf, Foster would not stay by the posi-
y ton, aud with the understanding that
these names were only alternatives,
spoke 20 Mr. Larsen and Captain Mich
olson.
board Back Of Poster
Captain Foster was shown the con
. ddepeo Of the board when the members
J. went on record by stating that when
o he took W. he duties be could feel ~
y sured that Boz had tbs board heblnd him
y tHpmin Poster stated ihat be he'd Rias
! ier's papers granted bin BIZ the British
I HlYmHmeHt und iheae we're given hiu
) ~ Liverpool iie vas an Enalishman
I sud had heaH Aainfailsel AZ an Amer
5 ifan "a nan ffaHsltee ah0pi slalissn
J fean ago
Ihr fAmniafienelf nRailY fanfrsfad
u fhfmHflffa ~ 81 lhf nplnlau that il0Hi