The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-10-31
Relation Of One 10 the Other Is
Discussed at Meeting Of
Commission.
THE CASE OF THE RAILROAD
Fully Presented by L. A. ThurstOn
THE Hllo Opposition to Be
Heard Tomorrow.
lFrom sunaayls Adyertlsor.l

(From Sundays Advertiser.)
The special meeting of the harbor
commission TO consider the proposed
agreement with the Hilo Railroad Com
pany relating to the proposed new
wharf at Hilo, was held as advertised,
yesterday morning at the Executive
Building. Only Campbell, MCCARTHY
and McStocker were present, of the
commission, Berndt and Wakefield be-
ing absent ON the mainland. The meet
ing was attended by representatives of
practically every large business house
in the city, and by a committee of the
board of trade of Hilo.
Mr.. Campbell called the meeting to
order, stating that it was for the pur,
nose Of considering tentative draIt
of n contract between the commission
and the Hilo Railroad Company, the APP
propriation bill requiring contract
with the railroad under which it would
extend its tracks to the wharf anu
operate the same for ten years, as con.
dition precedent to the construction OF
the wharf, He stated that the meeting
WINS open to any one desiring to ask
any question, state any facts or offer
any constructive criticism. He called
anon Lorrin A. Thurston, general man
ager of the Hilo Railroad, to present
any views he might have upon the sub.
ject.
McCarthy's Unfair CONDUCT
Before speaking to the subject, Mr..
Thurston said that he would like to find
out where Mr.. Mccarthy stood with re-
lation to the matter, in view of alleged
interviews with him in the two after
noon papers of the day before. he
then read extracts from the Star. and
Bulletin, in which Mr.. Mccarthy was
quoted as saying that he was opposed
to the agreement that II was Iot-
ten and that he dld not know thaG
men existed with so monumental san
as to propose sueh contract, ne 10
thereupon inquired OF Mr.; MeSaltny =
he was correctly qeoteu py tns pep sa9
named MI MeSareiy repneu'
am, ..a; o;a tbo+
r. n ul 49, ~
ne was DON ~ ,.a, 81
AZ MI nAeSst.ny al ho ,,,os
.he sem. pos.si - AZ, a.t;on
noiulng mien .:s TN a d,,,
peIoLe 'ne eoi,lna nss ..s,,t;on 80 tSa
senetal, W $3.50 p;s ~ tSa s,nar.
eoli'in l. ass .h9.s b trae
an l o. pun 4lS 49," "on,r,;as;ar Ind
IS, aa,,aral ,goots consultation with
e1,.aso,,tat;ve ~ tbe railroad dra fted
this contract and submitted il to the
board. AS to Mr.. Lindsay and Mr..
ramnbell they could speak for them.
selves: Int the speaker knew of no
reason why thew should be SO charac-
+ar;sod aud That as to the Hilo Rail-
road ana ;ts ofieers there was nothing
~ ;ta history iustifvine any such
an;+bs+s In view If the faet that this
s1aet;ng ,ss he;ng held for the ex-
nress nnrnosa If eons;dering sthe pro,
l 49, ao1 traet and That Nh MeCarthv
Possu So ae thosa ~ dee;5e mon
- ~ Ia adnntad or moi
als..ht = act anr5inary ana
atN Ill M Sseflorthv shonii nrei.
unialI Ln''s MI ~ s 49, III
uuies the dueslion "nu :, lao-
pIeJudiee without eEen mai'ine " Nc.
Mhat thete was 70 pe saip co i,'1.s l ny
sne sapJtc' w4 fas "a tba onealsr vas
conearned he considered the contract
tn he thoroughly in the public interest
az STRONGLY 60 in fact. that he believed
9bat in sn;te of tbe nreiudiee shown
Mr. MecaTthv MIGHT he induced to
change his mind when he had heard
az 1ear;4s of tbe question discussed.
-. ,,s-..,..,,.,4 .,
hesume OF ha1way peVeiOpinen' ~
Mr. Thurston tnerenpon gave re-
sumo OF the many attempts and iaiiures
TO build railroad on the Hlio coast
and OF the many dlincnitles ana opssa'
eles which had had to be overcome. He
paid well deserved tribute TO the
pioneer developer OF railroads ana
steamships IN HAWAII the late B. y.
Wilder and to his successor m the dc,
veloplng line, -. r. Dilllhghhm, ahu
stated at some me-, length, the various acts rs
the general en- raj eougse Of It's conduct not
ia i, a., ,,ai,,s,1o,.,,,,,. s,,,irit