The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-10-31
IT'S PREFERENCE
RIGHTS PROPER


RailrOad Company, VI granted. Tho man
with a dray load Of freight would not
receive bis Just dues, except By the
consent Of the railroad
-. Y. Mefzger first expressed him.
self MS favorable 10 the plans for the
wharf as submitted In other matters
he agreed with HIS colleagues.
w. o. Smith, stockholdor and nc.
torney Of the lnter.Island company,
next presented the objections Of the
lntcr-lsland company to the proposed
preference right of tho railroad com.
Iany to the wharf. He spoke OF the
magnificent undertaking Of the Hilo
Railroad Company in building along
the north coast and he believed il the
railroad went through to the proposed
terminal it would be great benefit to
Tie island in general.
He commended the wharf should be
built by the government and for the
| public, giving the Hilo Railroad Com.
panv or any other land transportation
company-an electric company even
equal privileges.
Inter Island Company Rights.
The Inter-Island company should
have privileges, as it carried 100000
tons of freight and 10000 papsengeTs
\ in and out last year. Up to June 30,
1911, the company had carried this
year, 5000 passengers. But he did not
believe the government should bind it.
self for twenty years. He also pro-
tested against n One-sided wharf He
admitted that while member of the
Republic of Hawaii government be did
propose a one-sided wharf for Homo
lulu, but it was not adopted.
He believed the Inter Island company
should have credit also for the manner
in which it had developed commerce.
He did not believe the agreement to be
in the public interest. Preference
rights were n monopoly. No sophistry
could make it otherwise. There might
be other big products beside sugar to
be developed by home makers. He
hoped these would not be produced by
ga servile- class. - but by "inde-
pendent citizens"
Richard lvers, representing Brewer
& Co., owner of properties in and
around Hilo aud representing some of
the sugar grown on Hawaii, protested
1 against the agreement He believed,
however, the railroad should be granted
Y tNNAN lfstNNAAfff ~ w
its freight ard encouragement given
for the expeditions hapdling thereof.
Depends Upon Point of View.
| w. A. Kinney asked how much use
the public in general can mSke of the
Matson and InterIsland wharves in
Honolulu, considering that the com
panies controlled them almost exclu-
lsively. He received no direct answer.
MIR. Ivers answered later that steamers
could go to almost any wharf they
chose. Mr. Kinney replied that in the
case of one request was made for a
fixed term Of tenancy, and in the other
the term could be terminated at any
time. Mr.. Kinney stated that under
the present conditions in Honolulu the
James Makee could not lie alongside
an Inter Island wharf.
preference rights TO companies in
Honolulu are given by custom, said
Commissioner Mccarthy. 1.-THE board
can take away those rights
GA rose by any other name slaells
as sweet, /" returned Mr.. Kinney. He
added that there seemed to be differ
ence betwe what is granted by custom
and what is granted by contract. He
added also that those who were OBJ
iecting to the railroad getting n prefer
ence right to the Hilo wharf had the
keenest appetites for the same thing
in Honolulu, and absorbing so much OF
the wharf space in Honolulu that the
ordinary citizen felt he had no right
upon some of them.
He remarked that w. o. Smith
seemed staggered. There should be nc
cant about the proposition. Steamship
lines monopolize the wharves of Homo
lulu and the board of commissioners
, would not interfere with them. 1t was
better to have a system in the handling
of freight on the Hilo wharf than Q
free for all. When the InterIsland has
w. o. Smith TO preside over its freight
rates the public has to take it whether
they want it or not.
lie stated that what has been donl
in Honolulu harbor let it be done II
lilo harbor as we'll. 1t seemed almos
grotesque, he held, that the protest.
against the railroad company eam'
mainly from those who mononollzeG
whaTves in Honolulu.
, A. Lewis, .Ir.. of the Bank of Hawaii
answered Mr.. Kinney. 1t was summed
up in that he did not want preference
4 or exclusive rights gfanteh Inc mel
who were protesting had a tenancy a
/ will and controlled by the rules au'
! regulations of the commission.
, Hostile to Railroads.
Mr.. Kinney returned again with th
statement that he know positively tha
". o. Smith was hostile to the railroad
s aud TO all railroads, including even tina
I on Kauai. Mr. Smith replied tliat ]
!. there was as much wharf space 1T I'LL
+ as IN Honolulu the Interlsland com
q pany would not be opposing the agree
= mont as II Is.
[ &. i. Morse, general agent Of th
Q American lFawaiian line, said tha aeees
e eitv OF wharf AZ liilo for bis line ad
nlls If no argument, advancing hi
5 lnaeona for 80 stating,
Al steamship lines running ii9 III
]. polt Of lionniuln have certain NhafYa
e ~ apart for them without whish
}. would be impossible - malHiaiu slad
D ulel % ~ handle their business satll
/ fanloFilY. Tie same conditions anplY
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