The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-12
TENAEY DEFENDS
EXISTING SYSTEM
ON WATERFRONT
Tells HarbOr Board It Is AL
most impossible to Avoid Present
Congestion on wharvcs.
lFrom Thursday 5 Advertiser.l

From Thursday Is Advertiser.)
Defense of the Honolulu method OF
shipping cargoes to island ports, via
the Inter-Island Steam Navigation
Company's fleet, was made at the ses-
sion of the harbor commission yester'
day afternoon by Z. D. Tenney, Il. E.
Paxton, of Alexander & Baldwin, and
President Kennedy of the Inter.Island
company. 1t was largely backed up
by statements Of p. A. swift and w.
il. McInerny.
The concensus of opinion was that
the system in Honolulu is not com.
parable to systems elsewhere, and local,
as well as port conditions on other
islands required a little different
method of ordering and shipping. 1t
was acknowledged that congestion at
some of the wharves was almost UNI
avoidable.
A suggestion, made by Colonel Nc.
carthy, that the Hackfeld wharf, when
abandoned this fall by the Matsoni
Navigation Company, be turned over,
to the Inter-Island company for the
use of it's tramp steamers, met with a
| favorable reception. President Ken
nedy, while not committing himself.
l buVuRHt E1iB .ubC VI tiAib 1Oukt CONOACu
and protected wharf, might solve the
| problem of congestion.
Problem Knotty One.
Personally, do not see how the
congestion on the Inter-Island wharves
can be avoided on steamer days. said
E. D. Tenney. 'sOrders for mer-
chandise arrive here at the week end,
and the goods must be dispatched by
the next steamers out. If orders are
not filled the merchants who fall down
win lose the next. If there were more
frequent sailings orders could lie over
a steamer, possibly, and if the Inter.
Island company had series of large
wharves, freight handling might be
facilitated. At present / don't see
how the congestion can be stopped.
I Any plan to have plantations send in
orders n week ahead of the sailing of
steamers cannot be practically carried
out. There are n thousand and one
items that are needed in hurry, and
what they don't order by mail they
order by wireless. >"
E. E. Paxton said that anticipating
orders was difficult. There were some
things, such as fertilizer, lumber and
feed, which could be ordered ahead of
time, but general stuff could not.
Peculiar Conditions.
i "We have peculiar condition of
affairs here, such as are not met with
in San Francisco or any other port.
The best thing that can be done is to
have the plantations, agencies and the
InterIsland company cooperate 1t
would be best for the Island, of
course, to shape its plans so that ex-
pense could be avoided. It seems to
be problem that will be very hard to
control by any set of rules.
Mr.. Tenney said he is of the opinion
that u specific wharf should be set
aside for tramp steamers 80 that ship
} ments could be taken there at any
time and receipted for days before a
steamer goes out. He also thought
that all parties interested should con-
tinue to send in orders which would
reach here Saturdays and Sundays, the
, goods to be shipped out Monday and
, Tuesday. Mr.. Swift conceded with the
Iopinions expressed by Mr.. Tenney. Mr..
Kennedy defended his system, stating
, that it was almost impossible to make
, changes. The only feature which the
} harbor commissioners criticized above
} Others was the system of having dray
unload only into matches on steamer
days. The commissioners felt that
draye could unload directly upon the
wharves, thus facilitating the ftrward
ing of cargoes.
!, The commissioners also took up the
: notice of the American Hawaiian
! Steamship Company in which the com
pany rejects the rules and regulations
of the harbor board, and viii apply iti
, own rules on the wharves it leases from
the Oahu railroad company.
Mr.. Berndt expressed the opinion
, that in this rejection the American
Hawaiian. company was practically die
tating to the harbor commission, for i
is certain to result in merchants taking
notice of the extension of time which
they are granted for, the removal o.
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