The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-03-29
.FREAR IGNORED
by wakefield.
Commissioner Declines to Heed
Governors Request and With
draw His Resolution.
(FrOm Thursday,s Advertiser.l

NCIOAu AhuIeudy 3 AuNeEIlSeT.J
A gratuitous insult was offered Gov.
ernor Frear by Harbor Commissioner
Wakefield at yesterday IS meeting of the
harbor board, when the latter declined
ITO withdraw his resolution, offered last
week, requesting private shipping cor
porations to establish Independent wa.
ter supply depots to compete with the
government water system. The Gov.
ernor in formal letter had requested
the board to have the Campbell resoh-
ton, which was unanimously adopted
week ago, rescinded, in order that the adj
ministration might have free hand to
complete the compilation of water
works data.
Following the withdrawal of the
Campbell resolution a request was made
of Mr.. Wakefield that he also with,
draw his, on the ground that the Gov
ernor would be hampered IN his inves.
legations. Mr.. Wakefield refused to
withdraw it, but instead, moved that
the resolution be laid ON the table. Mr..
McStocker thought this would be riii.
culous. Mr.. Campbell suggested it was
hardly the proper thing to do, but Mr.,
Wakefield pressed his motion and had
it passed. The resolution of Mr.. Wake
field was severely criticized by the
Governor, who stated fatty that he
could not understand how public Of
fcer could demand that private con.
Germs be requested to enter into com
petition with q government department.
Governor Frear's letter to the board
follows:
Governors Letter.
81 note that your board at its last
meeting passed a resolution to request
the commercial organizations and ship.
ping interests to support the superin.
tendent of public works in securing ap-
preparations from the legislature to pro.
tect any deficiency which might occur
from reductionof the water rates to
fifty cents per thousand gallons for the
shipping of the port, on the under
standing that if such interests took the
requested action the superintendent of
public works would Immediately take
the action contemplated.
'This resolution, while intended to
meet very real and very pressing
need, was not in my opinion the best
means to that end, and was doubtless
due to the suddenness with which it
was presented and the little time avail
able for its full consideration.
l.4o ha
creation of a deficiency without legis
lative authority. and also n change il
the legislative policy of having the
! water and sewer works on an independ
ent self -sustaining basis. Indeed, it in
wolves in several respects the general
fiscal policy Of the government both in
| its executive and its Legislative
branches. 1t assumes also that each
executive department or each head OF
an executive department may properly
present to the legislature recommends
tions involving the general fiscal policy
of the Territory,
| Governor Scents Chaos.
$50 far as the fiscal policy of thu
! Territory rests with the executive
naturally the Governor is the only ON
for determining this; otherwise Their
would be chaos. Again, it is absolutel.
necessary that different executiv
branches of the government should co
operate with each other in the publ
interests. Where functions overlap, o
the same service seriously affects tw
or more executive branches of the gov
eminent, one of them should not at
tempt to carry out policy from 1T
own standpoint alone.
81 am more than pleased that in tn
matter now in question, namely, tina
of water rates to shipping, the board o
harbor commissioners, the water work
bureau, the shipping and business intel
ests concerned and myself are in hal
mony as to the desired end. Thi
presents n most favorable opportunit
to make thorough investigation, co
lect the necessary data, and then wor
out comprehensive scheme in the pull
lie interests and the interests of n
public services concerned. According
am now having the data collected an
arranged, and hope to be able within
few weeks to have these sufficient
advanced to make possible the formul
: ton of such comprehensive scheme I
that above referred to.
Therefore, in order to avoid mi
, understandings and future embarras
ments, permit me to suggest that yol
board rescind the action of the La
meeting and leave the question open III
til it is possible to settle the questio
from a more comprehensive standpoin
There can be no doubt that the waite
rates to shipping should be very ms
terially reduced, and there can be n
doubt that feasible and proper metho
can be found for doing this. just ho'
this should be done and to what exten
and when such rates should be reduce
it ought to be possible to ascertai
within comparatively short time s
far as that lies with the executive"