Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-01-18
DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST HILO

Rule /, relating to foreign freight at
by sea" and make the rule read as
follows: Foreign freight may remain
en- the wharf after a general order
has been issued by the custom house,
as follows.
Garages of less than $500 tons, AZ
hours.
"Cargoes of more than $500 tons, ~
hours.
"The above does not apply to freight
for transhipment by sea when such
bills of lading and in packages"
Commissioner Wakefield commended
that the Interpolation Of the words
"by sea" should be made, and that
a steamship company cannot be bound
by the hard and fast rules that should
apply to a railroad. on account of the
different traffic conditions.
Charges Begun.
Right here. Thurston began his
charges of discrimination, which were
lfptdlfu WIN twenty
during the morning He declared that
discrimination was apparent in the at.
| titude OF the board. He made com.
parison of the Hilo and Inter.lsland
traffic hauls to show that the railroad
will be dealt with a serious blow by
such rule.
After half an hour Of talk. the com.
mission took vote. Members Wake
field and Mccarthy voted In favor Of
inserting the words "by sea" while
Berndt and McStocker voted against
It, and McStocker, as acting chair.
man, having the deciding vote in case
of tie, the amendment was lost.
This by no means ended Thurston's
spleen. He found fault with num-
Der of other rules, and in several cases
the commissioners yielded. sometimes
apparently to end the interminabie
discussion. In some cases It was
agreed that he was right.
In the course of the morning Thurs
ton declared that the Inter.Island Is
being handed unlimited privileges on
a plate" At another time he quote 1,
Scripture to eXemplify what he con.
sidered the boards attitude. He said
II was from Pharaoh, he thought, and
quoted as follows:
Il have whipped you heretofore with
whips; hereafter will whip you with
scorpions" He declared that the board
was now whipping the railroad with
scorpions.
Wakefield Protests.
Toward the end Commissioner Wake
field grew impatient at the almost con
tinuous charges of discrimination that
Thurston was making, and said rath
er sharply:
"Mr. Thurston has made statements
that he has absolutely no right &c
make"
The final clash came upon the mat
ter OF storing sugar on the wharf
The Inter.lsland here made its first
and only appeal, suggestion or re
quest during the entire discussion OF
this long matter. Attorney Hemen
way, representing the Inter.Islant
wished the rule to be worded so that
the harbormaster would see that tn,
sugar could be stored so that It would
not inconvenience other freight or de
lay traffic, and after some vigorou,
talk all around, a compromise was ar
rived at that satisfied everybody.
The contract and rules, which hav,
been mulled over and over foul
months, will now be submitted to In,
Hilo railroad. II Is hardly expected
that Mr.. Thurston will have any fur
Their objections of serious nature
The Inter-Island this morning express
ed itself as satisfied, and the end oil
the controversy Is In sight.
The result Of the whole thing Is that
Members Wakefield, Berndt and Nc
Carthy and the people OF Hilo ar,
upheld in their attitude on the vita
points concerned.
Before discussion of the IIilo wharf
the commission talked over IA plan Il
charge vessels using city light while
at the docks at night for the use Of
such light.