Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-12

as the original tOll, Collected every
iorty-eight hours, Sundays and holt.
days not included but after the frs,
forty-eight hours overtime IL may be
sent to a warehouse at the consignec' S
expense. or at the option of the Com
missioner II may be sold by public
auction, tolls and wharfage collected. a
fine of $25 for each day of obstruction
deducted and the balance, II any, paid
to the owner.
The question of the transfer OF
freight from the ship to the railroad
and to the far side of the dock has
scarcely been considered. The atti-
tudc of mind of those in charge is the
same as that of Colonel Goethals up
on the docks at Colon.
1--WE consulted the captains and
ship-owners." said the secretary Of
the Commission. land they do not
care for machinery. They prefer to
use the ships derricks."
Better Freight. Handling Needed.
That Is very true. And It is true
because all charters are for ship side
delivery, and as the ships carry winch
men, they are satisfied to dump the
freight over the rail aud leave 1t to
the consignec or the shipper. or who
ever 1t may be, to get II away. This,
OF course. involves picking II up on
the outer strip outside the house. put
ting II on u truck and trucking 1t any
where within three hundred feet Of
the door II enters by. With lumber
this Is extremely painful, for the long
boards In bundles standing up on end
often are persuaded with difficulty to
enter the doors. That of course does
not trouble the ship-owncr. He is
done wien the derrick sling is re-
moved. .,.. .
But the biggest problem OF unload
ing the horizontal movement Of the
freight to its stack, to the car door
Or to waiting wagon. An over
head conveyor which actually extends
out over the boat with swinging
arm that can be raised to let the
masts pass such as the Pawliug
and Harnischiogcr trolley at Milwau-
kec. or those made at Nicetown in
Philadelphia offers ready ma
chine with its many carriers which
picks up the slings or nets of bundles
as quickly as a derrick, and before
the derrick could lower and release
them, makes it's way to the most dis
lant part of the dock II need be.
saw a shed, number 80. serving
the Bates & Chesebrough line. liter
ally stacked full of freight waiting the
Navajo or the Mackiuac or some 9th,
err of their ships. All this was canned
goods, with a small group of miscel,
laneous stun at tho. outer end. The
canned goods, In the standard boxes
were in three groups Of piles. one fol
New Orleans, one for Philadelphia
| one for New York. Undoubtedly come
| of the New Orleans stun was for ST
Louis. for the Mackinac took dowr
1900 tons of barley that way. which II
now Just arriving at st. Louis on
steel barge - all the way from San
! Francisco to the Mound City by wa
| ter. r.. ftrt
But these piles of boxes filed tn,
floor because they were stacked n,
| higher than a man can convenient,
handle them. That Is about FIVE feet
If they had been telphor stacked the,
GOULD have been ten or twelve fee
without crushing the boxes or givini
them anything like the weight the
VIII have on them In the hold of tn
ship. Many OF them were from 200 d
900 feet from the door where the
would be loaded, and the time q
trucking will be handicap. Also a
/ the ship which takes them will b
chartered at $3.50 to $500 a day
will be expensive time. The Sa
| Francisco Board docs not appreciat
that point; but in the end they vii
have TO come to 1t.
The machinery problem need
thought ip San Francisco. and whel
more sheds arc built and more shin
are running. and the sea-wall lots ar
earning two million dollars a veal
and there Is money to spare, they vii
find time and dcsire to equip the docl,
In the style they deserve.