The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-08-23
WILL REGULATE
OIL PIPE LINES

Regulations governing the owner
ship and control of the fuel oil pipe
lines for the local waterfront were
introduced at the meeting of the har'
Dor commission yesterday by Commits
sioner Wakefield. Representatives OF
the Associated and Union oil com
panies were present and took part in
the discussion which followed the
presentation of the regulations.
The pipe line is to he installed by the
board of harhor commissioners to
carry oil to all the public wharves.
The regulations introduced at yester-
days meeting leave the use of the
pipe line open to any and ali sellers
of oil.
Action in the matter was deferred
| till next week s meeting in order to
give the general public and al inter
ested in the matter, directly or indi-
rectly, chance to consider the daft.
The Associated Oil Company, which,
by the way, is the Standard Oil Com
pany, is making big kick against the
proposed action of the commission and
its representatives are spariDg no CT
fort to bring the members of the
board to their way of thinking.
The Union Oil Company is aIpaI-
emily doing nothing in the matter As
the Union company is operated in pre-
cisely the same interests as the Asso-
ciated company, it could hardly be eX-
! pected to oppose the stand taken by
the latter Harold Dillingham; repre-
sentcd the latter concern at Jester
days meeting.
| All contracts for delivery of oil i'll
Honolulu are at present held by the
Associated Oil Company, and that con
Germ thinks that the line should be
assigned to it for a set period, an
argument which was apparently le-
garded by the board as of an exceed
ingly specious nature.
The commissioners figure that if
II the contracts of the Associated people
expire and are not renewed other COM
panies may come into the field, which
would mean that the line would be
controlled by a private enterprise.
Manager Davidson of the Associated
company stated at the meeting yester-
day that owing to the fact that the
amount of oil left in the pipe line
, could not be measured, it would be
! impossible to allow the line to be a
common line. He therefore suggested
that the new ten-inch line to be in
} stalled be given to his company for
use, and that the present six-inch line
laid by the Inter-Island Steam Navi-
cation Company and the Hawaiian
Electric Company, under license from
the government, which license has a
provision that the line must be laid to
wharves when so requested by the
government, be used by other oil com
panies, should any come into the field
In other words, the Associated Oil
Company is trying to force the board
10 give il a monopoly of the use OF
the new line, and to Offset this the fol
lowing regulations have been drafted:
"Control of Pipe Line-The pipe
line shall be under the eortrol of an
employe of the Board of Ilarbor Com
missioners who shall work in eonjunc'
tion with the firms, corporations OF
individuals using the pipe linei so that
every facility will be secured fol- the
prompt and accurate despatch of the
delivery of oil to or from ships or
other users Of fuel oil.
"Charges for Use Of Line-For the
first six months Of It's use, the charge
shall be at the rate Of .0l IL per bar.
rel of OH pumped through the lire
other from ships 10 tanks, or from
tanks 10 ships or other users Of fuel
OIL After this period, the charge fW
ihe use Of the llne shall be based 20
cover, lri, Cost of operation malp'
lenauee und Tepairi end, Interest on
investment Rud deplreiaiinni 81. Re-
uniing annually Hn amount equal
90 a1ih ~ bonded debt for ine, sald
charge 90 be- determined Wy The Board
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