Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-13
NTER-I ISLAND
INVESTIGATION
IS ON TODAY
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by others than the commission or
commissioners on the matter so sub
United Objections or comments
thereon viii be heard and received
from any person desiring to make
lsuch comments or objections, and aft
ler the company has been afforded an
opportunity to be heard thereon, will
lbe considered in other data procured
in such investigation.
/ The commissioners, or any one of
them. may at any time during any
such investigation, take such meas
lures as he may deem necessary to
lprocure further data and information
held in this cause.
1 At the conclusion of the session
this afternoon, the following assign
iments of work will be made to the
members of the commission:
Chairman z. A. Mott-Smith will
take up the finances Of the company
Tin detail and its income. expenditure,
depreciation and other accounts, and
prepare data for submission at the
next public meeting and verifying
j data submitted at the meeting this aft
lernoon.
Commissioner A. j. Gignoux will
| take up the matter of storage or
freight in Honolulu and the measures
i for relief of congestion on steamer
sailing days. preparing data and in
i formation for submission at the next
lpublic hearing
Commissioner J. N s. Williams,
who will arrive in Honolulu from
Il IT folx fhka
| ical valuation of the companys plant,
land the working hours and wages OF
Tits employees, preparing data for sub
mission at the next public hearing
4 The order Of procedure laid down
by the commission viii benefit both
the company and the commission in
i that an understanding will be arrived
at concerning the lines of work, said
lChairman Mott.Smith this morning In
Idiscussing the several matters which
are to come up in the hearing this
i afternoon. 1T means that the pro-
ceedings, not having been brought
Iabout on general complaint, will diff
i fer from the method which would be
followed in case complaint had been
made. In other words, it is not a
trial, which would be the case If a
complaint were fled, and wherein
there would be opposing parties. cross
examination and all the other indict-
ments Of a trial.
This is an investigation by the
commission on its own notion he
continued. $50 that this order of
procedure goes to rriakes things quite
clear, principally that the company
/ will not be subject to cross-exanina-
i ton by others than members of the
tc0mmission. The commission will con-
4 duct its own investigation. II COM
tplaint is filed, however, during this.
investigation, it viii be assigned a
special hearing and will proceed along
the lines of trial. In case any per-.
son desires to make statement in
this Investigation, the company will
mot be allowed to cross-examine that
person but will have the opportunity
of making statement in reply. In
that case, any examination will be.
Ecoaducted by the commission and not
i by the company or the person making
the complaint. /"
Mr.. Mott-Smith went on to say that
the meeting this afternoon will bring
tout the offices held by the witnesses,
the general nature of the business car
i ried on by the company-both utility
and other business. The commission
proposes to go into the aggregate
values of the part used in the utili-
ties part of the business, and the meth
DDS by which these values are figured
by the company. 1t also will go into
the methods-not figures, necessarily
.l-of figuring depreciation. construc-
ton, repairs, emergencies, moorings
and other accounts These figures will
bring out the aggregate figures for
1.-THE purpose of establishing the COM
missions records. Subsequently, one
of the commissioners will make an
!, Investigation of the details for the
i purpose of Yerifcation.
i From the fact that the Inter.Island
has buildings, shops, ETC., the commits
u sion will attempt to segregate the por-
i ton of these which may be charged
to the utility part of the business 1t
also will be determined as to the
manner in which the company treats
this subject. The commission now
i is prepared to take up the matter Of
the companys gross income and ex-
Denditures of the utilities part of its
business. the details of which will be
investigated later This involves the
entire book accounts of the company.
The subsequent investigation also in
wolves number of justiffable expendi.
lures.
The commission will take up the
number of vessels the company has,
how many are actively engaged and
how many are not engaged and why.
An extensive comparison will be made
of the business done in 1912 and 1913
in order that the definite conclusion
OF the commission may be based not
on one year alone, but on an average
of years. The scale Of wages of en-
ployes viii be taken up, and to COM
plete the record a list of officers and
a copy of the articles of association
and passenger and freight tariffs will